Gun owners beware..
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From: Des Plaines, Illinois
There are people that stockpile tons of firearms and ammunition, in some cases more than enough to fight a small war.
Do I claim to know exactly why? Nope, but then again I've never done it. I try to keep an on-hand quantity of rounds to match the arms that I have. All of mine are for target/sport, but the handguns can do double duty in home defense, God forbid that need ever arise.
I can't see there being a need to hold hundreds of thousands of rounds "just in case" in our lifetimes. For now, even if more controls are executed, the firearms business is just too well lobbied and too profitable to be shut down.
EDIT: Iggy, thanks for the heads up. Money has been tight the last year or two, but it might be time to pay my old store a visit. They usually had a good selection without much if any markup.
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You are basing your confusion on an idea that just because someone has all of that ammo they are going to use it to kill people. I don't get that.....
"Mifflin Clay"
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From: Mifflin, PA
"The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes....Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." Thomas Jefferson
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Obviously you have never spent a day at the range, or can appreciate how much ammo can be gone thru in a day spent there. With high capacity mags, 250-500 rounds in a day is nothing......20 rounds?... with aftermarket mags, my Beretta 92 holds more than that fully loaded.
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From: Grants Pass, Oregon
Ok, I can understand your point here.
There are people that stockpile tons of firearms and ammunition, in some cases more than enough to fight a small war.
Do I claim to know exactly why? Nope, but then again I've never done it. I try to keep an on-hand quantity of rounds to match the arms that I have. All of mine are for target/sport, but the handguns can do double duty in home defense, God forbid that need ever arise.
I can't see there being a need to hold hundreds of thousands of rounds "just in case" in our lifetimes. For now, even if more controls are executed, the firearms business is just too well lobbied and too profitable to be shut down.
EDIT: Iggy, thanks for the heads up. Money has been tight the last year or two, but it might be time to pay my old store a visit. They usually had a good selection without much if any markup.
There are people that stockpile tons of firearms and ammunition, in some cases more than enough to fight a small war.
Do I claim to know exactly why? Nope, but then again I've never done it. I try to keep an on-hand quantity of rounds to match the arms that I have. All of mine are for target/sport, but the handguns can do double duty in home defense, God forbid that need ever arise.
I can't see there being a need to hold hundreds of thousands of rounds "just in case" in our lifetimes. For now, even if more controls are executed, the firearms business is just too well lobbied and too profitable to be shut down.
EDIT: Iggy, thanks for the heads up. Money has been tight the last year or two, but it might be time to pay my old store a visit. They usually had a good selection without much if any markup.
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I think that you should consider leaving logic to those who have a firm grasp on reality,and who are capable of understanding logic.
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No offense to the responcible gun folks. It just kinda scares me to think that anyone without much trouble can have that much firepower with no records other than a dealer. I guess I better go get the SKS chicom I saw at the pawn shop and some ammo too. Price less than 200bucks and they had about 10 of them like new....
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I'm a responsible gun owner and oppose any government regulation of my 2nd amendment right. #1 it's not any of their business & #2 they are fairly inept at most things they regulate. What is shocking (and disturbing) to me is not so much that the government wants my guns but that gun owners and otherwise good citizens thinks the feds have good motives and a little regulation is not a bad thing. Wake Up! Guns without ammo are nothing more than expensive rocks.
"Mifflin Clay"
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From: Mifflin, PA
No offense to the responcible gun folks. It just kinda scares me to think that anyone without much trouble can have that much firepower with no records other than a dealer. I guess I better go get the SKS chicom I saw at the pawn shop and some ammo too. Price less than 200bucks and they had about 10 of them like new....
"...There's no such thing as a good gun. There's no such thing as a bad gun. A gun in the hands of a bad man is a very dangerous thing. A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys... - Charlton Heston"
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Guns are the equalizer, they level the playing field. I'm 5 ft 8 - 130 pounds female, if a bad guy broke into my home and I had nothing in my power to defend myself chances are I would be a goner. Now put my Mossberg 30-30 into my hands, which by the way always leaves me bruised after firing off some shots, suddenly I stand a chance.
I can never give enough praise to our founding fathers. Brilliant men who knew that armed citizens stands a chance against a tyrannical government.
I can never give enough praise to our founding fathers. Brilliant men who knew that armed citizens stands a chance against a tyrannical government.
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Guns are the equalizer, they level the playing field. I'm 5 ft 8 - 130 pounds female, if a bad guy broke into my home and I had nothing in my power to defend myself chances are I would be a goner. Now put my Mossberg 30-30 into my hands, which by the way always leaves me bruised after firing off some shots, suddenly I stand a chance.
I can never give enough praise to our founding fathers. Brilliant men who knew that armed citizens stands a chance against a tyrannical government.
I can never give enough praise to our founding fathers. Brilliant men who knew that armed citizens stands a chance against a tyrannical government.
Incredible post!
Reps coming your way!
Put a Limbsaver® pad on that .30-30! It'll reduce felt recoil, considerably!
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