OldCoyote
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Post by OldCoyote on Mar 29, 2020 13:54:09 GMT -5
Gun sales have gone thru the roof! All type of info on registered gun sales.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 29, 2020 14:02:05 GMT -5
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ken a.k.a OMK
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 29, 2020 14:06:17 GMT -5
Guns and ammo have sold out here. People full of fear.
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Post by pulmonarymd on Mar 29, 2020 14:13:56 GMT -5
Guns and ammo have sold out here. People full of fear. We had a line down the street with people on top of each other. Idiots.
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Post by justme on Mar 29, 2020 14:20:49 GMT -5
Because nothing stops a virus like a bullet.
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billisonboard
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 29, 2020 14:23:56 GMT -5
Liquor stores and gun shops as "essential businesses". What can go wrong?
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ken a.k.a OMK
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They killed Kenny, the bastards.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Mar 29, 2020 14:31:50 GMT -5
in one hand, gun in other hand, now give me all your tp.
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pulmonarymd
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Post by pulmonarymd on Mar 29, 2020 14:45:17 GMT -5
Liquor stores and gun shops as "essential businesses". What can go wrong? If alcoholics don’t drink, they go through withdrawal, wind up in the hospital taking up valuable resources. Don’t need that, keep them open. We will soon be in survival mode
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Post by kadee79 on Mar 29, 2020 14:52:08 GMT -5
Liquor stores and gun shops as "essential businesses". What can go wrong? If alcoholics don’t drink, they go through withdrawal, wind up in the hospital taking up valuable resources. Don’t need that, keep them open. We will soon be in survival mode That is if someone doesn't shoot them first & they still end up in the hospital taking up room with a bullet wound.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Mar 29, 2020 14:55:39 GMT -5
I own 2 guns, both are in the house and loaded. One close to the front door another on the night stand. Why? One reason is before this happened, I travel to Nebraska alone.....feel much safer having a loaded weapon in the glove box.
Now that this virus has happened, and some people are looking for food or drugs....and others who insist on telling unknown people all the stuff they have, I don't intend to be the target of a widowed 75+ woman just because someone sees that I'm alone.
You don't like it? Fine, don't buy a gun. But as long as the 2nd Amendment says I can have mine, I'll do just that.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 29, 2020 14:56:42 GMT -5
Liquor stores and gun shops as "essential businesses". What can go wrong? If alcoholics don’t drink, they go through withdrawal, wind up in the hospital taking up valuable resources. Don’t need that, keep them open. We will soon be in survival mode I am not that concerned with alcoholics who have alcohol as an ongoing part of their daily existence. It is other parts of the picture that are worrisome. You have adults more isolated with idle time on their hands. You have economic uncertainty. You have children who are normally at school or out playing with other children. You have alcohol in the mix. Now, add in a gun where there is not a history of gun ownership.
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OldCoyote
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Post by OldCoyote on Mar 29, 2020 15:01:55 GMT -5
Liquor stores and gun shops as "essential businesses". What can go wrong? When the CCW was first being talked about here in AZ, My now ex-neighbor, was convinced that there would be gun fights on every corner if it was passed. Also, in AZ we can carry in bars, we can't drink. I don't think there was any difference in the shoot outs that do happen, because, they were carrying guns in bars when it was illegal.
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Post by billisonboard on Mar 29, 2020 15:02:57 GMT -5
.., I don't intend to be the target of a widowed 75+ woman ... Yeah, I don't intend to be a target of an old widow woman either. They are scary though.
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NoNamePerson
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Post by NoNamePerson on Mar 29, 2020 20:21:49 GMT -5
.., I don't intend to be the target of a widowed 75+ woman ... Yeah, I don't intend to be a target of an old widow woman either. They are scary though. Watch who you calling scary! We are harmless - wait, I’m not widowed
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Post by tractor on Mar 31, 2020 8:53:38 GMT -5
I’ve always maintained a healthy stockpile of guns and ammo, not out of fear, just out of practicality. Whenever I find a good price on either, I buy it. There are no deals now, but by next fall, the pawn shops should be full of lightly used guns.
