Anyone here into firearms?

m4a1mustang · 12-20-2012, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

My guesses are proposed legislation will attempt to:

Require background checks on ALL purchases (i.e. ban private party sales)
Ban "Assault Rifles," potentially with no grandfathering.
Limit magazine capacity for all semi-auto firearms to 10 rounds with no grandfathering of existing "hi cap" mags
Heavily restrict transport outside the home... no concealed carry?

The last one... maybe not. But I think the AR ban, closing the "gun show loophole," and limiting magazine capacity.

Of course they'll completely overlook the real problem, which is mental health.

I don't necessarily have a problem with requiring an FFL to broker private party sales as long as there is a reasonable maximum brokerage fee that they can charge. This would prevent law abiding gun owners from unknowingly selling to criminals.

I think mental health records should be better integrated in the background check process. It could help prevent future VT and Aurora type events where the shooter had a clear mental health issue that should have made them ineligible for firearm ownership.

Also, we'll most certainly get some sort of ammo restrictions...

Online sales ban?

Sales only through FFL with background check?

Purchases over a certain number of rounds reported to government?

UNKNOWN_370 · 12-20-2012, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Also, we'll most certainly get some sort of ammo restrictions...

Online sales ban?

Sales only through FFL with background check?

Purchases over a certain number of rounds reported to government?

I'm all for gun control when it means... Use both hands.

May i add. We sell $4 billion in guns annually which the news says that though it helps our economy, its no ipod/iphone in terms of stimulation, which produces 10x more money. But they didn't add in the constant purchases of ammo, events, and associated equip we buy along with those guns. Because people buy guns, they also buy more survival gear, clothing and accessories. The purchase of a gun stimulates the idea to embrace survivalism which increases sporting goods sales dramatically. If you add up that business with the gun business, i'm sure it equals the iphone market. They downplay this gun control issue a lot. The economy is going to feel it when 60% of all guns on the market becomes illegal. The trickle down will be a loss of interest in survivalism, which will probably lose $30,000,000,000+ from the american economy annually. Also, sporting goods stores wont need as many salesman. You'd see a third of sporting good sales jobs lost. Iphone better double sales so those sporting good salesguys can sell phones now.

Nice work Fascist America. You're about to further destroy, whats left the american economy.

OMGiGOTaZ · 12-20-2012, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370

I'm all for gun control when it means... Use both hands.

May i add. We sell $4 billion in guns annually which the news says that though it helps our economy, its no ipod/iphone in terms of stimulation, which produces 10x more money. But they didn't add in the constant purchases of ammo, events, and associated equip we buy along with those guns. Because people buy guns, they also buy more survival gear, clothing and accessories. The purchase of a gun stimulates the idea to embrace survivalism which increases sporting goods sales dramatically. If you add up that business with the gun business, i'm sure it equals the iphone market. They downplay this gun control issue a lot. The economy is going to feel it when 60% of all guns on the market becomes illegal. The trickle down will be a loss of interest in survivalism, which will probably lose $30,000,000,000+ from the american economy annually. Also, sporting goods stores wont need as many salesman. You'd see a third of sporting good sales jobs lost. Iphone better double sales so those sporting good salesguys can sell phones now.

Nice work Fascist America. You're about to further destroy, whats left the american economy.

You make a great point! Let's look at Store's Like Gander Mountain, Cabelas, Bass Pro Shops, and all the Mom and Pop Shops in between. Your going to need to create A LOT more jobs now becuase many of these will all be gone!

UNKNOWN_370 · 12-20-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by OMGiGOTaZ

You make a great point! Let's look at Store's Like Gander Mountain, Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, and all the Mom and Pop Shops in between. Your going to need to create A LOT more jobs now because many of these will all be gone!

yup... and sales is just one aspect. Much fewer trucks will be needed to ship so many guns, postal service will lose a percentage of shipping, FFL holders will lose there share in transfer fee money, mom and pop gun shops will close due to a lack of demand. Lets face it. AR/AK rifles are the cornerstone of the american gun market. Without these, things will change. The only increase in gun sales we'll see is in 1911 pistols and revolvers due to them being of legal capacity. It will also reduce firearms research. Most of the advancements in military rifles have come from ideas that sportsmen on the hunt or in 3G comps have invented in this past decades. It's us civilian sportsmen that make better military rifles. Not military research guys. Military guys make bombs. It makes no sense...
Newer guns are modular and we can personalize them. I'm sure that market will dissipate as well.

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