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Fish Finder
Social climber
THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART
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Hi Prod,
You can tell the new ones.
They are sweaty and cant stop talking about it!
Its to early to be able to get those stats.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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They come in all sizes and shapes but I'll bet a good description of the majority would be:
white
male
bottom 30th percentile in education and wage earning
confused about a changiing America were qualifications are becoming more important than race in determing one's place in society
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fear
Ice climber
hartford, ct
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Well, over the past couple weeks I've had probably ~10 new people who had never touched firearms before suddenly go out and buy something and then come to me for some pointers. Usually it's the other way around and it's too bad since many of these people wasted a lot of money.
Real enthusiasts would probably shy away from the panic buying out there now. It's completely insane in CT. Everything is sold and backordered.... I had some guy in an umarked van try to sell people high-capacity mags/ammo outside of a local shop(like 50 feet from the door). He was taking credit cards too! Wtf? There's a psuedo black market already before any laws have been passed. There's a lot of hording going on too.
It's simply fear in this country. Rumors of more restrictive legislation are just a small part of it. Economically and socially we're circling the drain and I think people know it to some degree and are just plain scared.
Lots of women getting their permits more than I've EVER seen before.
The demographic is not what I'd expect. A lot of higher-end wage earners getting into it (Dr's, lawyers, etc)... Of course this is just what I see in CT...
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Haven't even been shooting since all this stuff. Too expensive. Oh well.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Short term; this is hilarious. I stocked up years ago.
Long term; this is scary, glad I stocked up years ago.
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TradEddie
Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
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If it wasn't so serious, I'd find it funny that the ones buying those guns are probably many of the same people who are complaining that government taxes are crippling them.
TE
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Strapped women are sexy.
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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You can tell the new ones.
They are sweaty and cant stop talking about it!
And usually end up shooting themselves
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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A gun injury? Is that like pinching your finger in the action or dropping it on your toe? Perhaps the blister on your thumb from reloading.
Otherwise I'd tend to think of it as getting shot instead of "injury"
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Can't say Prod, but the government knows what race they all are. They have made it mandatory that you disclose it on the FFL form you fill out. But they ain't talkin'.
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TradEddie
Trad climber
Philadelphia, PA
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It's the last line of that article that annoys me.
I hope that people who make the decision to purchase a gun store it safely," McGinness said. "And make it damned difficult for someone to steal it."
When "hope" is the best that a Law Enforcement Officer can do, the law has failed. Hundreds of thousands of guns are stolen every year, with most jurisdictions placing no responsibility on owners to prevent or even report that theft. Those owners may be law-abiding, but I cannot call them responsible.
Homeowners appear to have more legal and liability requirements to prevent unauthorized access to their swimming pools than to their guns.
TE
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Donini +1
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Michelle
Trad climber
Toshi's Station, picking up power converters.
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I do know some folks currently stocking up. I would, but I'm broke.
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Dropline
Mountain climber
Somewhere Up There
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Donini: They come in all sizes and shapes but I'll bet a good description of the majority would be:
white
male
bottom 30th percentile in education and wage earning
confused about a changiing America were qualifications are becoming more important than race in determing ones place in society
Are you trying to tell us you bought a gun? :-)
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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Gun sales will pan out to be heavy weighted towards first time buyers.
Shooting enthusiast won't pay these crazy prices and know pricing will come back down.
However.... Enthusiast will buy all the ammo they can find only because they're not sure when/where they will find more!
I know people who shoot in competitions that burn up over 1,000 rounds a month and are now using up their reserve ammo because they can't find the powder, bullets, or brass they need to reload.
I was at a gun store in Elk Grove on Thursday. Customers lined up out the door and down the sidewalk. I asked and less than half were first timers. About 1/3 were female. Half were buying AR10's (on back order) others were all hand gun except one woman buying a home defense shotgun.
I (the enthusist) was picking up a Jewel trigger to replace one I wore out.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Buying a new trigger?
You must go on so many mass shootings.
About the 6 month wait on suppressors (Plus however long else it takes for the paper work to go through only to fail), there is no need for a suppressor.
30 round magazines, who cares? Three 10 rounders are just as deadly as one 30 rounder.
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michaeld
Sport climber
Sacramento
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Peltors. ;)
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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30 round magazines, who cares? Three 10 rounders are just as deadly as one 30 rounder.
That doesn't seem right. Would you say 30 1-rounders are just as deadly as one 30-rounder? If not, then what's the cut off where larger mags have (as you appear to claim) no advantage?
I'm not a gun guy so my logic may be flawed--just asking.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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No Ron.
If a shooter has to perform three times as many mag changes, that gives an un-armed potential victim three times more chances to rush the shooter, and dis-arm him during one of his mag changes.
Arming folks won't work, because armed potential victims are much more likely to shoot themselves, or shoot a member of their own family, during an actual emergency.
Get it?
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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No Ron.
If a shooter has to perform three times as many mag changes, that gives an un-armed potential victim three times more chances to rush the shooter, and dis-arm him during one of his mag changes.
Arming folks won't work, because armed potential victims are much more likely to shoot themselves, of a member of their own family.
Get it?
See I am not a gun guy and now I'm even more confused!
So unarmed potential victims (5 year old kids and elementary school teachers in this case, but could be anyone in general) may be able to defeat the shooter, but armed potential victims wouldn't? Because they're much more likely to shoot themselves?
Is it really true that someone shooting a gun is more likely to shoot themselves than their intended target (not talking about suicide)? How would that even be possible (again not talking about suicide) unless you mistakenly held the gun turned around, which seems unlikely?
Maybe Chaz's post was sarcastic and I just didn't get it?
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