http://reason.com/blog/show/128765.html
This blog shows the idiocy and scare tactics of the Anti's.
It makes one with common sense shake their head in wonder....
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Gun Shows
I think gun shows are going to be a thing of the past within a years. Well, not altogether gone, but much smaller and less frequent then they are now or have been. No, it's not the Anti-gun laws that may be coming, or closing of any so called loopholes, it's the prices.
It costs 5 to 8 dollars to park at some of the shows and anywhere from $5 to $10 to get in the door. So, basically, it's $10 to $18, plus gas and time and you still haven't purchased a product, yet.
My question is, unless I am buying a lot of things, where is the incentive to go to the gun show over buying over the internet. Many places offer discounted shipping on larger orders or free shipping. When you go to a gun show, you have to carry everything you buy all around the show and then back to your car. Well, hell, Fedex or UPS can do that for me.
If anyone talks about how great the gun show conversations are, they are stoned and not sharing with the rest of us. You get either people too into your space or rude/arrogant sales people. Occasionally, you get into a good conversation with someone, but it is rare.
Prices at the gun shows can..can..can be decent, but usually no better then you will find on the internet or your local gun store that carries surplus stuff. You get it at the stores with no parking or entrance fees. Trading guns, well, let the buyer beware.
So..no savings in cost and in fact costs more to get in, you have to hike your purchases through the place that is unusually exceptionally crowded..sounds like a species that will be extinct soon.
It costs 5 to 8 dollars to park at some of the shows and anywhere from $5 to $10 to get in the door. So, basically, it's $10 to $18, plus gas and time and you still haven't purchased a product, yet.
My question is, unless I am buying a lot of things, where is the incentive to go to the gun show over buying over the internet. Many places offer discounted shipping on larger orders or free shipping. When you go to a gun show, you have to carry everything you buy all around the show and then back to your car. Well, hell, Fedex or UPS can do that for me.
If anyone talks about how great the gun show conversations are, they are stoned and not sharing with the rest of us. You get either people too into your space or rude/arrogant sales people. Occasionally, you get into a good conversation with someone, but it is rare.
Prices at the gun shows can..can..can be decent, but usually no better then you will find on the internet or your local gun store that carries surplus stuff. You get it at the stores with no parking or entrance fees. Trading guns, well, let the buyer beware.
So..no savings in cost and in fact costs more to get in, you have to hike your purchases through the place that is unusually exceptionally crowded..sounds like a species that will be extinct soon.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Do you believe
Do you believe this?
http://www.sportsmenforobama.org/
September 5, 2008, 2:38 pm
Obama: ‘I’m Not Going to Take Your Guns Away’
Christopher Cooper reports from Duryea, Pa., on the presidential race.
The Obama campaign talks a lot about new ideas and expanding the political map, but in the swing state of Pennsylvania, which the campaign has focused on almost exclusively since the Democratic convention, old-school issues still rise to the fore.
The latest example came Friday during a small political event at SCHOTT North America Inc., a glass factory in Duryea, Pa., where even a hand-picked crowd threw Barack Obama a curve ball.
A woman in the crowd told Obama she had “heard a rumor” that he might be planning some sort of gun ban upon being elected president. Obama trotted out his standard policy stance, that he had a deep respect for the “traditions of gun ownership” but favored measures in big cities to keep guns out of the hands of “gang bangers and drug dealers’’ in big cities “who already have them and are shooting people.”
“If you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it,’’ Obama said. But the Illinois senator could still see skeptics in the crowd, particularly on the faces of several men at the back of the room.
So he tried again. “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress,’’ he said. “This can’t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I’m not going to take away your guns.’’
I guess that he would take them away if he could get the votes.....Yup, and he thinks the Second Amendment is an individual right. Right.
--Me neither. His record speaks for itself
http://www.sportsmenforobama.org/
September 5, 2008, 2:38 pm
Obama: ‘I’m Not Going to Take Your Guns Away’
Christopher Cooper reports from Duryea, Pa., on the presidential race.
The Obama campaign talks a lot about new ideas and expanding the political map, but in the swing state of Pennsylvania, which the campaign has focused on almost exclusively since the Democratic convention, old-school issues still rise to the fore.
The latest example came Friday during a small political event at SCHOTT North America Inc., a glass factory in Duryea, Pa., where even a hand-picked crowd threw Barack Obama a curve ball.
