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Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:02 pm to RescueT
quote:If that's what you saw, you should be happy.
Seeing people with weapons in their hands and completely clueless on what they are doing. That scares me. People that have never owned guns buying AR platforms. Yikes.
This sounds like a significant chunk of the populace decided, when the chips are down, that the 2nd Amendment is important and that they want the right to defend themselves and their families.
Why does that bother you?
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:10 pm to RescueT
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I was 6 and had family actively involve me in education courses, family farm activities, and hunting
That's cool, but I grew up in a family where nobody hunted or owned a gun. These were not libs either. I made the decision after I moved out on my own to buy a gun and also to start hunting. It would have been nice to grow up around hunters and guns so maybe this will change the trajectory for these folks and their kids. Kind of hard to keep blaming the gun for everything when you own one and you realize the gun doesn't do anything until you pull the trigger.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:26 pm to RescueT
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Seeing people with weapons in their hands and completely clueless on what they are doing. That scares me.
People have to start somewhere, right? How do you know these people aren't taking classes? Isn't it easier to learn how to operate a gun by using the one you own and will use in an emergency? Familiarity with the tool makes you better at using it. Have you never used someone else's car or machine tool and felt it a little "off" from your own?
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People that have never owned guns buying AR platforms. Yikes.
You sound like one of those people that thinks ARs are inherently more scary than any other firearm.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:38 pm to AggieHank86
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But the larger the number of guns owned, the greater the likelihood of overlap.
That's a misguided opinion Hank.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:43 pm to TenWheelsForJesus
quote:In all likelihood, the people panic-buying firearms are the same people panic-buying rice, pasta and butt-wipes.
How do you know these people aren't taking classes?
These are not the sort of people capable of planning a gun purchase in conjunction with a gun-safety class or instruction on a range.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:44 pm to AggieHank86
So, you afraid they’re gonna come shoot you?
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:Did I say that? Of course not.
So, you afraid they’re gonna come shoot you?
But some of them will almost-certainly kill SOMEONE by accident.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:48 pm to RescueT
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I was in the local gun shop picking up a few extra hundred rounds for the SKS. Very scary scene. The virus doesn’t scare me. The “quarantine” doesn’t scare me. Seeing people with weapons in their hands and completely clueless on what they are doing.
You are probably one of them.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:48 pm to AggieHank86
Who? Why not you, if anybody?
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:53 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:Most-likely victims of the accidental shootings are themselves, followed by family members and neighbors.
Why not you, if anybody?
Neither me nor any of my family members are panic-buying, because we own all the firearms that we need. My nearest neighbor is more than a mile away, so random bullets are not a great danger to us.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 8:55 pm to AggieHank86
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Most-likely victims of the accidental shootings are themselves, followed by family members and neighbors.
If any of that starts happening en masse, you’re just as screwed as anyone.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:00 pm to BobABooey
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My SKS came with a bayonet. Why do you need ammo?
I have one with a chainsaw attachment. When you pull the trigger the saw revs up.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:00 pm to RescueT
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People that have never owned guns buying AR platforms. Yikes.
How many people did you see exactly?
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:01 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The AR15 is a very easy to use firearm, a QUALITY (ie not likely found at Academy) AR15 is a great first gun.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:03 pm to RescueT
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Seeing people with weapons in their hands and completely clueless on what they are doing. That scares me. People that have never owned guns buying AR platforms. Yikes.
You probably met a hell of a lot more drivers who have no business behind the wheel on your way to the gun store than idiot gun owners you will ever meet. Were you scared on the road?
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:06 pm to stelly1025
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You are probably one of them.
Agreed. If you’re in the gun store buying a couple hundred rounds at peak panic, you aren’t very informed yourself.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:07 pm to armsdealer
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The AR15 is a very easy to use firearm, a QUALITY (ie not likely found at Academy) AR15 is a great first gun.
That's correct, it's the very first firearm that many people ever use. It was designed that way. The safety selector is almost fool proof. Much better than a button.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:18 pm to Azkiger
They’ve done 40k in 6 days. I saw a shite load.
Posted on 3/21/20 at 9:30 pm to unclejhim
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I grew up in San Diego County (out in the foothills). My third grade teacher (an old maid) used to tell use about cleaning guns ...I'm 70 years old so figure it out... sometime in early sixty's..
Same here. Having guns in your truck in the parking lot at high school was just normal. Now you would find a SWAT team when you went back to the truck.
Weird, and kinda creepy.
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