"Uzis and AK-47s flooding the streets..."

[TequilaMockingbird]

Remember when the "assault weapons" ban came up for renewal and Sarah Brady warned us that the sunset would herald the flood of these dangerous "weapons of war" on the streets?

Well take a look at this.

 

[Technosavant]

That might actually get me watching the home shopping networks.

But that price, after the exchange rate of dollars to pounds, is WAY too high. If the happy day of full autos becoming legally available ever again comes to pass, I would think we would see them for not much more than current prices.

 

[gc70]

Hmmmm, I don't think I get that channel. Have to call the cable folks...

 

[Ziryo]

But that price, after the exchange rate of dollars to pounds, is WAY too high. If the happy day of full autos becoming legally available ever again comes to pass, I would think we would see them for not much more than current prices.

But...but...it includes a free year of ammunition! That seems like quite the deal to me.

 

[Huntzman]

Years supply of Ammo

Great,.............. Now we know where all the Wolf went !!!!!!!!!!

 

[ReadyontheRight]

Hmmm..I think they think that's supposed to be IRONIC or SARCASTIC. While I see it as the way things ought to be.

Except for the guy's pink shirt, how is that any different than selling knives or power tools by cutting up inanimate objects????

 

[whm1974]

Lots of unsafe gun handling by the guy in the pink shirt(What real man wears pink?).

-Bill

 

[Crosshair]

(What real man wears pink?).

-Bill

Well, my Co-Worker has a pink shirt that says, " I'm only wearing pink because my executioners uniform has blood on it."

 

[beerslurpy]

Thats an IANSA propaganda piece. Too bad it isnt true. I'm really tired of semi-auto.

 

[grimjaw]

I'm not sure if that's supposed to be funny or frightening. It was laughable either way.

jmm

 

[50caliber123]

that was hysterically funny! The ironic part is tommorrow, I am paying off my MAK-90! Anyway's, what isn a year's supply of ammunition, anyways? I could shoot all day, every day, if I had the time...
As for pink shirts, and who wears them, I think that they have caught on as being manly for some reason, because I work in a restaurant and in retail, and these pink shirts are commonly seen worn by men (not by women so much, odd). All trends or fads come and go.

 

[GunnySkox]

Only a real man is secure enough to wear pink. ~Some character I can't remember, Dominic Deegan

 

[Kurt_M]

Good stuff. The subtlety of mentioning that they only take cash, offshore accounts or diamonds in payment was nice.

 

[Zen21Tao]

According to libs the "weapons of war" ended up in the hands of a UF football player:

http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060220andrew.php

(worth a read. Very idiotic anti gun arguments. Its suprising one person can be so stupid and hypocritcal.)

Oh... and if this article really pisses you off feell free to reply to the school paper at: [email protected]

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

But...but...it includes a free year of ammunition! That seems like quite the deal to me.

I easily shoot enough ammo every year to more than pay for the gun, and that's at the pound=dollar exchange rate and semi auto. A full year's supply for a full auto would be several semi truck loads. I think they've got a money-losing offer there, but I'd take them up on it.

The Brits can be funny, but when they start trying to parody things about which they know nothing, like guns or American culture, the just come across as condescending, arrogant, and ill-informed.

 

[TheotherMikeG]

Its amazing how something like that can be simultaneously humorous and infuriating.

 

[hoppinglark]

I liked it. I can't wait till QVC is selling em


yeah Zen21Tao, The alligator tends to be stupid, if they didn't hand them out for free at Santa Fe I'd never read it.

 

[DRZinn]

Nice how they throw in the little digs about "the villain's choice" and "child soldiers."

 

[CAnnoneer]

they think that's supposed to be IRONIC or SARCASTIC. While I see it as the way things ought to be.

+1

 

[Chrontius]

According to libs the "weapons of war" ended up in the hands of a UF football player:

http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060220andrew.php

(worth a read. Very idiotic anti gun arguments. Its suprising one person can be so stupid and hypocritcal.)

Oh... and if this article really pisses you off feell free to reply to the school paper at: [email protected]

"police see an AK-47 and other serious weaponry"
Was it actually a fully automatic Automat Kalisnikova, model of 1947, or one of the myriad scary-looking-but-legal knockoffs?

"What went wrong here, and why do football players have AK-47s in their apartments?"
Why not? If it's a longarm and I remember the law correctly, they're legal to own if you're 18.

"Granted, our Founding Fathers made sure Webb had a constitutional right to possess those weapons - because we all know the British Army is in hot pursuit of Webb and his slippery hands."
Please restrain yourself. Just because you don't think firearms should be legal doesn't mean they *are* illegal.

"It really makes you scratch your head and wonder what else these athletes do with their free time - I hear bomb-making really helps fill the time between the bowl season and spring practice."
Nice strawman. Was he found with explosives too, or are you just making this up?

"But why would kids with NFL aspirations and public lives even think about playing with guns, and why were the guns loaded?"
First: the old male fallback: "Anything that rolls or explodes" and second, why not? I'm guessing you were either horribly traumatized at some point in your life, or you've never fired a .22. Go look up a gun range in the yellow pages, find one that'll provide rentals and training, (expect to pay ~$15 for the rental, ~$10 for the range time, and buy the cheap .22 ammo -- $0.75 for 50 is about right; if you're in Central Florida I'd recommend West Oaks Gun Range) and punch some holes in a piece of paper across the room. I guarantee you won't be so utterly disgusted with gun owners the next day. Your second point is a good one, however - loaded guns in plain view behind a layer of glass are begging to be stolen by people that by definition shouldn't have them.

" 'Even though they're living off campus, they're at the University of Florida on scholarship, and they're football players purchasing a gun of that magnitude,' said the Rev. Herbert McGraw, stepfather of UF receiver Dallas Baker. 'That's just a no-no.' "
No. It's not. As long as they did not bring the firearm onto school property or any other place of nuisance, defined by Florida law as - oh heck, here's the statute:

790.06 (12) License to Carry Concealed Weapon or Firearm

* Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05
* any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
* any detention facility, prison, or jail;
* any courthouse; any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom;
* any polling place;
* any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special district;
* any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
* any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearms;
* any school administration building;
* any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such purpose;
* any elementary or secondary school facility;
* any area vocational-technical center;
* any college or university facility unless the licensee is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of such college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely for defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or projectile;
* inside the passenger terminal and sterile area of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or
* any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law

I'm under the impression that he has not actually violated this; why exactly is this "just a no-no"?

"But this problem far exceeds one accidental pull of the trigger. If it comes to light that Caldwell, Lewis or any other football player acted carelessly with weapons, he should be penalized as well."
Accidental my ass, here you're right -- someone violated one of the four cardinal rules of gun safety:

Jeff Cooper's Rules of Gun Safety
RULE I: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED
RULE II: NEVER LET THE MUZZLE COVER ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY
RULE III: KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET
RULE IV: BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET

I'm also a college student, I don't play football, and I'd probably also own a rifle (in a perfect world, a US-made M1 carbine and an antique Browning .22 ) if I wasn't a broke college student. The only real no-nos this guy committed was mixing booze and firearms, and breaking one of the four rules, which I'm chalking up to the booze.

-[Chrontius]

I'll see your DMCA and raise you a First Amendment.
http://www.anti-dmca.org

 

[Dead]

I'll take 10...

 

[Gun_nut]

Qucik! get my wallet and the phone!

 

[foghornl]

I'm STILL waiting for the flood. Got the boat & landing nets ready; been wearing the waders for over a year. What Gives ? ? ? No flood around here.

 

[mcg-doc]

Why do they have a belted ammo on the table? How did they like to shoot indoors withour ear protection?