Posted on 09/14/2012 3:28:35 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
As Cabela's Inc. CAB +0.45%prepares the selection of guns it will sell for the holiday season and winter hunting, the outdoor-gear retailer has two plans: one if President Barack Obama is re-elected, and one if he isn't.
The Sidney, Neb.-based retailer and other companies in the guns-and-ammo business say if Mr. Obama wins a second term they are preparing for a surge in sales—the same as they saw after he was elected in 2008—from buyers fearful the president would back policies to make buying a gun more difficult. If Republican challenger Mitt Romney wins, though, the chain plans to stock more items such as waterproof boots and camouflage hunting gear.
"If Mitt Romney is elected and there's no perceived threat on the freedom to own guns, people might decide to spend disposable income on things like outerwear instead," said Joe Arterburn, a Cabela's spokesman.
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An illegal alien in Polk County, Florida who got pulled over in a routine traffic stop ended up “executing” the deputy who stopped him. The deputy was shot eight times, including once behind his right ear at close range. Another deputy was wounded and a police dog killed. A state-wide manhunt ensued.
The murderer was found hiding in a wooded area. As soon as he took a shot at the SWAT team officers opened fire on him. They hit the guy 68 times.
Naturally, the liberal media went nuts and asked why they had to shoot the poor, undocumented immigrant 68 times.
Sheriff Grady Judd told the Orlando Sentinel “Because that’s all the ammunition we had.”
The Coroner also reported that the illegal alien died of natural causes. When asked by a reporter how that could be, since there were 68 bullet wounds in his body, he simply replied: “When you are shot 68 times you are naturally gonna die.”
After the last ammo shortage I started reloading. And boy am I glad. Today I reload brass (various rifle, pistol, and revolver) and I’m setup to load shotshells, too. I’ve never cast my own bullets though. I just bought a basic casting setup and I’ve got about 200lbs of wheel weights, but I’ve yet to get molds.
how will you power your furnace?
Make your own molds using a 2x4 and drill bits. Mark your bits so they go no further into the wood than the lebgth of bullet you want and pour your melted lead right into the holes. I mold my own 20 gage slugs ... I reload 12 and 20 gage with a Lee Loadall.
We have a standby generator which powers the whole house......and a portable backup to that!
And you certainly wouldn’t want a Tok now would you! ... Great ballistics that
What model/make did you get?
Get a few extra of the small metal “clips” that secure the grip to the frame.... They seem to break if ya remove the grips to clean..... Just saying if I were gonna buy one fer myself etc...
Hk now sells their 416 and 417 civy flavored piston guns. Expensive but are neat to have when your up to your ass in brass. If I had one....
Stay safe...BLOAT !
Food for thought: in an extended SHTF scenario, the grid will go down. We don’t know how soon but it will. When the grid goes down, the sound of your generator, and those of others will be homing signals for those who haven’t prepared but now need/want something from someone who has. Later on the zombies will descend on audible sounds of survivors — i.e., your generator, which can be heard for ‘miles’ when there is no other human sound being generated.
think about OPSEC in terms of all the senses.
Just sayin’
A Generac Centurion. 7000 watts powers all the necessities in our small house.....nearly everything except central a/c and the range. Only about $1800 for the generator itself. We were w/o power for 5 days last October and we vowed never again. Of all the people I have spoken to who had gennies, not one regretted it.....and neither do I. Total instal coat was around $4800.
Anyone who tries touching that during a SHTF situation will be shot as that is our lifeline.
See if Santa will bring you a Corbin swage. Use old .22 rimfire brass to make jacketed bullets. I use one for making my own .224 jacketed bullets.
Stay safe...
“BLOAT” ??
seeking knowledge ...
An interesting theory. However, I believe that the American public will no longer trust either party in power and they have learned the old Girl Scout motto—”Be prepared” and will continue to prepare.
whatever, you still got the meaning.
Really? A government mandate? And what then when they declare that you "failed"?
I get that.
First the fairly civilised people seeking charity will be at your door. “You seem prepared, can’t you help us? Our 4 year old twins are starving and haven’t had food for two days. Can’t you spare anything?” and 10 more families like that. and 20 more. you get the idea.
Next come those who aren’t as benevolent, will scout you out and threaten you, but can be scared off to threaten a softer target..
Next come those who come in larger modestly organised squads. And frankly they will kill you as soon as look at you. They want what you have, and the sound of your generator was the honey.
I am just saying that *IF* you can properly organize and defend your neighborhood, then your generator is your friend. Just be realistic about how fast and how far civilisation will dissolve. Nine days. You have nine days.
Non paratis est inermus.
Buy Lots Of Ammo Today....
Stay safe !
Firearms sales will continue decreasingly high regardless of politics—decreasingly, because the market is getting saturated.
But at some point in time—maybe a couple years out, if not before—we’ll see a deflationary trend and slowdown (bond collapse, drastic, spreading interest rate hikes, big slowdowns and layoffs in business and government). On top of that, when it’s realized that the growing “zombie hordes” (falling middle class government income/pension recipients, NGOs, all) can’t afford fuel, hostilities or much of anything else, many unemployed will be selling firearms and ammunition dirt cheap (austerity: enormous layoffs of government employees, pension haircuts following bond investor haircuts, etc.).
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