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Roger That.

Charlie Mike

Parker wrote:

BN wrote:

what use could someone find for this? surely only assasination, terrorism...something like that.

anyone that likes to shoot targets @ 2000 yards.

it would be useful for effectively defending our country from tyrants and occupying armies. and while hunting and sporting can be enjoyed, we should bear in mind that our constitution defends our right to bear arms as a militia. its our responsibility. we are not meant to live like the second class masses of europe, or the exploited third world. thats what makes us american. by now, we religiously follow the mass media and give up all economic and intellectual independence willingly, including our arms, and sense of safety as a function of personal responsibility. i still have some hope.

anyway, buy weapons while you still can. all candidates have indicated that they have some kind of gun control plan (GG democracy). i can't tell you the future, but its possible that we will see something as restrictive or more restrictive than the AWB and some odds that your family will never have another opportunity to legally obtain full capacity or high powered semi auto firearms after this year--aka, the end of any useful right to bear arms. guns may seem useless in a time of peace. some of the same european villages with that attitude or access to firearms were massacred with pitchforks during the fascist purges. there is no reason for an american to be so defenseless. we have rights and the agency to exercise them. you may not have that same access to weapons when your family realizes that it needs them, so do it now.

PureFodder wrote:

If your serious about protecting the country from your own government I guess you need serious weaponry.

yes.

I love my guns but I dont see any practical reason why I would want to own a few thousand rounds.  Elephant hunting?

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

I love my guns but I dont see any practical reason why I would want to own a few thousand rounds.  Elephant hunting?

Hunting big game in the Savannah's cheerio old boy time to request the help from some of the local Masai and hunt us some ivory to sell in Berkshire!

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

few thousand rounds are a lot.  they only give out like 4 or 5 thousand rounds for a company of 100+ to qualify for marksmanship.  that should be no more than 52 rounds each and fun at the end.

ya, so if you only need to shoot holes in paper for a marksmanship test, you may not need very many rounds per person. its a pretty much cut and dry application. on the other hand, faced with some kind of worst case scenario for possibly a decade, with no opportunity to resupply (bans? economy?), some civilians might still make use of bullets at wartime rates. in vietnam, some soldiers carried 1000 rounds on their back all the time, basically a rucksack stuffed with loaded magazines. how many do they carry these days in the average iraq humvee? I have no idea, just curious. and how many rounds would you guess the avg GI shoots from enlistment to discharge? i mean, if we are a militia, then people need a good bit of ammo, some people might need a comparable amount to a soldier.

anyway, if you want your weapon to last without question through whatever comes to pass, you might as well buy thousands of rounds more than you think you need. you can always sell some of it if you need cash. its a laughable analogy, but in BF2, 250 rounds is what you shoot in maybe 5 minutes. you could easily go through this much .22 LR at a gun range in an hour or two of target practice. in comparison, how much do you think you could possibly use during a decade of war or depression? and remember that you are also going to need enough ammo to learn how to shoot, first. it would be foolish to live with the assumption that these rather frequent events can simply never happen to our people. its unpleasant, and yet undeniably worth it to be prepared. even if you never need your guns or ammo, they hold their value. theres very little to lose.

Last edited by Marinejuana (2008-04-07 16:29:56)

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

civilians with a bunch of demilitarized weapons really cant do shit about 70 ton tanks and 500 pound bombs.

Notice he mentions 70 ton tanks, not a 25 ton IFV.  He admits defeat.

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

its 30 tons.   


least what they told me.

Still a toy.

I must confess however, I have dined with the enemy.

Yours truly in an M3A3 at Fort Knox.

I won't tell Jeremy if you don't.

I still had more fun in the Abrams

actually that does make a lot of sense.  1000 rounds spent in 8 months would be enough for me to want to buy a good years worth of ammo.   I see the practicality.

Major.League.Infidel wrote:

I still had more fun in the Abrams

Ha, you go both ways too.  I was 19K, 11M, and 11B.  The Bradley was my favorite.  It was like living in an RV compared to the M1.

rather have a well hidden track in defilade with an auto cannon than a big ass paper weight with a musket


you might have told me before, where were you at at Hood?  I spent 5 years there.   My barracks were across the street from casey library and the popeyes shoppette next to the dental clinic.  those things probably werent around back then.

Last edited by GunSlinger OIF II (2008-04-07 19:41:38)

GunSlinger OIF II wrote:

rather have a well hidden track in defilade with an auto cannon than a big ass paper weight with a musket


you might have told me before, where were you at at Hood?  I spent 5 years there.   My barracks were across the street from casey library and the popeyes shoppette next to the dental clinic.  those things probably werent around back then.

I was attached to a unit there for a few months in the early '90s.  I went with the Unit on a rotation to Fort Irwine for desert warfare training.  My best memories of Fort Hood was the road trips to Waco to party with the college girls.  Nice bars in Texas.