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Hundreds rush to gun store in hopes of buying semi-automatic rifle (VIDEO)
WFSB ^ | Jan 11, 2013

Posted on 01/13/2013 1:45:58 PM PST by matt04

A controversial gun sale caused a traffic jam on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington well before 9 a.m. as people stood in line outside Hoffman's Gun Shop hoping to get their hands on a semi-automatic rifle value bundle.

Hoffman's Gun Center & Indoor Shooting Range was selling only 100 of the Smith & Wesson M&P15 Sport value packs, and that had people lined up in droves.

The gun itself has been the target of a lot of controversy, and many lawmakers are looking to ban it and other semi-automatic rifles.

But it's what came in addition to the rifle that has people talking. Both the ammunition and the magazine have come under fire this week.

According to an advertisement, Hoffman's was selling the value pack – which included the Smith & Wesson model M&P15 Sport, 10-round semi-automatic rifle, two 20-round boxes of .223 ammunition and a MagPul 30-shot magazine – for $839.

Newington police were called to direct traffic as gun buyers hurried to get their hands on the deal, one that has people on both sides of the gun control debate talking.

"We heard about the special," said gun buyer Jeff Smith. "They got 100 assault rifles in, and they're impossible to get."

Adam Lanza, 20, used a similar weapon when he shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School last month and killed 20 children and six adults before taking his own life.

Every item in the value sale is coming under fire from the government. This week, Sen. Richard Blumenthal called for mandatory background checks when purchasing ammunition.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; ar15; banglist; guncontrol; newington; secondamendment; youwillnotdisarmus
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To: matt04
Last week, Scott Hoffman decided to: institute a new policy requiring buyers of assault-style rifles to have pistol permits, prompting thousands of impassioned comments both for and against on its Facebook page.

Peerhaps this sale is to shore up his repuation as a high-volume dealer...b/c he pissed a lot of people off.

41 posted on 01/13/2013 3:01:13 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: grobdriver

“Ach! Sorry - that’s a .22!”

OMG...NOT ONE OF THOSE high power rounds that can be sprayed from an endless clip at innocent people!


42 posted on 01/13/2013 3:16:43 PM PST by moovova
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To: moovova
Heh.
And it'll probably be on the ban list - which they can stick up their patuey.
43 posted on 01/13/2013 3:22:53 PM PST by grobdriver (Sic semper tyrannis!)
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To: matt04
The M&P Sport doesn't have a forward assist or an ejection port cover. It's the barest stripped down version of an AR modern sporting rifle.

The suggest retail from Smith & Wesson is $839, pre-firearmageddon, so that package is very reasonably priced. Hoffman's is probably getting more advertising by doing this than they could ever afford to buy.

44 posted on 01/13/2013 3:23:14 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Lockbar

Unless this has been added since your post, you can find it right here:

TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut;


45 posted on 01/13/2013 3:24:23 PM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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To: mylife
And, Ban Assault Journalism as well.
46 posted on 01/13/2013 3:35:20 PM PST by Not now, Not ever! (Girlfriend suggested I use pelosi in place of swear words, A good idea, I think)
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To: mylife

I am a late to the gamer, and the upper I bought was $270 less the week before as buy it now. I’m watching the exact same ones, a week later, going for $600-800 more than I paid.


47 posted on 01/13/2013 3:36:37 PM PST by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: BCW

And next will “marked” ammo with micro printing etc. it will never end....


48 posted on 01/13/2013 3:54:09 PM PST by Kozak (The Republic is dead. I do not owe what we have any loyalty, wealth or sympathy.)
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To: matt04
"We heard about the special," said gun buyer Jeff Smith. "They got 100 assault rifles in, and they're impossible to get."

Jeff Smith was probably the media "plant"...

49 posted on 01/13/2013 3:58:43 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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50 posted on 01/13/2013 4:01:18 PM PST by RedMDer (Those that believe in gun free zones should wear GUN FREE ZONE T-SHIRTS.)
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To: paul51

Wow, guys at the range would probably use those up in 10 minutes.


51 posted on 01/13/2013 4:31:14 PM PST by expat2
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To: paul51
You mean the killer weapon that ABC first mistakenly truthfully reported was in the truck and was not used in the sandy killings and then convincingly reported over and over that it was. That killer weapon?
52 posted on 01/13/2013 4:36:01 PM PST by ronnie raygun ( Lexington / Concord, America's first gun grab attempt)
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To: expat2

that’s crazy. they are probably practicing to shoot someone. We need a restriction on ammo sales to put in those 10 round magazines. Only 2 rounds at a time can be purchased and there should be a 10 day waiting period after fingerprinting. That way, it would take about 2 months to fill up one of those 10 round magazines. It’s for the children. we can’t have the wild west out there with blood in the streets and all. If someone attacks your family, just call the police. don’t try to become jury and exectioneer. it’s racist


53 posted on 01/13/2013 4:59:03 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: ronnie raygun
yeah, one of those black guns that shoots a bullet every single time you pull the trigger. not one of those duck hunting ones that are ok for now.
54 posted on 01/13/2013 5:01:07 PM PST by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: selfdefense

“The stark difference in the way believers in the Constitution and liberals handle themselves in public (and knowing the rush of anxiety they have to be experiencing not knowing if the wait will be fruitful) hits me right in the heart. They are an example of the America I grew up in.”

Yes, but if we’re going to win this thing, we’re going to have to get rowdy at some point.


55 posted on 01/13/2013 6:08:45 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: ronnie raygun

I swear I saw a picture of police removing the AR-15 from the car on helicopter video.


56 posted on 01/13/2013 8:45:08 PM PST by matt04
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To: matt04
Somehow, that value pack is a BFD??? Thanks, Obama.

BARACK HUSSEIN
OBAMA

WORLD'S GREATEST
GUN SALESMAN


57 posted on 01/13/2013 8:52:31 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: 45semi

And if some of them are customer 100-and-something, they will probably just buy other guns, unlike the sneaker people, who apparently think there are no other sneakers in the store that they can have for the time being.


58 posted on 01/13/2013 8:57:32 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: GlockThe Vote

Better late than never.


59 posted on 01/13/2013 9:05:37 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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