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I'd be interested in the G30 if you were a little closer to the coast.
I'd be interested in the G30 if you were a little closer to the coast.
Might be able to accomodate a meeting someplace ....
I'll be heading to the gun show in Charlotte tomorrow at the Metrolina expo around noon. If anyone else is going to be there send me a message!
I'll be there ... but you already know that .... 
So today I put a down payment and ordered a sweet MMC M4 made in Sanford NC. I will post a pic when I get it.
Buy em while you can. I'm sure there will be new gun legislation after the tragedy in CT today. Poor kids.
Buy em while you can. I'm sure there will be new gun legislation after the tragedy in CT today. Poor kids.
Going to the Capital City Gun show today, mostly, just because of all the crap I've been watching on the media coverage of recent events. Don't really have a goal other than supporting my right to personal protection...
Heather and I went to Academy Sports this weekend to pick up some ammo. The shelves were sparce at best, very little left in hand gun calibers. There was no .380 or .45 at all. We were able to get some .38 and .357 Mag but the choices were extreemly limited.
A guy at the gun counter told me it is just like in 08 after the election and has been this way since the election last month. He also told me that there are a number of people that know when the ammo is delivered and scoop it up as soon as it hits the shelves.
We also went to the gun shop we frequent and it was packed. Lots of people looking at AR-15 style rifles. The owner told me that the general "feel" is that a ban is comming. I did find a nice holster for my Bersa .380, very comfortable.
A guy at the gun counter told me it is just like in 08 after the election and has been this way since the election last month. He also told me that there are a number of people that know when the ammo is delivered and scoop it up as soon as it hits the shelves.
We also went to the gun shop we frequent and it was packed. Lots of people looking at AR-15 style rifles. The owner told me that the general "feel" is that a ban is comming. I did find a nice holster for my Bersa .380, very comfortable.
Dicks sporting goods is having a sell on hunting ammo. Buy one regular price second if 50% off. Not bad for the hunters in the group. I picked up some 270 and 12 gauge duck shells.
I'm not one to normally chime in on this thread but i can't really comprehend what I'm reading. It blows my mind that our response to a major tragedy is to stock up on the very weapons that allowed this to happen. If we don't want gun control laws then we need to act as responsible consumers and send a message to manufacturers that we won't buy anymore assault rifles. We are responsible for tragedies like this by supporting the manufacturing and popularity of these weapons. Please inform me how an assault rifle has been used as "personal protection " in any event recently. I enjoy my right as a gun owner and i appreciate the heritage as well as technology behind some of the great guns we have access to. I just can't believe we are more concerned about whether or not we have a high powered high capacity assault rifle with 500+ rounds of ammo in our home than coming up with a solution to a growing problem. And i know as well as you all that laws are not the answer.
Thank you John. That's what I'm hoping.
Hmmm intelligent....
I like guns plain and simple. I agree some weapons need to blocked from being sold to civilians.
Drum magazines should be banned. But they are fun to shoot! Along with some assault rifles. I said some rifles.
I like guns plain and simple. I agree some weapons need to blocked from being sold to civilians.
Drum magazines should be banned. But they are fun to shoot! Along with some assault rifles. I said some rifles.
I agree that shooting is fun. I still believe that we should be free to choose without being confined by law. But my underlying concern is the reality that privately owned assault weapons have become so common in our day to day life that knowing our neighbor has one doesn't raise a red flag. I guess I'm advocating consumer control rather than government control. And this latest tragedy is my tipping point.
I don't want to say anything either and I'll know I'll regret this...
Please start without all the hyperbole, "assault weapon" is a false term created by the Brady bill. You stated this a number of times in your post, following the lead of those in the media who love to use this term. Under my daughter's strict english definition, an "assault weapon" would be anything used to assault another. This could be a firearm, hammer, baseball bat, the spoon used to poison someone, etc. Yet, the term is used for a rifle that "appears" to be what one might use in the military/law enforcement, etc...in other words, "scary". My favorite was the ABC tool who tried to make the rifle sound even scarier when he said, "the assault weapon, known as a Bushmaster", being such a tool he didn't know that it is a manufacturer.
Ask those in our military who have faced armed assaults, let them explain what their experience has been with an "assault weapon". One of my best friends was pinned down in Viequez by protesters using "wrist rocket" style slingshots, shooting anything they could find (he found a 1/2" nut embedded in the wall), they couldn't return fire because they were "protesters" while the projectiles were going through the walls of their building. Not a traditional assault weapon but effective in skilled hands.
I respect the fact that some people wish to allow the local law enforcement to protect themselves and their family. I'd rather take that responsibility on my own accord.
The acts of this severely sick individual will be used, as expressed by the President of the United States last night, by those who want to restrict law abiding citizens rights. Instead of looking at the dynamics of how such a sick individual has been enabled to exist in today's society, without anyone knowing depth of sickness within this individual, that is the problem.
Are serial killers who use rope, knives, poison, strangulation somehow less sick than this phawk who used a firearm?
This sick individual committed the most cowardly act one can commit, dressed in all the regalia, in order to attack an unarmed, unprotected elementary school, going to the youngest, least likely to harm a soul, only to take them from all those who loved them, not because he has access to a firearm, but, because he was a deeply sick person who took his anger out on the most innocent humans he could find.
I'll leave this discussion by saying I've never seen a gun show so busy, absolutely packed...
