Get you head out from under the flag.....
I dare you to wave a clip that size in the face of any police officer. Ownership of firearms is a 'may I' proposition in the once late great America, now the land of wieners and wusses.
"Ownership of firearms is a 'may I' proposition in the once late great America, now the land of wieners and wusses."
Nah, the gangs, drug smugglers and other criminals still have plenty of cojones. They don't give a damn about any steekin' gun laws.
Well, in most places. I admit to a modicum of surprise at the wimpiness of the Cajuns and other good Southern folks in New Orleans. One might have expected the second American Revolution to start there. Just another example of the seeds planted in the public schools forty years ago, now bearing fruit.
As to gold, the Chinese have conspired with other nations for DECADES to artificially keep the price of gold low. Every couple of years they'd sell 40 or 50 metric tons onto the open market. This would cause a glut and the prices would sink. Since they began to run low a few years ago, as smaller investors began to hoard gold in circulation, they were unable to maintain such strict control of the prices.
My Hot Shot Brother In Law, the Senior VP BANKER, used to ridicule me for buying gold since the 1980's. Now his smirk ain't quite so big. He did manage to talk me out of buying gold in the 1970's when I was in high school, but something told me that I was right....and when I got my inheritance from a parent, I acted. One of the best moves I ever made. My holdings have grown in value by a factor of four. I invested in both specie and in uncirculated pre-1933 numismatic gold coins. I continue to invest in these as I can afford it.