Posted on 06/19/2022 9:32:29 AM PDT by jdege
Possibly you’re old enough to remember the great massacre spree of 1964? Classrooms shot up, strip malls decimated, scout troops blown away, fast food restaurants turned into mortuaries.
And all because, in its infinite stupidity, the U.S. government dumped 240,000 high-capacity .30 caliber assault rifles into an otherwise innocent America.
The weapons clearly had a demon-spirit to them. Compared to anything else in the market, they had that murder-most-easy look. One glance at the sinister gleam of the walnut stock which caressed the military-gray receiver and barrel of the weapon, its magazine wickedly boasting of many cartridges ready and waiting, its photo- and Hollywood associations with war, and some went screwball. They had the overwhelming desire to use it as it was meant to be used. It was not powerful enough for deer and not accurate enough for vermin. It existed only to kill human beings.
Except there was no massacre spree of 1964, despite the fact that in 1963 the United States Army surplussed 240,000 M1 carbines via the NRA. They were available through the mail at $20. Not an NRA member? Eighty bucks, then, from any sporting goods store. Denver’s Dave Cook’s–“Guns Galore at Prices to Score”– had them by mail order, magazine and sling included, postage, $1.25.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
What did happen next was remarkable. It was also simple: nothing.
When SCOTUS declares discretionary carry permit laws to be unconstitutional, what do you think will happen?
Yep.
Nothing.
bttt
Great article. Thanks for posting.
Yup. Mail order guns delivered by the post office. Consider the consistent/continuing infringing going on, probably before the ink was dry 12/15/1791.
In the 80’s, guns were listed in the JC Pennys catalog.
In the 70’s you could by them through the mail.
>> not accurate enough for vermin<<
BS! My elder brother & his CO used theirs to shoot pheasants in Korean rice paddies during the Korean war.
I’ve used mine to shoot nuisance turkeys, among other smaller targets.
As for ‘not powerful enough for deer’, that depends on range. .270 & .300 mag, it’s not; but at close range, in the corn field & apple orchard, it does a fine job...just as it did killing enemy soldiers.
But that article requires logic to read and understand. Leftists (i.e., democrats) do not have logic and therefore will simply say this article about the lack of a massacre has no bearing on their emotional feelings about other events.
Too many guns? You should have seen America before the 1968 gun control act was passed.
Guns were available at gas stations, liquor stores, hardware stores, sporting goods stores, clothing stores, book stores, record stores, grocery stores, Saddle shops, bus stations.
Cash and carry. No waiting period, no paperwork, no background checks. Just look old enough.
OR, you could chose one from the back of a hunting magazine, drop a check in the mail and it would be shipped right to your door. You could even order fully functional anti-tank rifles and ammo same way.
Yet the murder rate was very low back then and road rage was unheard of.
Then came the 1968 gun control law, and in the 1970s the insane hospitals were closed down and the inmates dumped on the streets.
And within a few years the mass killings by crazies began.
My father used an M-1 carbine to take down deer in Germany shortly after the war.
Unfortunately, what you say is correct.
They say not to underestimate your opponent. Conservatives, on the other hand, have to be careful not to overestimate our opponent. I often find myself falling into this trap. I overestimate the value they place on things like logic, human life, and fair play.
Thanks for the reminder about reality.
I think I will take exception to the statement it was not accurate enough for vermin. My younger son could fill up the bullseye at 100 yards with the carbine and with a Ruger revolver chambered for the cartridge, but of course he is a former Marine who served with Marine Presidential Security Forces.
I remember all of that. As a teenager back then, I bought a rifle in a hardware store and walked out the door with it.
I guess this just proves how wtupid Americans are, since the people didn’t know these weapons were supposed to be used for killing people. Didn’t they know that we needed mroe dead bodies so they could take all the guns? Idiots.
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