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Democrats shocked... Shocked! To learn that gun companies charge money for firearms
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| July 27, 2022
| Jazz Shaw
Posted on 07/28/2022 12:57:14 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: NorthMountain
But, why do they not give them away?/s
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posted on
07/28/2022 1:44:17 PM PDT
by
Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with Nixon?)
To: NorthMountain
We need to quit shying away from the military origins of our favorite weapons. Couple of points (in agreement) with you:
If we allow the military use or not litmus test to have any impact on our rights we are screwed. Probably every firearm ever designed/created (with the possible exception of some really cheap junk) has at one time or another been used by some military unit somewhere.
As I understand it the M-16 rifle was originally based on a design for a civilian rifle. Armalite took their design and adapted it for military requirements and actually won the contract. The civilian AR series is/was just returning to it's roots.
Finally, just because something is "military" in appearance or capability or whatever should not in any way be a detractor from civilian use. Far from it, it actually recommends such weapons and gear.
- Face it, production of military gear is generally contracted to the lowest bidder. Why wouldn't civilians want to save money too? Surely the left isn't trying to unfairly discriminate against the economically disadvantaged? ;-)
- Military gear is generally also rugged, designed to be nominally/marginally maintained by grunts or their equivalent across the branches. Low maintenance and a tolerance for abuse sounds pretty good to me too when considering gear.
- Military weapons are designed to be effective. Yes, effective at stopping an enemy. I can just hear the leftist snowflakes now "Oh no, they actually try-to, even work-at being more effective at hurting/killing people! {gasp}" I say bravo! If I am in a situation where I need a weapon to defend myself, my loved-ones, or even innocent bystanders then I damn-sure want the most effective tool for the job. Arbitrarily, artificially limiting what people can use to defend themselves is ridiculous. Would anyone accept the notion of "military grade" airbags in Army vehicles but intentionally less capable airbags in civilian cars? Of course not. How about the Military gets big dry chemical fire extinguishers - you get a bucket of sand and a bottle of water, good luck with that kitchen grease fire... If someone proposed such a thing you'd call them insane and/or criminal. Same exact thing with firearms. If innocent lives are on the line why wouldn't you have the most effective tools available...
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posted on
07/28/2022 1:45:43 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Vaccine mandates: they are not about health, they are about obedience.)
To: NorthMountain
...to be used against tyrannical governments!
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posted on
07/28/2022 1:49:07 PM PDT
by
Rowdyone
(Vigilence)
To: libstripper; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ..
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posted on
07/28/2022 1:53:27 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: NorthMountain
The second amendment is about “Sic Semper Tyrannis” and as such it is specifically intended to protect military arms of ALL kinds.
Ironically, the challenge to the National Firearms Act was over the fact that the court ruled that sawed-off shotguns were not used by the military and thus could be banned by the NFA. I don’t believe the case was ever really argued at SCOTUS since the guy challenging it died by the time the case got there.
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posted on
07/28/2022 1:56:48 PM PDT
by
hanamizu
To: NorthMountain
Damn, you went down my "wish list". I've scored 3 outof 7 so far.
😁
CC
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posted on
07/28/2022 2:05:05 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
So where are we getting our HIMARS and 100,000 GMLRS rockets, plus the odd thousand ATACMS rockets each?
Where does one store an F-22 or a M1A3 MBT?
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posted on
07/28/2022 2:13:37 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: libstripper
Does Maloney’s report indicate that about 10% of those sales goes to the Federal government as the
Pittman-Robertson excise tax, for distribution to the States, for purposes of wildlife restoration?
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posted on
07/28/2022 2:14:55 PM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: ThunderSleeps
As I understand it the M-16 rifle was originally based on a design for a civilian rifle. You understand wrong. The Armalite AR-15 was a select fire rifle. It was based on the select fire AR-10 which was part of the competition that ended with the M14. The Colt ArmaLite AR-15 was marketed after Armalite sold the rights to Colt. The Air Force adopted it. I didn't become the M16 until the Army fielded some to Viet Nam. Later the M16A1 became standard. In 1964, Colt began selling the semi-automatic Colt AR-15 Sporter to the public.
To: libstripper
Why would anyone think unConstitutional would be an impediment for Democrats?
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posted on
07/28/2022 3:16:05 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: PIF
Where does one store an F-22 or a M1A3 MBT? Soon as I close the deal on Barksdale AFB, you can store them there. Small monthly fee will apply.
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posted on
07/28/2022 3:52:44 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
To: PROCON
Does that example have “that thing in the back that goes up?”
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posted on
07/28/2022 3:57:58 PM PDT
by
Lockbar
(Hate has no home in my house. It just rents space in my attic.)
To: TangoLimaSierra
What happened to the Wright-Patterson deal? Before that I heard that Groom Lake was on the list.
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posted on
07/28/2022 4:08:21 PM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: PIF
Before that I heard that Groom Lake was on the list. Snotty big-headed little aliens. I don't want to talk about it.
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posted on
07/28/2022 4:16:23 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
To: NorthMountain
If weapons of war are so evil, why is a government chartered organization (Civilian Marksmanship Program) selling them to the general public?
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posted on
07/28/2022 5:03:20 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: Celtic Conservative
I still have my old booklet WILLIAM’S converting military weapons to sporting use, from 1968.
After the conversions are complete it is still a military rifle dressed up a “sporting rifle”, and will still kill you just as dead.
The quandary over army surplus rifles began back in 1963 when JFK was murdered with a mail order Italian war rifle.
By 1968 they got a ban on the import of such “E-e-vil rifles!
Yet you could still get such rifles imported IF they had been issued to a POLICE FORCE, and not the military.
After the ban, it was found the real reason certain New England congressmen called for the ban on such rifles was they wanted to protect their home grown industry of Remington, Winchester and Savage.
Now such congressmen hate all American Made firearms and are driving them out of their states.
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posted on
07/28/2022 5:17:54 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
To: PapaBear3625
Like what the Georgia State Supreme Court said about the GA ban back in the 1840s..
* Nunn v. State, 1 Ga. (1 Kel.) 243, at 251 (1846).
“’The right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.’ The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, and not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree; and all this for the important end to be attained: the rearing up and qualifying a well-regulated militia, so vitally necessary to the security of a free State.”
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posted on
07/28/2022 5:21:01 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.” – Aristotl)
To: Celtic Conservative
I have fired a few on that list. I’m a big fan of old military rifles ... they’re incredibly robust, a touch heavy for caliber, and consequently mildly recoiling.
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posted on
07/28/2022 5:43:30 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: smokingfrog
I’m honestly surprised the ‘rats haven’t shut down the CMP. CMP prices aren’t as reasonable as they used to be, though.
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posted on
07/28/2022 5:44:28 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Re: the Kennedy rifle- it was a 6.5mm Carcano. Oddly enough, a large amount are appearing on the market due to the discovery of a huge weapons cache in Ethiopia. I bought a No.4 Mk1 Lee-Enfield from the same cache.
CC
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posted on
07/28/2022 6:15:37 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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