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Post by dezii on Apr 3, 2020 10:55:55 GMT -5
I’ve always maintained a healthy stockpile of guns and ammo, not out of fear, just out of practicality. Whenever I find a good price on either, I buy it. There are no deals now, but by next fall, the pawn shops should be full of lightly used guns. Unless it's one hobby or one is a collector..I don't understand the idea of a "healthy stock pile" …. I understand one or two longs..[possible one of a shot gun style}...a hand gun or two...but beyond that, why "healthy stock pile " ? Don't misunderstand me..In my youth, very familier with weapons, including hi capacity automatics, all types of small arms, including grenade launchers by individuals and used them against others...However, all this fascination with fire arms by civiliens, the number of deaths either by suicide or misuse..year after year..in the thousands and other modern nations don't even come close to our casualty stats... Possible we have it wrong, they don't? Just saying and fact is, so many of my compatriots who participated as I did...and the same of those similar who have participated in newer conflicks...there is a price one pays...trust me on that.
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Post by ednkris on Apr 3, 2020 11:10:03 GMT -5
i worked with a guy that was in to precision shooting. His garage, man cave, gun shop whatever you want to call it was amazing. He litterally made his own bullets not just reload but made them. When he left work about a year and a half than he planned to he financed it by selling off a few firearms about 100k worth. Now he gets to do his hobby full time. He is armed to the hilt several hundred firearms.
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Post by djAdvocate on Apr 3, 2020 16:07:40 GMT -5
i worked with a guy that was in to precision shooting. His garage, man cave, gun shop whatever you want to call it was amazing. He litterally made his own bullets not just reload but made them. When he left work about a year and a half than he planned to he financed it by selling off a few firearms about 100k worth. Now he gets to do his hobby full time. He is armed to the hilt several hundred firearms. like me, the coronavirus could not care less.
though I do admire anyone who manufactures their own stuff.
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tractor
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Post by tractor on Apr 4, 2020 11:02:01 GMT -5
I’ve always maintained a healthy stockpile of guns and ammo, not out of fear, just out of practicality. Whenever I find a good price on either, I buy it. There are no deals now, but by next fall, the pawn shops should be full of lightly used guns. Unless it's one hobby or one is a collector..I don't understand the idea of a "healthy stock pile" …. I understand one or two longs..[possible one of a shot gun style}...a hand gun or two...but beyond that, why "healthy stock pile " ? Don't misunderstand me..In my youth, very familier with weapons, including hi capacity automatics, all types of small arms, including grenade launchers by individuals and used them against others...However, all this fascination with fire arms by civiliens, the number of deaths either by suicide or misuse..year after year..in the thousands and other modern nations don't even come close to our casualty stats... Possible we have it wrong, they don't? Just saying and fact is, so many of my compatriots who participated as I did...and the same of those similar who have participated in newer conflicks...there is a price one pays...trust me on that. My healthy stockpile consists of a wide variety of shotguns, in different gauges. Think of them like golf clubs, you can play a whole round with just one club, but it’s not as efficient. You really shouldn’t use the same gauge on a woodcock (small bird) that you would use on a goose. I also have many rifles in various calibers, same analogy applies, some or for squirrels, some are for Moose. Then there’s that handguns, one or two to carry, one or two for hunting. By the time you add a few more collectible guns or family heirlooms, you end up with a “healthy stockpile” as I described. I also have ammo for each weapon...,
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Post by billisonboard on Apr 4, 2020 11:14:33 GMT -5
Unless it's one hobby or one is a collector..I don't understand the idea of a "healthy stock pile" …. I understand one or two longs..[possible one of a shot gun style}...a hand gun or two...but beyond that, why "healthy stock pile " ? Don't misunderstand me..In my youth, very familier with weapons, including hi capacity automatics, all types of small arms, including grenade launchers by individuals and used them against others...However, all this fascination with fire arms by civiliens, the number of deaths either by suicide or misuse..year after year..in the thousands and other modern nations don't even come close to our casualty stats... Possible we have it wrong, they don't? Just saying and fact is, so many of my compatriots who participated as I did...and the same of those similar who have participated in newer conflicks...there is a price one pays...trust me on that. My healthy stockpile consists of a wide variety of shotguns, in different gauges. Think of them like golf clubs, you can play a whole round with just one club, but it’s not as efficient. You really shouldn’t use the same gauge on a woodcock (small bird) that you would use on a goose. I also have many rifles in various calibers, same analogy applies, some or for squirrels, some are for Moose. Then there’s that handguns, one or two to carry, one or two for hunting. By the time you add a few more collectible guns or family heirlooms, you end up with a “healthy stockpile” as I described. I also have ammo for each weapon..., I like that golf club analogy. There have been a few times in my life that I played at playing golf. I realized at one point that I did not have enough skill to get a positive result from using a driver. Since I didn't wish to put in the work to gain more skill, I just stopped using it, actually even stopped carrying it.
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