Gun Sales

Comments from Geek with a 45:


What I do think is very important is that this has actually happened: humpteen zillion arms have been transfered to private hands and scattered all over the nation, with no realistic hope of ever tracing or getting them back. More will follow, as fast as they can be manufactured.

I also think that it's very important that this fact can not escaped government notice. It can't possibly escape notice; NICS keeps getting swamped.


I remember a tale told about the days of the Clinton AWB. At that time, the AWB bills under consideration still had confiscatory language in it. Despite that, Americans still imported, built and bought several million fighting rifles in the months leading up to it, rifles which were not being purchased to be turned back in. As the tale goes, klaxons lit up @ FBI headquarters, faces went pale, bricks were shat, and quiet, tense conversations were had on the wisdom of the confiscatory language.

I am certain that right now, klaxons have gone off, faces have gone pale, and bricks are being shat as we speak. Let us hope our government grows the necessary wisdom that goes with it.

Purchasing a fighting rifle, aside from the obvious benefits of having a fighting rifle, makes a definitive statement whose import is not lost. At the very minimum, this statement tell us that the American people loudly reject the claim that fighting rifles do not belong in their hands.

Not only that, but they refute the matter in a spectacular way: they place themselves directly on the line: "Why yes, Mr. Gov't Agent, that 4473 form certainly does say "AR", "AK", and "Forbidden EBR" on it. What shall we make of that?"