Please start without all the hyperbole, "assault weapon" is a false term created by the Brady bill. You stated this a number of times in your post, following the lead of those in the media who love to use this term. Under my daughter's strict english definition, an "assault weapon" would be anything used to assault another. This could be a firearm, hammer, baseball bat, the spoon used to poison someone, etc. Yet, the term is used for a rifle that "appears" to be what one might use in the military/law enforcement, etc...in other words, "scary". My favorite was the ABC tool who tried to make the rifle sound even scarier when he said, "the assault weapon, known as a Bushmaster", being such a tool he didn't know that it is a manufacturer.
Ask those in our military who have faced armed assaults, let them explain what their experience has been with an "assault weapon". One of my best friends was pinned down in Viequez by protesters using "wrist rocket" style slingshots, shooting anything they could find (he found a 1/2" nut embedded in the wall), they couldn't return fire because they were "protesters" while the projectiles were going through the walls of their building. Not a traditional assault weapon but effective in skilled hands.
I respect the fact that some people wish to allow the local law enforcement to protect themselves and their family. I'd rather take that responsibility on my own accord.
The acts of this severely sick individual will be used, as expressed by the President of the United States last night, by those who want to restrict law abiding citizens rights. Instead of looking at the dynamics of how such a sick individual has been enabled to exist in today's society, without anyone knowing depth of sickness within this individual, that is the problem.
Are serial killers who use rope, knives, poison, strangulation somehow less sick than this phawk who used a firearm?
This sick individual committed the most cowardly act one can commit, dressed in all the regalia, in order to attack an unarmed, unprotected elementary school, going to the youngest, least likely to harm a soul, only to take them from all those who loved them, not because he has access to a firearm, but, because he was a deeply sick person who took his anger out on the most innocent humans he could find.
I'll leave this discussion by saying I've never seen a gun show so busy, absolutely packed...
I am not going to get into a debate about any form of gun control, be it imposed by the government or the consumer. I do not own an "assault rifle". The true defenition of which is also up to debate.
My post above was more about how ammo is flying off the shelves than anything else.
My wife and I both like to shoot and we do it right here on our own property. We shoot pistols for the most part. I like to shoot my Marlin 444 once in a while too, although it can get rather expensive. Same applies to shooting trap with my shotgun.
My going out to buy ammo this weekend was not in response to the recent shooting in Conn. It was merely to pick up ammo so that I can shoot for pleasure at my own home.
In regard to "assault rifles", I have been researching the AR-15 style rifle. Not to use to hunt, but to use in case of a total breakdown of society if and more likely when it comes. I am not worried about Zombies coming to get me but I am concerned about the direction this country is headed. As evidenced by more and more horrific events here and abroad, the bad guys and mentally ill are bringing heavy firepower to the table. Not being able to defend myself and my family by not being prepared constitutes neglegence on my part as far as I am concerned.
Prior to the rise of gunpower and firearms the same scenerios were present, they just used the cutting edge weapons of the day. We are humans, and as such we tend to develope better and better ways of killing one another. "Assault weapons" are not the problem, we are, and I agree that some things like drum mags are not something the average citizen should have access to, but you can bet that the bad guys will have them, legal or not. But until what is wrong with man is figured out and "cured" I for one will not be taking a knife to a gun fight.
My post above was more about how ammo is flying off the shelves than anything else.
My wife and I both like to shoot and we do it right here on our own property. We shoot pistols for the most part. I like to shoot my Marlin 444 once in a while too, although it can get rather expensive. Same applies to shooting trap with my shotgun.
My going out to buy ammo this weekend was not in response to the recent shooting in Conn. It was merely to pick up ammo so that I can shoot for pleasure at my own home.
In regard to "assault rifles", I have been researching the AR-15 style rifle. Not to use to hunt, but to use in case of a total breakdown of society if and more likely when it comes. I am not worried about Zombies coming to get me but I am concerned about the direction this country is headed. As evidenced by more and more horrific events here and abroad, the bad guys and mentally ill are bringing heavy firepower to the table. Not being able to defend myself and my family by not being prepared constitutes neglegence on my part as far as I am concerned.
Prior to the rise of gunpower and firearms the same scenerios were present, they just used the cutting edge weapons of the day. We are humans, and as such we tend to develope better and better ways of killing one another. "Assault weapons" are not the problem, we are, and I agree that some things like drum mags are not something the average citizen should have access to, but you can bet that the bad guys will have them, legal or not. But until what is wrong with man is figured out and "cured" I for one will not be taking a knife to a gun fight.
I agree with ^^^^ both statements. I bought my "assault rifle" this Friday before I knew about the shooting. Now the ammo i bought,I'm worried it will be harder to find in the coming days. Not that it isn't already hard to find and expensive! Im also worried about tge state of our country as well.
As a Marine I know what my guns are for and how to use them.
As a Marine I know what my guns are for and how to use them.
It is sad that so many people use this horrific time to use as fodder for the gun bedate....people should pay a bit more money and attention to helping those with mental illnesses...there is a good read " I am the mother of adam lanza" or to that effect...speaking of her own issues with a disturbed son and the lack of help for them....
I enjoy my guns and will fight to keep my rights .....but lets look a bit more at the WHY ....
that said who wants to go shooting?
thoroughly medicated...for your protection, lol
Shaun
I enjoy my guns and will fight to keep my rights .....but lets look a bit more at the WHY ....
that said who wants to go shooting?
thoroughly medicated...for your protection, lol
Shaun
I was having the same discussion with folks. Out in public, with your family, who is responsible to protect you and your family from harm? No police around. Do you get a concealed carry permit? Do you have a conceal carry permit?
I feel almost negligent for not carrying a weapon.
The post above are great.
I feel almost negligent for not carrying a weapon.
The post above are great.