Gun sales up since hurricanes (CA)

Daily Press ^ | October 10, 2005 | KATHLEEN STINSON

[Fido969]

Hmmmm.... Yeah, I'd better go out and buy some more guns. (Like I need an excuse.)

[ncountylee]

"Most people buy one shotgun and a handgun,"

My home protection, but I'm adding another handgun.

[MeanWestTexan]

I would buy a motorcycle (preferably one that is a combo touring bike and dirt bike) and a 5 gallon can of gasoline.

Getting out of town in traffic seems to be the issue.

[Brilliant]

I bought one last week.

[No Blue States]

I would bet gun sales are up in most states outside of CA too.

[No Blue States]

[absolootezer0]

a buckmark? gonna take either a really good shot, or an awful lot of them with that.

[Disambiguator]

I would buy a motorcycle (preferably one that is a combo touring bike and dirt bike) and a 5 gallon can of gasoline.

or check out the Buell Ulysses XB12X.

[Americanwolfsbrother]

I agree. My Buckmark is for playing, my Sig is for defense.AWB

[No Blue States]

I could take mike tyson down with 10 even if he was on meth, guaranteed.

However, Im in the market for a 9mm or something bigger.

Good eye btw.

[Palladin]

This is quite a phenomenon since all the footege of the looters in NO ran endlessly on the MSM.

My niece and nephew in Florida, boomer peaceniks, went out and bought their first guns last month, and have been down at the firing range learning how to use them. They are well-off, and have a lot of property to protect. Never thought I'd see the day that they would arm themselves.

MSM are probably sorry now that they showed the chaos in New Orleans 24/7 for two weeks. It opened a lot of eyes of former no-gun people.

They'll never put that genie back in the bottle.

[No Blue States]

ps: Show me a man who can take 10 .22's to the head and kick my A## and you will have shown me a god.

But again, I want a bigger gun. The .357 was too much so I sold it.

[Peter J. Huss]

If you are referring to using a bike to avoid the Houston traffic problems your money would be better spent somewhere else.

Bikers could me a little more progress, but the traffic was so bad they were also stuck. Open doors and freaked out motorists made 'riding the line' impossible. If you tried to go down the median you were stopped by police and ordered back on the road.

See this thread from another board for more info:

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=171587&highlight=motorcycles

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[absolootezer0]

buckmarks are great fun and i can hold under 3" at 50yards, but for defense i goto my sig p220 in .38super.

[MeanWestTexan]

Well, you just convinced me to not sell my King Air.

[Americanwolfsbrother]

... but for defense i goto my sig p220 in .38super

We think along the same lines - I've got a 229 in .357sig. Great stopping power and easy to use!AWB

[Americanwolfsbrother]

But again, I want a bigger gun. The .357 was too much so I sold it.

Have you looked at a Ruger P89? With the combat grips it is a very comfortable fit in my little hands and doesn't have much of a "kick" at all.AWB

[conservativewasp]

Bummer, you could have shot light 38 reloads and worked yourself up. I have a 38 and almost never shoot heavy loads, to damn expensive. But I keep it loaded with and keep a few speed loaders with heavy serrated jacketed hollow points next to it.