Posted on 05/04/2009 4:01:56 PM PDT by Bob Leibowitz
There is one segment of the economy that the Obama administration has caused to boom, firearms and ammunition. Gun sales are up 50% since the election and popular calibers of ammunition are either extraordinarily expensive or impossible to find as gun owners clear store shelves of anything that will go bang. Manufacturers are running at capacity, expanding production and hiring as quickly as possible.
President Obama's latest strategy to send sales through the roof, in the forms of both repeat business to existing owners as they "stock up", and to first-time purchasers, is the planned release of dozens of hardened terrorists into the cities and towns of America. These men are proven killers, trained in the camps of al-Qaeda. Many have killed Americans, each has sworn to. None have shown remorse. None are rehabilitated. Their only skill, their only experience is terrorism.
They are professional killers. They prefer to kill civilians if possible, women and children are preferred.
The Department of Homeland Security spends scores of billions of dollars each year to keep people like this out, to keep them off airplanes, away from subways, distant from the seats of power. They are not legally allowed to enter the U. S. These are creepy-crawlies of modern times, the anti-heroes of future non-fiction 24 or Die Hard movies.
These are men the likes of which our military are trained to shoot on sight. Yet one day soon they'll be strolling through our malls and airports, touring skyscrapers in Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles, scoping out athletic stadiums in New York and Denver.
With their decision to admit the Gitmo detainees into the U. S., Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama have guaranteed full employment at Ruger, Colt's and Smith & Wesson for years to come.
If they’re smart, they’ll head to a city like Chicago. Here we are all unarmed and easy pickings. But wait, I have my 2 1/2 inch pocket knife just in case a Mumbai style attack occurs here. Mr. Daley has his armed body guards and possibly armored cars to protect him. At least he’s safe.
I bet a lot of good citizens in Chicago have guns in their homes. It would be better if the sales of military caliber rifles were the ones skyrocketing. Handguns are good but when it comes to the crunch a .308 or .223 will be more useful.
The are.
Have you priced .308, .223, or 7.62x39 lately?
I’m going with whatever I can find ammo for!!!
I went into a gunshop today and I priced a box of .308 - 150 Grain cartridges. Twenty to a box.
$59.95
Have you priced .308, .223, or 7.62x39 lately?
5.45x39=~223 and it’s $0.18 per round delivered.
http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/5_45x39.html
7.62x54R=~308 and it’s not much more.
http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Czech_7.62x54R_Light_Ball.html
If you’re serious about ammo, you’re buying 10,000 rounds at a time, so the cost of the rifles is not the issue.
You’re far better off with a second rate rifle you can afford to become proficient with.
On the commie 223, I should note that the AR uppers (hard to find) are wrestling with some subtle feeding and accuracy issues, so an AK-74 may make sense, unless you have verified their not using us 223 barrel specs. But some AK-74s are using US barrels that have keyholing at short distances and very inaccurate due to using barrels that are slightly too large.
Bang
I know because I have a collection of Mosin Nagants.
I just couldn't pass up tough, simple, and perfectly servicable rifles at 89 bucks a pop.
;-)
Just who is this author trying to kid, anyway?
It’s not the “economic situation”, or “fear of unrest”, or “fear of gun/ammo control”, or “fear of terrorists”
that is driving gun and ammo sales.
Everyone knows it, but few are willing to admit,
the political situation in America is now recognizably irreconcilable. There is a peaceful way out of a confrontation between those desiring to enslave their fellow Americans, and those who refuse to allow it,
but that way is VERY narrow, and probably won’t be allowed by the pro-slavery/statist types.
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