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Election spurs sales of guns, ammo (Nov. 8th biggest day since 1954 for one gun shop!)
The Daytona Beach News-Journal ^ | November 23, 2008 | Mark L. Johnson

Posted on 11/24/2008 12:14:11 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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Get her a revolver, Harry.
1 posted on 11/24/2008 12:14:12 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And have her hate firing it because of the undamped recoil, plus not be able to properly control a heavy revolver?

I’d say a Beretta with a tip-up barrel or even the old Browning High Power - you can rack the slide on a BHP by putting the dust cover against a wall and leaning on it.


2 posted on 11/24/2008 12:18:20 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If they are unable to stop the sale and ownership of guns, they will do the next best thing and control ammo. They do not want honest law abiding citizens to be able to protect themselves.


3 posted on 11/24/2008 12:22:53 AM PST by Dustbunny (Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"They are buying and stocking up,"

Because Americans know that Communists have taken over the American government.

We see the writing on the wall, and we know what the damn Stalinists have in store for all of us.

BLOAT, America!

BLOAT like there is no tomorrow!!!!!!!


4 posted on 11/24/2008 12:27:26 AM PST by Prole (Please pray for the families of Chris and Channon. May God always watch over them.)
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To: Spktyr

In the classes that I’ve taught for self defense, I have always ALWAYS stated that shot placement will beat a bigger less controlled gun every time. As a general rule, women listen, men don’t - at least not until they have tried something smaller like a 9 mm or .45 vs the .44 mag or .50AE they thought they could handle. I’ve seen a grandma with a .22LR pistol that could decide which eyeball she wanted to take out at 10 meters .... it’s quite scary to watch her actually.

I was once asked how can I tell if someone has too much pistol. It is really a simple exercise. Set your target at 7 to 10 yards. Fire 5 rounds in under 10 seconds. If the shot group is bigger than your pistol ... you have too much pistol and not enough control. You can fix that practice or getting a smaller gun / load. But always practice practice practice.

Or the way it was put to me ... never HOPE you hit your target, KNOW if you did.


5 posted on 11/24/2008 12:30:34 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, Obama is causing me some confusion. Should I go 5.6 or 6.8 with the new AR order? It's keeping me up nights.

BTW - I'll be waiting for those “Common Sense” Abortion laws right after he imposes those “Common Sense” Gun laws.

As far as the Second Amendment is concerned, the only thing I'll be hunting is a Politician that turns Governing into Ruling.

My God Given Rights are insured by Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.

6 posted on 11/24/2008 12:36:36 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two wolves and one sheep deciding what's for dinner.)
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Hey, I recommend people start off with the 9mm, personally. The Browning High Power in 9mm is still the pistol I’m best with. 5 rounds at 7 yards, even with the sights covered, I still produce a group you can cover with the BHP’s magazine. With the sights, you can almost cover the group with the magazine’s floorplate. I recommend the BHP a lot; I also took a lot of flak for not having “enough” pistol. Well, guess what, I’m in your camp wherein eighteen 9mm hits are still better than 8 misses with a .45.

Also, individual weapon design makes a difference. For example, the 1911 has more felt recoil than a Glock 30 even though they are in the same caliber. Someone should try out a bunch of weapons at a local range before settling in to a model and caliber, IMHO. Buy what you can hit best with, regardless of caliber (so long as it’s 9mm or better).

For those who like the High Power but would like to move up to a larger caliber, I recommend the Springfield XD45. It points like a BHP and despite the larger round size carries the same number of rounds as a BHP does.


7 posted on 11/24/2008 12:50:03 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Who determines what “Common Sense” means?
It is the same as “Paying your fair share”.


8 posted on 11/24/2008 1:35:01 AM PST by gigster
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To: Prole

My husband went to Bob Pope’s Gun Show Sat. and he said the crowd was enormous!


9 posted on 11/24/2008 3:01:30 AM PST by Jen from Tn.
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And have her hate firing it because of the undamped recoil, plus not be able to properly control a heavy revolver?

