Posted on 03/17/2009 7:47:08 PM PDT by Viking2002
Yes, and the British government tried to seize privately held brass cannons, visiting little towns called Lexington and Concord in their attempt.
On the other hand, the iron works of Phoenixville, PA, produced many of the iron cannons that were so effective at Gettysburg nearly 90 years later, so perhaps there's a metaphor to consider...something like an iron fist comes to mind.
alone no, but put in 30 second amendment citizens and suddenly those geriatric idiots have no choice.
Control the local party and you control the national party.
third party runs are just plain useless to conservatives.
Just look at the campaign of fred thompson or mike huckabee. They were vote splitters by design and only there to split the conservatives in order to clear a path for loser mccain.
Effers.
“Somebody got an answer to this extremely vexing problem, please share.”
Study the campaign strategy of former US Senator William Proxmire (D-WI). The man was an energy dynamo who engaged in many successful populist strategies for “pressing the flesh.” He boasted that he never spent a dollar on his re-election campaigns.
Everyone is grabbing everything they can find. One of my favorite online suppliers, MidwayUSA is out of EVERY kind of primer and not allowing backorders because there is already a 2 month delivery date.
Wouldn’t it just frost them if we bought tons of de-milled brass and turned it into a billion solid projectiles a la Barnes and Sierra?
To go along with the feds restricting lead hunting rounds, and other infringements.
Plus, it would be great fun to learn how to cast cannon, or even a few thousand arquebus.
This in preparation to put in place coded ammo? NRA news is reporting that the DOD has reversed their decision and will no longer require brass to be destroyed.
UPDATE (email from Georgia Arms):
A hardy congratulation is due to our loyal customers, our good friends, and our fellow shooting enthusiasts through out this great nation! Due to the diligent and overwhelming effort of many thousands of you, calling, writing, and emailing our elected officials, DOD Surplus, LLC, has rescinded its prior directive that ALL small arms spent casings be mutilated rather than recycled. This was a huge victory for common sense and we would like to thank each and every person who made an effort and played a role in correcting this mistake. We at Georgia Arms are proud of everyone who took the time and had the courage to stand up for our rights. We believe, that by your outpouring of anger and dismay, you not only extended our liberty and freedoms but also took a stand for economic common sense in a time when we know our government should be trying to reduce costs at all levels rather than throwing money away for some politically correct reason or the other. Again, our hat is off to everyone who helped and thanks to God as well. We will roll up our sleeves and go back to work; we have 223’s and 308’s to build! We will start shipping backorders today. (Below is a copy of the email we received from DOD on 3/17/09 @ 4:30pm)
GOD BLESS AMERICA !!!!!
(This was pertaining to an outstanding bid on a lot of brass that we won prior to the mutilation order. DOD sent us a bill for the brass after we had refused it due to the mutilation requirements. DOD on Monday sent us a bill for the brass and when we responded that we had already refused it due to the mutilation clause, we received this reply via email.)
I am sorry you hadn’t been informed –
Word came down that all shells 50 caliber or smaller CAN still be purchased without the mutilation requirement as long as kept in the US.
(As it was in limbo, I did not sent your EUC to Battle Creek until today, also why I have not contacted you for payment until today.)
Thanks!
Thanks for the post!
Absolutely! Continue to BLOAT!
BLOAT indeed !!
Large rifle primers have been scarce for several years, particularly the Federal Match variety.
I found some WLRs a couple of weeks ago; went back to the same store yesterday and didn’t see any.
Picked up some more powder and bullets, though.
Keep watching your local stores; hopefully one day soon you’ll show up the same day a shipment does.
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