Posted on 08/23/2013 10:18:33 AM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Fearful residents in the Oklahoma city where Australian Chris Lane was gunned down are buying up handguns to protect themselves.
One of Duncan's most popular gun shops, Danny's Gun Pawn, is reporting a rise in sales of handguns.
Top of the shopping list is the Ruger LCP, a US-made, ultra-light .38 calibre pistol that can be carried in a purse or concealed on the body.
'Oh yeah,' Elaine, a spokeswoman at the shop who did not want to give her surname, replied on Thursday when asked if there had been a rise in sales since Mr Lane's death a week ago.
'Mostly handguns. It is hunting season coming up, but I'm not selling any hunting guns.
'Everyone is looking for concealed carry.'
Despite Duncan police chief Danny Ford denying gangs may have influenced the three boys - James Edwards, 15, Chancey Luna, 16, and Michael Jones, 17 - to randomly target Mr Lane and shoot him in the back as he jogged along a Duncan road, locals disagree.
They told AAP gangs are infiltrating the city and recruiting their youth.
James Johnson, the father of 17-year-old Chris Johnson who police believe was the next target of the trio, told Fairfax Media Edwards, Luna and Jones were trying to recruit his son into a gang.
The three teens were arrested in a car outside Johnson's home four hours after Mr Lane was killed.
A shotgun was allegedly found under a spare tyre in the car's boot.
Gun advocates in the US say guns are not the problem.
'Everyone is screaming gun control, but that's not going to change anything,' Elaine, who described herself as being 'heartbroken' over Mr Lane's death, said.
'Guns are already under control.
(Excerpt) Read more at skynews.com.au ...
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I like this one!
“ALL those who wish to save themselves-FOLLOW ME!”-Major Marcus Reno in SON OF MORNING STAR.
Many blacks can’t legally buy a gun due to prior convictions. Any black going into a gun store and able to buy should be treated as any other gun customer.
Let me go “Full Gun Nut” and suggest each customer be asked if they would join the NRA and two other pro-gun groups. After all, there is safety in numbers.
;-)
Nemine target “acquisition”-—for personal defense purposes the piece had better be pointing where you are looking. If it doesn’t fit your hand well enough to do that without aiming then you need to check out some different frames. Sometimes it takes a little effort to find a handgun that follows your eye-—but it’s like picking your teeth. You shouldn’t need a mirror to get the tooth pick in your mouth-—you just know where it is. And remember: if the target is far away enough to require aiming then taking the shot is no longer “self defense”.
“...It is hunting season coming up,...”
Uh... “Da Crackas’” are waking up...
That’s the LAST thing the other side wants.
It’s about time.
Somebody needs to photoshop those cute Coke commercial polar bears, with ARs slung.
The trio wanted to kill a black kid who wouldnt join their gang.
I prize my .38 LCR; favorite carry gun. Learned about it several years ago while we were gun shopping for my wife. She chose it over the Ladysmith. Liked it so much I went back and bought one for myself. No one would ever know you’re carrying unless you chose to let them know.
Thx much!;-)
Huh? Most Okies own guns already. Guess they now want handguns...
The Ruger LCP is a .380 — 9mm short — semi-automatic pocket pistol. S&W bodyguard is a better weapon, as is the Taurus .380. Taurus has the best trigger; S&W has a built in laser.
.46?
Run 200 rounds thru the piece, and the gun will be more reliable, you will feel more comfortable and if the trigger is giving you any trouble, you'll know it.
“Journos never fail to screw up caliber designations, because they can’t tell .38 from .380.”
Another reason why we need to go metric :-)
5.56×45mm, 7.62×51mm, 9x19mm
It could be all soooooo easy ......
Yep, Black on white crime is just crime, never racist and in the eyes of black leaders,excusable and understandable for years of white oppression. White on black crime is not only a crime but it is racist hate crime, a civil rights violation and continued oppression of the black community as a whole.
A double standard? You bet! But why is it just permitted to flow in this way. Well I would have to say the word RACIST is feared and has been regulated to a one sided use (minorities)and only labeled to whites. Those who fear being labeled RACIST the most are white public leaders, Law Enforcement, Attorneys, Judges and by far those who fear the word more than anyone, Politicians on all levels.
Well now, where will all of this lead? White teens killed just for fun, white babies killed just for the Mother's purse oh and the Mother shot for good measure. 88 year old men killed for what, robbery, fun, Travon? When does it end?
I fear it won't end but rather turn full circle on the Minorities. You see, the Minority leaders are not helping their people out of oppression at all but rather leading them into oppression and the Country into chaos.
I see at some point a white person is walking down a street, he is armed out of fear of what his neighborhood has become. He is blind sided by 2 minority teens and knocked to the ground and beaten. In fear of his life he pulls his weapon a kills both attackers. His neighbors hear the shots and come running... most of his neighbors are minorities as well and are not concerned in what happened to him but rather what was done to the 2 assailants. He hears sirens coming but he also hears himself being called a racist killer. His neighbors then attack him, he again fires in self defense some fall and others back off. The police arrive, he knows he will be arrested and sacrificed because the Law Enforcement leaders do not want to be labeled RACIST, the Prosecuting Attorney does not want to be labeled RACIST, the Judge does not want to be labeled RACIST, the Jury does not want to be labeled RACIST or uncle toms and Politicians will call for his conviction because they to do not want the RACIST label.
He knows he has no chance, no one is or will be on his side, he decides he must go out fighting so he turns his gun on the Police... the Police win.... The spin will begin in the press, he was crazy, he was RACIST, he was a conservative gun nut.... But many many more will see the truth and the futility of his situation ... perhaps he has actually fired the first shots of a war started by the teachings and rantings of the minority leaders themselves. White people will see the futility of any chance of Justice in trusting the system and fight... a war has begun and the Country falls into chaos. Once this happens the fighting will not stop until one side of the other is gone.
Why would Minority leaders build hate till it explodes, why would they want this for their people... Truth is, they don't care about their people just their pockets and hate an divisiveness lines their pockets.
There is a reason for the long pull on the LCP.... No Safety other than the M1 finger.
In California, only our ruling class can buy the Ruger LCP 38 or the Ruger SR22 and a whole slew of other self defense equipment.
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