Thread: this would make me very nervous, record gun sales in US

Originally Posted by Druid 66

"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms."
James Madison

Who do you trust Bob??

Mate, the CIA and other agencies are there to protecting the people that is why they purchase near a billion of ammunition

An SLR for the Long Range stand off and a P90 for a Personal Gat would do me.

Originally Posted by Treads

Nervous?? I'd be terrified! *insert hand wringing here* Some are those guns are evil black ones too!


Won't someone please think of the children!!







Straight to the soapbox for this thread.....

Firearms aren't evil, it's the thugs who use them for crime are, I won't go calling a black Land-Rover evil simply because it was involved in a murder of human life.

The American's have got one thing sorted, it's called the Second Amendment, this protects an individual's right to possess a firearm, unconnected to service in a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.

Firearms are a form of self defense, making firearm laws stricter doesn't stop criminals, it stops the law abiding citizens from owning and purchasing firearms for their own self defense.
I wish the Australian firearm laws would be relaxed, giving more people the right to purchase and own a firearm for their own security and protection.

You can say think of the children, I'm certain I would rather have a locked door on my house which protects the life of the thug who kicks it in, not the family's or mine.

No one should have firearms for self protection,all it does is put firearms in the hands of gung ho fools. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

No one should have firearms for self protection,all it does is put firearms in the hands of gung ho fools. Pat

I'll take it you're against what's been happening with Australia's involvement in the Middle East for the last decade and the previous war zones the ADF has entered?

Mate,I've been a shooter my whole life,I have a shoe box of medals I've won over the years and have been instrimental in getting the Newman branch of the SSAA running so I'm not anti gun,what I am is totally against people having firearms for no purpose,self protection is not a reason to have a firearm and would do nothing but increase firearm deaths and make our very hard laws harder.Yes I am against our soldiers dieing in the middle east for nothing. Pat

Originally Posted by bob10

“But the majority are people concerned about safety. They are worried about crime and looking at the economy and no one having jobs. They want to be protected now. So they’re buying.”
"The biggest new group of buyers now are senior citizens," Larry Hyatt, owner of a North Carolina gun shop, said on CNBC's "Closing Bell." "Ten thousand baby boomers a day are turning 65; they can't run, they can't fight, they got to shoot."
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I was raised in the bush on cattle & sheep properties, had a rifle at about age 6, that is a big difference to visiting the US., and knowing potentially 95 % of the people are carrying a concealed firearm, and are nervous enough to use it. Gotta love the mindset, " can't run, can't fight, they got to shoot". Bob

Originally Posted by bob10

I was raised in the bush on cattle & sheep properties, had a rifle at about age 6, that is a big difference to visiting the US., and knowing potentially 95 % of the people are carrying a concealed firearm, and are nervous enough to use it. Gotta love the mindset, " can't run, can't fight, they got to shoot". Bob

I think that nails it Bob.

It blows me away (pun intended ) how scared the average 'Merican is in day to day life.

Many I've spoken to are terrified if someone knocks on their front door, or if someone speaks or looks at them while walking down the street, or if they see a stranger walking down the street.

I don't know if I could cope with that level of fear (paranoia ?) all the time ?

There was an instance recently in Calgary, Canada, where a US Policeman on holiday was bemoaning Canada's strict handgun laws and the fear he and his wife experienced when "two men asked twice in a "very aggressive tone" whether the couple had been to the Calgary Stampede yet"

Turns out they were locals handing out leaflets for the Stampede

U.S. cop blasted for wishing to carry gun in Calgary park - Winnipeg Free Press
Lakritz: Kalamazoo police officer's letter to editor about handguns points to cultural divide

The leaflet handerouterers should be thanking their deity he wasn't carrying.




[edit] A disclaimer too. I was given my first rifle at 16 and hunted in Australia and New Zealand, although I choose not to these days.