I hear pro-gun people saying this is an opportunity to change the minds of libs. Them buying guns scares me, though. Historically, when libs arm themselves, they don’t become more conservative. What happens is that they realize that the only way guns kill people is when you point them at someone and pull the trigger. At that point they tend to point them at people they disagree with and begin pulling the trigger.
Never mind a fully automatic weapon.
Good article here.
similarly, a friend of mine, in his early 50s, grew up in Mass, outside of Boston. he often says “I was a liberal until I got a job”
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Sounded like Babylon Bee headline-
Something along the lines of “Bishops ban the sign of the cross, warn that you might poke your eye out and go blind” (That was a thread here on FR recently)
It’s a tough life folks. You reap what you sow.
He decided it was time to acquire "protection" for the home and asked me for advice. After some discussion, we settled on a 9mm semi handgun. As a new owner, I did not recommend that he buy a striker fired weapon (please don't get started on that). I told him that I have a Sig P229 "closest to me." He struck paydirt at a shop an hour away from his home and put his money down on a P229 that had just arrived in the shop. It was a long line, he says.
He's not naive and understands the CA laws. He's booked range time for familiarization and safety training. Then more time to develop skills. I sent him links for items to build a decent maintenance kit for his new acquisition plus hearing and eye protection. He should be able to pick it next week.
In helping him out, I was surprised by the number of gun shops and ranges in CA. So close to near wilderness, they have lots of outdoor ranges. That's just an observation, erasing a bit of ignorance on my part.
And yet they could have got an 80% complete kit overnight and had a functioning AR15 in a couple hours, but they would still need to go through the crap to buy ammunition.
discovering that it is just not possible to walk into a store, buy a gun and leave with it in your pocket.
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It is in free states.
I hope someday California is once again free.
At least not for a while. Last time was in the early aughts for me. Walked out of Central Loan in downtown Seattle during my lunch hour with a Dan Wesson 15-2 in a brown paper bag.
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We know that particular On-Target very well. Good people there.
Charleton Heston interview after the la riots, same stuff.
His libtard friends were asking to borrow guns from him, and he’s like, just go to the store. well we have to wait for them, and it’s well, you voted for these laws and voted for the politicians who wanted these laws...
You don’t put guns in the hands of people who don’t know how to use them and in general do not take proper things seriously and with the respect they deserve.
Once they actually get their firearm, then they need a lock or a safe. Then they need to store their ammo in a different location from the unloaded gun (it is now an expensive club).
Imagine what gun store operators in Georgia feel like. You CAN walk out of the store with one, given success in the FBI/GBI check.
They never really were anti-gun, they just believe that White, Bible-Clinging Conservatives, shouldn’t have them.
The gun shop workers can just ask two questions.
One, did you vote for liberal politicians in this state?
Two, then why are you angry about these laws they pass?