Posted on 09/10/2009 8:28:29 AM PDT by KeyLargo
I grew up with guns, BB guns, and pellet rifles. Fortunately Daddy was a bit of a fanatic on gun safety and responsibility.
I really do have mixed feelings about pellet guns. First of all, I absolutely do not believe in any government controls on them or firearms for that matter. I really enjoy shooting them and have over a dozen different pellet guns.
Still pellet rifles and BB guns in the wrong hands cause tremendous damage. Hold kids and parents strictly responsible for misuse but never assume they are going to be misused.
Not to worry. They will fix that for him at Parris Island.
Semper Fi!
A kid could choke on a nerf gun projectile. Better outlaw those too(!) :O
No such thing as a *BB pellet*. It’s either a BB or a Pellet.
Already banned in at least Massatwoshits and New Yawk.
I’m shooting lead pellets. Not plastic.
Ahead of the Bell: Smith & Wesson shares rise
Associated Press, 09.10.09, 09:17 AM EDT
NEW YORK —
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. shares rose sharply Thursday as the pistol maker’s quarterly earnings beat analysts’ estimates that were based on expectations that an “Obama-led frenzy” of demand for firearms would start dissolving.
In premarket trading, Smith & Wesson shares added 69 cents, or 12 percent, to $6.30.
Late Wednesday, the company said its fiscal first-profit climbed to 21 cents per share from 5 cents per share a year ago while revenue rose 30 percent to $102.2 million.
Analysts expected a smaller profit of 10 cents per share and $94.1 million in revenue, according to Thomson Reuters.
Springfield, Mass.-based Smith & Wesson also predicted greater-than-expected revenue for the fiscal second quarter.
Wall Street analysts had expected that the spike in firearms purchases that followed the election of President Obama would decline by the summer. That spike in demand stemmed from concerns that the new Democratic administration and Democratically controlled House and Senate would move to restrict gun ownership.
“One of the largest concerns has been that consumer firearms demand might slow dramatically from Obama-led frenzy levels,” said Merriman Curhan Ford analyst Eric Wold. “However, not only did consumer sales increase 29 percent, but law enforcement and international sales jumped 32 percent and 12 percent, respectively.”
Wold reiterated his “Buy” rating on the shares and raised his fiscal 2010 earnings per share estimate to 55 cents from 41 cents and his fiscal 2011 earnings per share estimate to 58 cents to 51 cents.
The analyst increased his fiscal 2010 revenue estimate to $440.5 million from $412.5 million and his fiscal 2011 revenue estimate to $505.5 million from $491.5 million.
Forbes.com
They are toys until used as a weapon. Same thing with a bow and arrow set with suction cup arrows. If you choose to take the suction cup off and shoot someone with it then you have turned your toy into a weapon.
Back in the early-80’s my brother and I used to take our metal transformers and other die-cast toys and chuck them at each others heads. Same principle.
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