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Vintage gun ads recall the true America
Buckey Firearms Association ^ | 11 January, 2010 | drieck

Posted on 01/13/2010 4:06:39 AM PST by marktwain

There are people today who are shocked to discover that gun manufacturers advertise their products in magazines displayed on grocery store shelves.

Gun ads? In a grocery store? What if the children see those ads?

As shocking as it might be to some people, there was a time not so long ago when guns were not only advertised in dedicated "gun" magazines, they were routinely advertised in popular publications of all kinds.

Guns used to be a normal and acceptable part of American life. Guns were accepted as necessary tools and respectable recreational equipment ... even for children.

A boy learned to shoot before the training wheels came off his bike. He could even carry his rifle to school for shooting practice without causing a panic that resulted in a S.W.A.T. team locking down the school.

Sometime in the later half of the 20th century, that began to change. Slowly, the idea that people are responsible for their own actions faded away and was replaced by the notion that society's ills can be controlled by regulating objects such as guns.

People are no better or worse now than they were in days gone by. There have always been murders. There have always been bad people. What's missing now is common sense. And along the way, we've lost a big part of the American character.

(Excerpt) Read more at buckeyefirearms.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ad; banglist; culture; gun; guns
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To: N. Theknow

I like the thought, and shooting a ‘flying ashtray’ out of a 1911 is very effective.

I’ll still shoot twice.


41 posted on 01/13/2010 8:57:07 AM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution - 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: RandallFlagg
A factual movie, I mean.

"We'll all be drinking that free Bubble-Up, and eatin' that rainbow stew."

42 posted on 01/13/2010 9:28:11 AM PST by VR-21 ("If it's a vision of the future you want....")
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To: Joe Brower; Travis McGee; Squantos

Ping. Some good old-school gun pr0n here.


43 posted on 01/13/2010 9:44:28 AM PST by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: Sender

A local shop had one of those for sale last week. It was going for $5000.


44 posted on 01/13/2010 9:52:14 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Robe

A S&W Safety Hammerless in either .32 or .38 S&W. Also called “Lemon Squeezer.”


45 posted on 01/13/2010 9:53:44 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
The pistol belonged to my father in law, he got it from his grand father who worked on the Mississippi Riverboats.
(Rumored to have been a bit of a gambler and a rouge)
I really like the gun, better that my S&W .357 mag.even.
46 posted on 01/13/2010 10:15:28 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

If I had $5000, it would be an incredible bargain. But alas, I don’t.


47 posted on 01/13/2010 10:17:53 AM PST by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Here in San Francisco, a friend of mine went to the drug store wearing his NRA cap. A woman with a little girl spotted the cap, and with a look of horror on her face grabbed the girl and said, “Let’s get out of here before somebody gets hurt.”


48 posted on 01/13/2010 10:24:07 AM PST by choirboy
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To: Robe

Most of them are shootable with modern ammo, which is still available.


49 posted on 01/13/2010 10:31:37 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: elcid1970

Then again Reagan also signed the “Firearm Owner’s Protection Act” into law, which contained the Hughes Amendment, which banned the sale of new automatic firearms to the public after April 1986.

Reagan was not without his flaws, after being elected President.


50 posted on 01/13/2010 11:16:23 AM PST by wastedyears (If I'm going out, I'm going out like Major Kong.)
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To: Durus

The repeal of NFA, GCA and the Hughes Amendment in FOPA would be part of my platform.

As it is I’ve thought about running for mayor, but I’m 24 and don’t owe anybody anything, so I can’t get special interests behind my back. I also believe in lowering taxes to the absolute minimum, as well as repealing unnecessary taxes. But I don’t have a name like Kennedy.

Did I forget to mention I live in NYC?


51 posted on 01/13/2010 11:22:58 AM PST by wastedyears (If I'm going out, I'm going out like Major Kong.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Yup, I've put a box of .38 S&w through it.. it's spot on at the range and is my “Bedside Companion”
nickel finish BTW
52 posted on 01/13/2010 11:36:40 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: Robe

I have a 1898 in .38 and a 1909 in .32... both nickle. Nice little guns.

My nightstand companion is a bit more authoritative.


53 posted on 01/13/2010 11:39:52 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: Joe Brower

thanks, bfl


54 posted on 01/13/2010 12:09:45 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Joe Brower

Those were the days!

Be Ever Vigilant!


55 posted on 01/13/2010 12:13:03 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: marktwain

Ya know, I can STILL buy gun magazines off the rack at the grocery store.

What I want to see is the old advertisements for Anti-Tank Rifles and other cool old military surplus you used to see in old magazines. I still kick myself for not saving my allowance and buying one back in the days when you could get them for (relatively) cheap.


56 posted on 01/13/2010 12:36:59 PM PST by Little Ray (Madame President sounds really good to me...)
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To: Durus

“Is there any conservative in office or are there any that are running that has the repeal of 1934 and 1968 gun control acts as part of their platform?”

No. It would be political suicide. There are not enough patriots around for that to be a winning platform. It would be too realistic for the independents. Just saying.


57 posted on 01/13/2010 5:30:11 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (A "teabagger"? Say it to my face. ><BCC>)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
I was helping a couple wirh a paint order one day and the lady was walking around the store with her two little boys, about 6 and 8. All of a sudden she grabbed the kids and started dragging them toward the door. The husband went to see what was wrong, She spotted the display of machetes and cane knives, and didn't want the kids to see them. When he came back he informed me that where they came from things like that were kept under the counter.

Things like that? Like what? Tools? Oh the horror! Im torn between laughter and disgust at such idiocy. Mr & Mrs Wimpy Wimperton from Wimpville.
58 posted on 01/13/2010 9:30:53 PM PST by D1X1E
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To: Bobalu

I’ll take three please! No, no need to wrap them ... but give me a crate of those .45 ACP cartridges ... Ahh the good old days! ;-)


59 posted on 01/13/2010 9:39:38 PM PST by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I grew up in the Northeast, not involved in the gun culture at all. At some point in my early twenties, I decided I would become a gun owner. Years later (early 30s now) I met the lady who eventually became my wife. I remember letting her know the first time she visited my apt. that I kept guns in the house, partly to judge her reaction. When she responded with an enthusiastic “Cool!” I knew I had a keeper.


60 posted on 01/14/2010 9:48:25 AM PST by jjm2111
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