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Happiness is a warm gun: ‘Totalitarianism with a human face’(Why are so many Americans buying guns?)
The Hill ^
| May 1, 2012
| Bernie Quigley
Posted on 05/01/2012 6:06:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The author has never been in the military and has never seen an AR-15.
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:09:14 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
(Why are so many Americans buying guns?)
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:10:11 PM PDT
by
Signalman
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’ve never been to Cabela’s but I used to go to Jay’s Sporting goods when I lived up north.
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:10:11 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
But the AR is not a hunting gun.Tell it to the pig parts in my freezer. And my little sister's first deer, some 25 years ago.
/johnny
To: Signalman
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:11:52 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Although I don't have access to gun sales statistics, many people I know did purchase firearms just after the 0’s election. I wonder if it would be possible to match gun sales statistics with whomever is in the White House (D or R).
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:13:31 PM PDT
by
Traveler59
( Truth is a journey, not a destination.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We enter seasons ahead unlike any we had seen in the passing century. By that does he mean the century of Adolf Hitler, Musselini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho-Chi-Min, Edi Amin, and other dictators? Or the millions killed by their governments? That century?
/johnny
To: 2ndDivisionVet
We bought a lot of guns when Clinton was president too. And we formed militias. There’s something about a Marxist in the White House that makes us think about opposing tyranny. Its just a part of the American DNA, I guess.
Wolverines!!
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:15:48 PM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I was invited via an email from Cabelas to trick out my AR. It took a minute to figure that they were talking about an automatic rifle.
Well, for one, the author sure as hell doesn't own an AR-15. It's also patently obvious from his second sentence that he has absolutely no idea what the hell he's talking about and the rest of the article should be discarded.
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:17:08 PM PDT
by
flintsilver7
(Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The question is a no brainer. Bring it
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:25:42 PM PDT
by
Figment
To: flintsilver7
You mean your AR only fires one round per trigger pull? /s ;)
Yep. I caught that. He's another clueless eater.
/johnny
To: cripplecreek
Dude.
Seriously.
At least check out a Cabela’s. They’re more than just a big-box retail store.
I’m not being a fanboi when I tell you that they’re quite the operation and while you can often find many items cheaper, you can’t find them in many other places all under one roof in such abundance. Don’t drive across country just for going to Cabela’s, but if you’re only a half hour away when you’re on a road trip... I’d make a couple hours to go check it out if you’re at all interested in fishing and hunting.
If you have any interest in fine(r) firearms, check out the larger Cabela’s “gun rooms” which are patterned after a Holland&Holland pattern room of sorts. The one in Kearny, Nebraska is quite impressive, all things considered.
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:28:38 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:29:43 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
But the AR is not a hunting gun. It is a war weapon...Actually, it's more of a "sports utility rifle" - one that can fill many different roles.
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:30:47 PM PDT
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: smokingfrog
I am SO sending my brother that.
/johnny
To: Traveler59
2011 Smashes Sales Record for Guns Dec 27, 2011
This was a banner year for guns -- 2011 is set to smash the record for gun sales.
The record for a single year was set just last year, when the FBI reported that 14,409,616 background checks were requested. In 2011 that figure will top 16 million. FBI spokesman Steve Fischer said just 1.3% of background checks result in denial of a weapon.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/2011-smashes-sales-record-guns
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:39:32 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Lefties are buying huge numbers of firearms, too. It’s all the rage. TV/movie fantasies, maybe...zombies and all of that? Who knows? One weird part of it all, is that most of the buyers of semi-auto rifles are in the cities. Go figure. You’d think they’d want more shotguns, pistols and the like.
IMO, it has to do with entertainment, style, fantasies of fictitious adventures and all of that. Most of the newbies interested in semi-auto rifles are burning bores up (see silly Youtube videos) without any seriousness toward getting educated in ballistics. Mostly posers.
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:41:39 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Why guns?” you ask.
Because “It is about the redistribution of wealth.”
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:43:04 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(For English press "3", or "4". Whatever.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Why guns?” you ask.
Because “It is about the redistribution of wealth.”
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posted on
05/01/2012 6:43:22 PM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(For English press "3", or "4". Whatever.)
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