Posted on 08/31/2015 7:28:30 AM PDT by marktwain
Well, there was that tragic boating accident a couple of years back.
These numbers do not include guns lost in FReeper boating accidents.....
“I lost all mine in a terrible surf canoeing accident years ago” is my standard response whenever asked, which is thankfully very rare. I go to the range on occasion with a a few cops from town, so they know that’s bull. Oh well.
Funny, the graph of boating accidents over that time looks exactly the same.
Here is some information on dragging for firearms in lakes:
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/08/wi-200-year-old-flintlock-found-in-lake.html
That was my first thought if you drag all the lakes we freepers fish in you would find millions of guns... or not!
Back in the 1970s, NYC decided to get rid of all their confiscated handguns. It took several US Coast Guard cutters to haul all of them out to sea and dump them.
If NYC had dumped these on the market, they would have bankrupted every gun company in the USA.
The graph pretty much matches a graph of US population growth. I believe the growth of US gun ownership was actually highest immediately after WW II when many returning servicemen appreciated the need for gun ownership.
Well MY canoe seems to tip over at the most inopportune times....
Yes, this losing firearms in boating accidents seems to be a huge problem, particularly for FReepers!
It wouldn't shock me to learn that number is low. There are lots and lots of AR-15s being made in garages and basements. I bet a number of FReepers have built their own.
“Being made” is kind of a stretch.
Assembling is closer to what is actually done.
Time you spend the money for parts you can get a fully assembled one for the same money. Or less. But it sure is a good way to get to know your weapon.
I wonder how many “80% Lowers” have actually been finished into operational rifles or handguns.
It’s also a good way to know there is less of a formal record of that gun’s existence and ownership. If parts are purchased face-to-face, for cash, and the 80% lower is finished by the person assembling the parts, there is no record at all of the gun’s existence. If the associated ammo is also purchased face-to-face, for cash, there is no convenient way to associate the gun with the owner. I like that. Government should have no idea whether anyone owns firearms or how many they may own.
Can’t wait for 3d printers of titanium, aluminum, and 4010 steel to become affordable!
Define "affordable". Megacorp.com can afford them right now. You can't afford an industrial quality plastic printer. Yet.
Built a few, but sold them all to a guy whose name I do not remember, fo9r cash. I did save an 11 inch pistol I built ... got to have something for the zombie apocalypse don’tchaknow.
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