A woman in the crowd told Obama she had “heard a rumor” that he might be planning some sort of gun ban upon being elected president. Obama trotted out his standard policy stance, that he had a deep respect for the “traditions of gun ownership” but favored measures in big cities to keep guns out of the hands of “gang bangers and drug dealers’’ in big cities “who already have them and are shooting people.”
“If you’ve got a gun in your house, I’m not taking it,’’ Obama said. But the Illinois senator could still see skeptics in the crowd, particularly on the faces of several men at the back of the room.
So he tried again. “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress,’’ he said. “This can’t be the reason not to vote for me. Can everyone hear me in the back? I see a couple of sportsmen back there. I’m not going to take away your guns.’’
I guess that he would take them away if he could get the votes.....Yup, and he thinks the Second Amendment is an individual right. Right.
--Me neither. His record speaks for itself
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Clean your gun
Went shooting with a friend today. She's a great shot, fun shooting partner and really challenges me to keep up on my skills. Unless I really pay attention and concentrate on shooting, front site, trigger control, and breathing she can kick my ass all over the target. I have been shooting for 20 years. She's been shooting for 6 months.
Anywho, after shooting today I asked her about cleaning and she said she hadn't in a while. I told her I would clean it. The last time I saw a gun that dirty was about $15 years ago when my buddy and I blew 250+ Chinese surplus rounds in an afternoon through my SKS. The surplus ammo is some nasty, dirty stuff. It's also "mildly" corrosive. It took me a couple dozen of patches to get the barrel, chrome lined mind you, clean.
This Glock 19 was that bad. The barrel alone took about 20 patches. The frame took 15 more. The slide was another 20. The slides first 6 patches were completely black from powder and gunk. It was nasty. The moral of this story...clean your gun !! And the 2nd moral...damn Glocks are reliable.
Anywho, after shooting today I asked her about cleaning and she said she hadn't in a while. I told her I would clean it. The last time I saw a gun that dirty was about $15 years ago when my buddy and I blew 250+ Chinese surplus rounds in an afternoon through my SKS. The surplus ammo is some nasty, dirty stuff. It's also "mildly" corrosive. It took me a couple dozen of patches to get the barrel, chrome lined mind you, clean.
This Glock 19 was that bad. The barrel alone took about 20 patches. The frame took 15 more. The slide was another 20. The slides first 6 patches were completely black from powder and gunk. It was nasty. The moral of this story...clean your gun !! And the 2nd moral...damn Glocks are reliable.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Another D.C.
This has the potential to be a great thing for gun rights. If Congress overrides the nonsensical bullshit that D.C. lawmakers have been spewing all these years, maybe we will start seeing real rights flow back into our countries Capital.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/08/ST2008090802613.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/09/08/ST2008090802613.html
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Another shooting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080903/ap_on_re_us/shooting_rampage
It's been a while since a crazy person has gone on a shooting person. While I feel for the families of all the victims, I still have problems understanding the mentality of people who do this sort of thing. What makes a person decide to "go out on a blaze" of gore. Why not just take your own life and spare dozens of people heartache and pain?
It's been a while since a crazy person has gone on a shooting person. While I feel for the families of all the victims, I still have problems understanding the mentality of people who do this sort of thing. What makes a person decide to "go out on a blaze" of gore. Why not just take your own life and spare dozens of people heartache and pain?
