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Why does anyone need an AR-15? I dunno. Does anyone need an Infiniti car with 400 horsepower? They're fun for one thing. If you can afford one, why not? That's what freedom is all about. I don't particularly want or need the car or the gun, but I don't want anyone telling me that I can't have one.It's a classic example of the nanny state doing something "for my own good" but which in reality is doing it for its own good to accumulate power over its citizens (soon to be serfs).
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Racism, Racism!
Where is Stepan Fetchit when you need him?
me of the "innocent" days when I was trying to grow up.
I always loved "Lightnin'," the slow-talking friend! -- j
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no-gun list which is waiting in the wings like the new
healthcare law was waiting when they cranked up
the "nuclear option" and crammed it down the nation's
throats. . and if this gulch were known to harbor a
group of independent thinkers, we'd be right there! -- j
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I would think the AR-15 should likely be among the five top choices for being that primary weapon. Maybe even the M16!
I dream well, don't I?
This afternoon I'll be out shopping for a satisfactory 9mm carbine that I could not find on the opposite side of Birmingham last week.
Must admit that now I'm thinking about an AR-15. A son who will accompany me today has one.
He was surprised when I could shoot it more accurately than him at our favorite indoor range.
I told him that I had to NRA qualify with an AR-15 for the last 19 of 21 years of my being a state corrections officer.
I'd rather trust my two hands around a familiar weapon.
We all have our preferences.
There is a lot of responsibility if you have a gun. Cant brandish it to threaten potential attackers. Cant conceal it without a special permit. Probably cant have it in a car. God forbid you actually shoot someone and either kill them or wound them. Its pretty complicated actually. Plus, the attacker might take your gun and shoot YOU... Your dog wont do that..
I have that permit because I prefer a hidden pocket pistol.
I've heard you can carry a gun in a car without a permit but that does not matter to me due to having one.
I can brandish a gun without aiming it just to show I have it and to keep away from me. I can aim it to frighten off a physical attack.
I once displayed a news photograph of three or four Alabama citizens making a citizens' arrest at gunpoint of three Christmas time burglars that they followed in a car in a community a short drive from where I live. One lady was aiming with a ladylike pretty pink pistol.
Only the burglars were arrested when the police came. Always carry a cell phone.
I can make a citizen's arrest but I can't shoot a crook running away. Not every crook knows that.
If you are forced to shoot someone, you can't shoot a perp again if he is no longer a threat.
As for someone taking your gun, that's why I prefer concealed carry and I always try to be aware of my surroundings. For example, should I be loading groceries into my car trunk from a grocery cart, I'm always looking around. No one ever beat me with my own prison guard stick--guns not allowed inside a prison because inmates can gang up and take it from your then very stupid open carry.
Dogs can be shot and silencers are sold at gun shops. Saw more of those this afternoon.
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I just want to be able to defend myself.
I would shoot a crazy person or a terrorist (same thing) shooting others. No one would blame me for shooting such a person in the back.
With all of that don't say zip to anybody especially police as there notes go to the Prosecutors office act like you had immediate PTSD Never speak to or answer a police officer without your lawyer present, demand a lawyer , volunteer nothing, demand to see your family members, and they will help you out but they can't be overt about it. Such as repeating where you were in relation to and how there was no chance of escape . With all of that you MIGHT stand a chance of getting offf. BUT if you say something I bought the weapon to defend myself you just showed intent to use it. Or I practiced weekly. A crime is the joint union of action and intent. But the biggest problem is people running their mouths too much. they hang themselves even when they are innocent.
You will be asked the same questions or the same indifferent forms or in a different order. If it was answered once tell them to refer to their notes and clam iup especially if their is no lawyer present.
If there is a story about a self defense shooter being unjustly treated by law enforcement and/or a criminal justice system ONLY in Alabama in recent times, I'd like to see it or view it.
Do believe such horror stories are always in other states. I can't recall anything like that in Alabama.
I consider those who whine about what I do as among the segment of those who think someone is supposed to take care of them as opposed to taking care of themselves.
attacks, he'll lick them to death! -- j
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On target now, I'd go buy another AR, but really, how many can one guy own - answer: MORE than I have. I could fire up the 3d printer and make my own, I've got plenty of the pieces I can't print and I do have a mill and lathe.........
AR's are like potato chips - one's never enough and as long as there's more room in the safe (or under the bed) there's always room for more. They're small, don't eat much........
we're out here hoping that you're doing well, sir, and
the family!!! -- john
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The worst thing one can do is advertise. Especially in a crime prone area like Washington DC where a license is required just to put the pieces of the weapon together in advance. The reason for the Waller law suits.
Never mind the borders the nation cannot protect it's own capitol much less against foreign incursion. Name a better or safer place to live has gotten to be a really poor attempt at sick urban humor.
The need for a weapon is based on one reason. Visiting the USA. If it isn't one kind of criminal it's another. Whose to say which is the worst kind. They are both dangerous and both armed. Not really something to be proud of as a national accomplishment.
Which is the worst sort? Why are you buying a firearm? Taking counsel of your own fears so to speak.
Not sure what the best choice in firearms is at the present time. Shotguns and earplugs come to mind The worst choice is easy. Anything unloaded, in pieces and in scattered locations.
Another iffy round in that regard is Glaser Safety Slugs but they are my odds on favorite. #9 pellets in a chilled liquid teflonn solution. They do not ricochet and cause problem that way. BUT they will penetrate until a different matrial is encountered fat to muscle etc. and then literally explode like a tiny grenade. The entry and exist wounds are worth examining. Shot into a big bar of lye soap. they make a very large internal cavity. That soap is equal to human flesh. Solve one problem inherit another.
Tar and feathers would be much more effective.
Impalement on the south lawn even better.
I only saw the CNN edited clips on the CNN website, but I find Weld to be offensive, too. More polished and weasely and un-libertarian. I can see why the socialist drones who live in MA voted for him.
Nailed it right there...
they travel in fly-over country where we are usually
armed for either hunting or self-defense. . good. -- j
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That does not count the other stores in Pennsylvania or the entire country.
Question #1. How many vehicles with Connecticut, Washington D. C. , Virginia and Maryland license plates were spotted in the parking lots adjacent to Hunter's Warehouse? Did any of them have Congressional stickers?
Question #2. Will the upsurge in manufacturing and retail sales be claimed as part of the Obungler's legacy. Why not?
Question #3 will this be seen as a way to pre-train the nations young people in preparation for activating the draft? Wasn't that the reason for NRA?
The last time I recall this happening was the assault weapons ban. At a Gun Show in San Jose California I witnessed many of the stores selling not much except for SKS rifles. Booth backdrops were made from double high pallets of cases of ammunition.
None of those vendors went home with any stock except that needed to stock their bank accounts. Another Clinton Victory for the economy.
Was there any real slowdown in acquiring SKS rifles and munitions? Not really. The ship's from China docked in Mexico and the items were trucked in under NAFTA.
The ban is gone but NAFTA remains.
In retrospect I do believe this latest early Xmas sales season is larger than that fostered by Clinton.
Not going to run out of AR15's though. The factory is working in an increase o f 10,000 or so sized overtime production units per month.