Happiness is a warm gun: ‘Totalitarianism with a human face’(Why are so many Americans buying guns?)

The Hill ^ | May 1, 2012 | Bernie Quigley

[2ndDivisionVet]

Comments?

[elkfersupper]

The author has never been in the military and has never seen an AR-15.

[Signalman]

(Why are so many Americans buying guns?)

[cripplecreek]

I’ve never been to Cabela’s but I used to go to Jay’s Sporting goods when I lived up north.

[JRandomFreeper]

But the AR is not a hunting gun.

Tell it to the pig parts in my freezer. And my little sister's first deer, some 25 years ago.

/johnny

[cripplecreek]

[Traveler59]

Although I don't have access to gun sales statistics, many people I know did purchase firearms just after the 0’s election. I wonder if it would be possible to match gun sales statistics with whomever is in the White House (D or R).

[JRandomFreeper]

We enter seasons ahead unlike any we had seen in the passing century.

By that does he mean the century of Adolf Hitler, Musselini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho-Chi-Min, Edi Amin, and other dictators? Or the millions killed by their governments? That century?

/johnny

[Bryanw92]

We bought a lot of guns when Clinton was president too. And we formed militias. There’s something about a Marxist in the White House that makes us think about opposing tyranny. Its just a part of the American DNA, I guess.

Wolverines!!

[flintsilver7]

I was invited via an email from Cabela’s to trick out my AR. It took a minute to figure that they were talking about an automatic rifle.

Well, for one, the author sure as hell doesn't own an AR-15. It's also patently obvious from his second sentence that he has absolutely no idea what the hell he's talking about and the rest of the article should be discarded.

[Figment]

The question is a no brainer. Bring it

[JRandomFreeper]

You mean your AR only fires one round per trigger pull? /s ;)

Yep. I caught that. He's another clueless eater.

/johnny

[NVDave]

Dude.

Seriously.

At least check out a Cabela’s. They’re more than just a big-box retail store.

I’m not being a fanboi when I tell you that they’re quite the operation and while you can often find many items cheaper, you can’t find them in many other places all under one roof in such abundance. Don’t drive across country just for going to Cabela’s, but if you’re only a half hour away when you’re on a road trip... I’d make a couple hours to go check it out if you’re at all interested in fishing and hunting.

If you have any interest in fine(r) firearms, check out the larger Cabela’s “gun rooms” which are patterned after a Holland&Holland pattern room of sorts. The one in Kearny, Nebraska is quite impressive, all things considered.

[smokingfrog]

[Zeppo]

But the AR is not a hunting gun. It is a war weapon...

Actually, it's more of a "sports utility rifle" - one that can fill many different roles.

[JRandomFreeper]

I am SO sending my brother that.

/johnny

[Ken H]

2011 Smashes Sales Record for Guns

Dec 27, 2011

This was a banner year for guns -- 2011 is set to smash the record for gun sales.

The record for a single year was set just last year, when the FBI reported that 14,409,616 background checks were requested. In 2011 that figure will top 16 million. FBI spokesman Steve Fischer said just 1.3% of background checks result in denial of a weapon.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/2011-smashes-sales-record-guns

[familyop]

Lefties are buying huge numbers of firearms, too. It’s all the rage. TV/movie fantasies, maybe...zombies and all of that? Who knows? One weird part of it all, is that most of the buyers of semi-auto rifles are in the cities. Go figure. You’d think they’d want more shotguns, pistols and the like.

IMO, it has to do with entertainment, style, fantasies of fictitious adventures and all of that. Most of the newbies interested in semi-auto rifles are burning bores up (see silly Youtube videos) without any seriousness toward getting educated in ballistics. Mostly posers.

[Rapscallion]

“Why guns?” you ask.

Because “It is about the redistribution of wealth.”

[Rapscallion]

“Why guns?” you ask.

Because “It is about the redistribution of wealth.”