FWIW --

Most of the inexperienced shooters I've dealt with have done better with a revolver:

1. It's a lot easier to confirm there is/is not a loaded round in the weapon (sometimes that whole 'slide slamming forward' thing seems to raise doubt for some folks). Inexperienced shooters -- especially women, it seems -- shy away from handling a gun if they aren't confident they know it is or isn't loaded. Any new shooter will get better if they will pick up the weapon on their own and practice handling it. That is more likely to happen if he or she feels comfortable with making sure it is not loaded without assistance.

2. No extra pieces required (we call them 'magazines') for the gun to work.

3. All the gun's movement happens BEFORE you pull the trigger, so the gun isn't cycling, brass flying, etc. during a time when the only thing an inexperienced shooter wants to worry about is NOT dropping the firearm.

4. Recoil, schmecoil. A semi-auto pistol soaks up some, but not very much, recoil. Decent grips make up for that. Some people make the mistake of getting a pistol too small/light with the idea that it will be easier for a woman to shoot (minimum barrel length of 4", 6 is better, and steel frame only).

10 posted on 11/24/2008 3:13:52 AM PST by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: Kickass Conservative

I’d go for 6.8, but get a 5.56 upper as well. Be prepared to pay through the teeth for ammo for the 6.8, less for the 5.56. If I was concerned about money, I’d try to get a lower receiver now, and stock up on ammo, then pick up your upper receivers later, since you don’t ned to go through an FFL for one (at least for now).


11 posted on 11/24/2008 3:22:01 AM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FTA: “Obama believes the Second Amendment creates an indivisdual right....”

WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! The Second Amendment does NOT create an individual right: It protects an individual right that was already in existence. If the government can create a right by Constitutional fiat, that very same government can take it away. The Second Amendment specifically states that the government can not infringe on the peoples’ right to keep and bear arms; it does not say the government gives them that right. Believe me, the left will use the argument of a government-created right in its attempt to do away with the Second Amendment.


12 posted on 11/24/2008 3:22:49 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Prole

BLOAT = Buy lots of ammo today?


13 posted on 11/24/2008 3:24:13 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

bttt


14 posted on 11/24/2008 3:27:28 AM PST by Matchett-PI (2008 = The Year of the Toilet for 'RATS (They just don't know it yet))
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To: ought-six

It’s the quote about how Obama “respects” the rights of hunters that jumps out at me, as if the 2nd Amendment was about hunters’ rights or even the rights of people to protect themselves from crime, it isn’t, it’s about the Constitution stating explicitly that free born citizens have the right to shoot government officials who seriously abuse their powers, it’s not about hunting, not about sports, not about crime, it’s about defending a free people from their government if the need arises.

Odd how the President elect isn’t aware of that fact seeing as how he’s a fancy lawyer and all. I suspect some government agents may soon discover to their cost what the Second Amendment is really about in the coming years and it ain’t about hunting.


15 posted on 11/24/2008 3:46:46 AM PST by PotatoHeadMick
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To: Spktyr

Snub nosed 38 with a hidden hammer.
Then she can’t break her thumb off when she gets it in front of the ejection process of a semi. Can’t screw up the hammer. Just point and pull the trigger.


16 posted on 11/24/2008 3:55:33 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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And as she grinds her way through that long DA trigger pull instead....


17 posted on 11/24/2008 3:59:18 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: taxcontrol

I have a carry permit and like an old Colt 32 auto. Mostly because it is almost undetectable.
Some say it is not a good choice cause it lacks 45 knock down power. I always think I can hit what I aim at.
True it will not put you on your butt if I hit you in the arm but I’ll get your attention. P
P-89 Ruger and Kimber are just too large to effectively hide.
What say you?


18 posted on 11/24/2008 3:59:30 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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I’m not disputing this claim. I think it a reasonable idea. I just don’t remember it actually stating that I can go shoot an official for trying to deny my gun rights?


19 posted on 11/24/2008 4:05:42 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fayetteville’s gun show is about in two weeks, Dec 6th & 7th.

I’ll be there Saturday morning to check out the crowd and pick up a few odds & ends.


20 posted on 11/24/2008 4:08:14 AM PST by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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