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Guns selling like hotcakes

Posted by $ Abaco 10 years, 9 months ago to Culture
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Just a personal observation. I was at the local gun shop last night and, man, that place is hopping. People are buying guns like crazy - lots of easy-to-carry guns.

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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Its a good think to have armed citizens. They are the only one who can protect themselves and as a side issue- YOU- when some crazed religious zealot muslim comes around to kill people for ALLAH
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  • Posted by term2 10 years, 9 months ago
    We will need the guns when the currency apocalypse hits. There will be hordes of people who have nothing to lose roaming the streets to get what the government cant provide any more. Our government will soon try to stop sales of guns, making the black market at ridiculous prices the only way to get them.
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 10 years, 9 months ago
    Last night's news story claimed there were about 2 dozen people standing in line at a gun store in California. Unless my eyes deceived me, it looked like a LOT more than 2 dozen!

    Another part of the story was based on Australia's gun laws. The reporter said the difference between Australia and the U.S. was that Australia didn't have a powerful gun lobby. The most important thing she neglected to mention was that Australia also doesn't have a 2nd Amendment!

    Gee...you don't suppose that was planned, do you?
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree. I looked at these guys and thought, "I don't have a problem with that."
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  • Posted by lmarrott 10 years, 9 months ago
    I saw an article about how Black Friday (again) set a record for guns this year.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 10 years, 9 months ago
    For handguns, good rounds are the ammo by Liberty, called Civil Defense. Moderately expensive, but impressive velocities (1900 FPS 45 ACP, 1500 FPS 380) with low recoil. One overlooked gun is the Tokarev in 7.62 x 25 - low price, comfortable to shoot, powerful round.
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  • Posted by jimslag 10 years, 9 months ago
    They said on Black Friday that the gun checks were running about 2 check every second for a total of 185,345. A record for a single day. Way to go Obama.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 10 years, 9 months ago
    I also noticed a couple guys around me being very open about being there to purchase a gun to carry. I think we will soon have armed citizens in a lot more places.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Remember the first Assault Weapons ban? SKS form China which are really crap weapons were brought in by truckloads and ammunition by truckloads of pallets and set up that way at a first day of ban gunshow I attended in San Jose, California.

    Stacks of munitions by the pallet formed the backdrop of each vendors display. By shows end not one SKS not case of ammo was left.

    How did it get past the so called import ban. Same President forgot about NAFTA. Chinese ships went to local ports in Mexico offloaded inot 18 wheelers and headed north. No hay problema....

    You are correct Government IS the main proponent and compelling argument for gun sales.

    Curiously it's always when the left is in power....
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 10 years, 9 months ago
    Check out Judge Jeanie's opening statement for her show, entitled "It's Time To Batten Down The Hatches."
    You may not like all of it but I doubt anyone in the Gulch has a problem with her "Number One: Get a gun."

    http://video.foxnews.com/v/4648609336...
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  • Posted by scojohnson 10 years, 9 months ago
    The local Bass Pro had ticket dispensers and numbers being called for service at the rifle counter on Black Friday... easily over 100 in line at any given time. California's 10 day waiting period makes it very easy to sell in volume, just put the same one back on the shelf, pull the serial number off the computer from warehouse inventory, and help the next customer, they have 10 days to move the product from warehouse to back-stock for the customer to pick it up.
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  • Posted by wiggys 10 years, 9 months ago
    the government has become the gun manufacturers best salesman, thank you 0.
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    Posted by Temlakos 10 years, 9 months ago
    Obama is the best pitchman the gun industry in America ever had.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    .357 Taurus with an 8" barrel. One decent pistol in 10mm or .40 or above and one .22. 9mm only if you live where that's all they have and then only in 115 grain SJHP with a polished feed ramp. The revolver wants a custom fitted set of grips for comfort and control but think about .38+P again with SJHP this time 125 grain.

    .38, .357 and 9mm, .380 are all .355 to .360.

    see ---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_mm_ca...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.38_Spe...

    Caliber is from the Latin Gual Libre meaning What weight back from the days of slinging rocks and then cannon balls.

    Sometimes you will a description like this.

    The main guns were such and such a diameter then ending with 50 caliber that extra parts refers to the diameter of the inside of the barrel times the final http://number.so a .50 MG 50 cal would have a 25" barrel - as best I remember it and that's a sample not a real designation.

    Why did the US go to 9mm. Politics with the NATO countries. Giving a useful weapon to the infantry had nothing to do with it. Also the unstated notion was rear area puke staff officers would be able to qualify with something more than a lead pencil.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm with you. My 357 is the Taurus Tracker. Heavy gun, ported up. Very nice shooting gun. I would think the small frame magnums are like putting a 350 in a Pinto. Fun, but hard to manage. I was looking at their 38 Special. Nice CCW.

    The gun shop was really hopping...
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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Avoid the small frame .357 Ruger revolver unless you enjoy excessive recoil. (Based on experience from 10 yrs ago, so may have changed.) Better a heavy hand gun than a light one for comfortable recoil.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 10 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I was shocked. The sales guy said they are getting shipments of Kimbers in by 100-unit lots and they're flying out the door. I was ogling a cute little Rugar.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 10 years, 9 months ago
    Both gun stores in my town had to relocate to larger facilities in the last 2 years.
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  • Posted by broskjold22 10 years, 9 months ago
    Abaco, totally true. A local outdoor store was "busier than [it had] ever been" according to a shop keeper.
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