Guns Better Investment Than Gold? ("...when poets buy guns, tourist season is over.")

The American Interest ^ | November 25, 2011 | Walter Russell Mead

[2ndDivisionVet]

How many weapons have been sold here since Mr. Obama garnered the Democratic nomination?

[DarthVader]

Mass quantities!!

[Jack Hydrazine]

Is Obama trying to get the World Gun Salesman Of The Year award?

[2ndDivisionVet]

More like the decade. If he isn’t already a shoo-in, I don’t know who is.

[Lancey Howard]

In my opinion, guns are a superior investment. If cared for, quality guns do not depreciate. Like gold, they simply retain their “true value”. Plus, guns serve a useful purpose at the same time, unlike gold which just sits there. My portfolio definitely includes a quality gun collection.

[2ndDivisionVet]

In our “Argentinian” future, I predict that the .22 LR round will be the new dollar bill.

[umgud]

I don’t collect guns. I accumulate them.

[mylife]

I lost all my guns in an unfortunate canoeing accident.

[Lancey Howard]

It is a smart idea for people to learn how to pack their own shells, too.

[Kickass Conservative]

>”I lost all my guns in an unfortunate canoeing accident”<

If I've told my Guns once, I've told them a thousand times, never go canoeing without wearing a Life Jacket.

[unkus]

That’s a shame. I lost mine in a rafting accident. Deep, deep water, too.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I know, that was me sitting behind you in the boat. What were we doing in a canoe right over the Marianas Trench, anyhow?

[gettinolder]

I feel your pain. The same thing happened to me only recently. Fortunately I escaped.

Maybe we could start a therapy group for all those on FR who have lost their entire firearm collections in unfortunate boating accidents.

[meadsjn]

How many weapons have been sold here since Mr. Obama garnered the Democratic nomination?

About One Million firearms, each and every month since August 2008, on average, at the civilian retail level, excluding private person-to-person sales.

American civilians have also purchased 1.2 to 1.5 Billion rounds of ammunition, on average, each and every month since August 2008.

[PzLdr]

As Jesse James would put it, “If you have the guns, you’ll usually get the gold.”

[meadsjn]

Not me though. Guns and ammo are scary stuff.

I've just been buying lots of fishing stuff -- bottom rigs and dragnets.

[SatinDoll]

For therapy, perhaps you should all take up scuba diving.

[unkus]

Glad you are okay.

I guess we’ll have to settle for B B guns.

[Stonewall Jackson]

.22 LR's will be valuable, as will shotgun shells (slugs, buckshot, and birdshot) and common center-fire rifle rounds (here in Ky, the 30-30 and SKS are both popular rifles).

I'd also recommend purchasing one or two "spare" rifles. These would come in very handy if something should happen to your primary rifle, if you have a friend or family member who is in need of a firearm, or as a trade/barter item.

Surplus military rifles such as Mausers, Enfields, Mosin-Nagant's, '03 Springfields, and Garands are available at a number of gun shops nationwide. I'd recommend them for the fact that they are designed to be withstand rough treatment and still keep firing, plus surplus ammo can usually be found at fairly reasonable prices.

[Monterrosa-24]

Yep it gets impossible to take a family photo showing all rifles, shotguns, and handguns. So we have to just break it down into different family lines.