Monday, September 1, 2008
D.C. FFL Dealer
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/washington/01guns.html?ex=1378008000&en=4e8944461ae72a9a&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg
September 1, 2008Washington Gun Ownership to Go Through One Man By WILL BARDENWERPERWASHINGTON — Residents here who buy a gun to keep legally at home, now that the Supreme Court has overturned the city’s ban on handguns, will find that a bureaucratic maze leads them to an unmarked door on Good Hope Road Southeast where Charles W. Sykes Jr. does business.Mr. Sykes does not sell guns, but on Tuesday he is expected to become the only federally licensed dealer in Washington to serve as the transfer agent for the carefully controlled transactions that will put guns in the hands of district residents.There are no gun stores here, and a resident who buys a gun elsewhere must have the weapon shipped to a licensed dealer in the district. Mr. Sykes’s permit will allow him to receive the weapon and, for a transaction fee of $125, he will ensure that the requisite paperwork is prepared for approval by federal and district officials before handing over the weapon to its new owner. Mr. Sykes has been handling this kind of transaction since 1994 for security firms, police officers and the like. His enterprise, CS Exchange Limited and located in the southeast Washington neighborhood of Anacostia, is not listed in the telephone book, and he does not advertise. But his name is commonly known in local gun circles, and he can be found on the Internet.Mr. Sykes said his firearms work was a sideline — he would not name his full-time employer — and he had no thoughts of selling guns. “I don’t know of any firearms dealer in the greater metropolitan area that hasn’t been broken into,” he said. “I don’t want the headache of having to secure a stockpile of weapons.”There may be a few other holders of federal firearms licenses in the city, but according to the police, he will soon be the only one to offer this service. There was a surge of people contacting him after the Supreme Court’s ruling, but Mr. Sykes said some people had lost interest upon learning how long it was taking him to receive the necessary approval. As of Tuesday, however, if all goes according to plan, a resident of the District of Columbia who purchases a gun should expect to receive the weapon within three weeks of purchase. Mr. Sykes relocated his business in February; the new location was certified by the federal firearms agency in July. He applied for an annual license from the District Police Department, and that is the license he should receive Tuesday, said Traci Hughes, a police spokeswoman. At that point, prospective new gun owners will for the first time be able to obtain weapons from out of state and have them duly licensed in the district.Mr. Sykes said that so far only about 10 district residents had approached him for the transfer of newly purchased weapons. Still, there are indications that business may pick up eventually.Dale Metta, the manager of Atlantic Guns in nearby Silver Spring, Md., said he had received “lots of interest from D.C. residents, but the problem has been that Mr. Sykes was not yet ready for business.” Mr. Metta said in the weeks after the Supreme Court’s ruling he received at least 10 visits a day from Washington residents interested in buying a gun.Also, the District Police Department has provided 412 firearms applications to the public, Ms. Hughes said. Mr. Sykes, meanwhile, is counseling patience. “You’ve waited for 33 years,” he said. “What is another month or two?”
September 1, 2008Washington Gun Ownership to Go Through One Man By WILL BARDENWERPERWASHINGTON — Residents here who buy a gun to keep legally at home, now that the Supreme Court has overturned the city’s ban on handguns, will find that a bureaucratic maze leads them to an unmarked door on Good Hope Road Southeast where Charles W. Sykes Jr. does business.Mr. Sykes does not sell guns, but on Tuesday he is expected to become the only federally licensed dealer in Washington to serve as the transfer agent for the carefully controlled transactions that will put guns in the hands of district residents.There are no gun stores here, and a resident who buys a gun elsewhere must have the weapon shipped to a licensed dealer in the district. Mr. Sykes’s permit will allow him to receive the weapon and, for a transaction fee of $125, he will ensure that the requisite paperwork is prepared for approval by federal and district officials before handing over the weapon to its new owner. Mr. Sykes has been handling this kind of transaction since 1994 for security firms, police officers and the like. His enterprise, CS Exchange Limited and located in the southeast Washington neighborhood of Anacostia, is not listed in the telephone book, and he does not advertise. But his name is commonly known in local gun circles, and he can be found on the Internet.Mr. Sykes said his firearms work was a sideline — he would not name his full-time employer — and he had no thoughts of selling guns. “I don’t know of any firearms dealer in the greater metropolitan area that hasn’t been broken into,” he said. “I don’t want the headache of having to secure a stockpile of weapons.”There may be a few other holders of federal firearms licenses in the city, but according to the police, he will soon be the only one to offer this service. There was a surge of people contacting him after the Supreme Court’s ruling, but Mr. Sykes said some people had lost interest upon learning how long it was taking him to receive the necessary approval. As of Tuesday, however, if all goes according to plan, a resident of the District of Columbia who purchases a gun should expect to receive the weapon within three weeks of purchase. Mr. Sykes relocated his business in February; the new location was certified by the federal firearms agency in July. He applied for an annual license from the District Police Department, and that is the license he should receive Tuesday, said Traci Hughes, a police spokeswoman. At that point, prospective new gun owners will for the first time be able to obtain weapons from out of state and have them duly licensed in the district.Mr. Sykes said that so far only about 10 district residents had approached him for the transfer of newly purchased weapons. Still, there are indications that business may pick up eventually.Dale Metta, the manager of Atlantic Guns in nearby Silver Spring, Md., said he had received “lots of interest from D.C. residents, but the problem has been that Mr. Sykes was not yet ready for business.” Mr. Metta said in the weeks after the Supreme Court’s ruling he received at least 10 visits a day from Washington residents interested in buying a gun.Also, the District Police Department has provided 412 firearms applications to the public, Ms. Hughes said. Mr. Sykes, meanwhile, is counseling patience. “You’ve waited for 33 years,” he said. “What is another month or two?”
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