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Old 04-26-09, 09:06 PM   #1
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Default In 3 months, Americans bought enough guns to outfit entire Chinese and Indian armies

Talk about a lot of guns being sold in the US at this point in time. No wonder ammo is in short supply. Ammo manufacturers need to crank up the output!

http://www.ammoland.com/2009/04/22/u...d-indian-army/

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Old 04-26-09, 09:12 PM   #2
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Why?

Just because people buy a ton of guns does not mean they are going to go Rambo on targets at the range every few days despite the fantasies of rabid gun nuts.


And if they crank up ammo it will only crash prices even further.
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I thought it was paranoia/preparedness directed at Obama that spurred this. If that is so, I don't see the point of cranking up output to give people ammunition they aren't really using.
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Old 04-26-09, 10:00 PM   #4
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we "nut jobs" intend to have enough ammo and firearms on hand to put up at least a meager resistance when the fuhrer orders Der Wehrmacht to storm our homes and forcibly take our "contraband".

think it cant happen?

... no of course not - the government doesnt do anything against the rules in America
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I've purposely put "paranoia/prepardeness" in my post to get myself out of an argument. Do you want me to switch it around or something?
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Old 04-27-09, 08:01 AM   #7
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we "nut jobs" intend to have enough ammo and firearms on hand to put up at least a meager resistance when the fuhrer orders Der Wehrmacht to storm our homes and forcibly take our "contraband".

think it cant happen?

... no of course not - the government doesnt do anything against the rules in America
Then enjoy your jailtime for shooting them.
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Perhaps we wouldn't have to buy so many guns if we'd just stop buying them at Wal-Mart.
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Old 04-27-09, 04:18 PM   #9
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Then enjoy your jailtime for shooting them.
jail?

you dont know gun owners do you?

I would rather die a thousand times a free man, than live once a coward slave... if you call that living.

just remember to all the naive - when the government disarms you - you are no longer a citizen... you're a subject
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