Posted on 04/28/2009 5:40:51 AM PDT by gaggs
In just 3 months Americans bought enough guns to outfit the entire Chinese and Indian army’s combined.
You also bought 1,529,635,000 rounds of ammunition in just the month of December 2008. Yeah that is right, that is Billion with a “B”.
This is an evaluation of overall firearms and ammunition purchases based on low end numbers per Federal NIC instacheck data base Statistics. The numbers presented are only PART of the overall numbers of arms and ammunition that have been sold. The actual numbers are much higher.
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Evaluation: Americans Buy Enough Guns in 3 Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Army
Guess the government should have “bailed out” arms and ammo manufacturers. LOL
Hmmm, I wonder why that would be? </sarcasm>
Well.. there’s the one market that was actually helped by the government... by not getting in their business. rofl
That’s 4 times the population of the entire US of A. Something’s not right about this number. If it is accurate, how much of it was purchased by the Mexico cartels?
It would also mean an average of 4-5 guns per adult. That’s a dangerously high number - doesn’t signify a business as usual environment. I am against gun control so don’t get started on me. I am just worried about why so many Americans felt the need to stock up.
Good for us.
That’s rounds of ammunition. Seems like hardly enough for target practice. I think we should require all able bodied men to purchase and fire at least 100 rounds per month. (Self loading exemptions considered.)
No, it was about 1.2 million. That’s about than 1/3 of one percent of the US population.
Sorry. I tried to buy more, but the stores were all out of my favorite calibers.
Obama.
Best. Thread. Title. EVER.
(I picked up another 100 rounds of 9mm Lugar yesterday)
Libs should be THANKING gun/ammo purchasers for being pretty much the only segment of the populace doing its part to keep the economy afloat (by engaging in commerce).
I love these feel good stories...
Ammunition has been selling in bulk wherever people can find it. To reach 1.5 Billion rounds, that's just 1.5 Million people each buying a 1000-round case.
You're right, though - this certainly isn't business as usual. I'm more pleased with this than I am worried... this is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to a "no confidence" vote at the federal level.
Love it. You can be damn sure the feds are going to notice when someone correlates numbers.
Excellent!
I wonder how many Americans have a "rec room" like Burt and Heather.
Seems like a lot of ammo to me, but when you stop to think there are 50M households with guns, and if each bought only a box of a hundred, then that’s 5B. So I guess his numbers are reasonable.
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