ABC news running a story how the nutbags are buying up guns

[Midlodemocrat]

at a record pace because they're terrified Obama is going to take their guns away.


You CANNOT make this shit up. :rofl:

[Pirate Smile]

1. Did ABC mention that Obama is NOT going to take away their guns?

What idiots.

[Midlodemocrat]

6. They did. But the nutbags must be right, right?

I am dying over here.

BRB, have to go buy an assault rifle. :thumbsup:

Dirty commie, Obama. :sarcasm:

[fascisthunter]

All Because of Paranio Spurred on by NRA Propaganda

so once again, they help sell guns and gun manufacturers love when guns get sold.

[AndyTiedye]

30. The Buying Spree Will Do Wonders for the Gun Manufacturers' Bottom Lines!

The NRA is giving their real constituancy, the gun manufacturers a nice Christmas present by scaring their members into a gun-buying spree.

[fascisthunter]

46. .

:thumbsup:

[Kittycat]

2. I'm in the middle of a debate with a fundy gun owner right now

on another board. She is just batshit insane :lol: She wants to run out right now to buy an AK47, so that she can put 15 holes in the chest of any intruder that dares break in to her house (she lives in So. Iowa, btw :rofl:). Some people are just scary sad.

[Speck Tater]

12. I don't even lock my front door.

In fact, I spent two weeks down in California a few months back, and left my front door unlocked the whole time I was gone.

What makes people feel so insecure, I wonder?

[rucky]

29. seriously. it's clinical.

or something in the water?

:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

35. I lock my doors because I'm afraid the puppy would get out.

Crafty little bastid, she is.


:rofl:

I grew up in CT where my dad's idea of 'locking up' was to throw the little, teeny, tiny metal pin on the screen doors. Seriously. I don't think they even knew HOW to lock the windows.

:rofl:

[Dimensio0]

23. The person with whom you are conversing is decidedly irrational.

An AK-47 style firearm is unsuitable for typical home defense situations. A shotgun is a far superior tool for home defense, while a rifle is more suited for outdoor combat where targets are at a significant range -- this typically does not occur in any home defense scenario.

The Saiga 12 is a shotgun based upon the AK-47 action and thus it inherits the AK-47's reliability. It would not, however, be accurate to refer to a Saiga 12 as an "AK-47" or even an "AK-47" semi-automatic clone.

[smiley_glad_hands]

25. I'll just stick with the Remington 870 express. eom

[plaintiff]

37. What kind of asshole would shoot someone just for breaking into their house?

A decent homeowner would make hot chocolate and cookies for the intruder!

[Kittycat]

38. That's not in debate.

It's the need to own an assault weapon for the sole purpose of shooting an intruder.

[Dimensio0]

39. Few individuals who own "assault weapons"...

... do so solely for the purpose of shooting an intruder.

[plaintiff]

41. Exactly...that's just an added benefit.

:-)

[plaintiff]

40. Well if someone intrudes into my house I intend to assault him in the most effective way possible.

I know there are some folks around here who disagree with that strategy...they're prime candidates for getting a 6 iron jammed up their butts.

[medeak]

3. economic stimulus n/t

[Botany]

4. Good they can get alochol and drive cars too.

Hello Freepers .... Darwin Calling

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. That's what I'd be doing if my wife wasn't a gun grabbing librul

:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Oh, come on. Everyone knows teh gays don't have guns.

:hide:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

9. Oh yeah, I forgot

[jmg257]

7. What's funny? Higher gun sales? Fear of government bans? Use of the term "nutbags" on ABC? nt

[Midlodemocrat]

10. The fact that they think Obama is going to grab their guns????

:shrug:

[jmg257]

16. Since it was in his platform, maybe they have a reason to fear such a thing?

Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn't have them. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets.


Could see some confusion there, no? :shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

19. Maybe you're on the wrong board? He has no intention of

gun grabbing and you know it.

And no sane person would state that they need a fucking assault weapon to 'protect themselves'.

[jmg257]

22. Sorry - I didn't see the story - didn't know we were talking only about weapons

being bought up strictly for "self-defense". In that case buying semi rifles could seem a bit..."crazy", as there might be better choices. I guess it depends on what they were protecting themselves from?


Obama Gun grabbing? No. AWB? Why not?


edited for clarity

[loyalkydem]

11. Sighs

I don't know weather to laugh or just shake my head

[trof]

13. Same on local news in Mobile.

idiots

[JanMichael]

14. it's true too---one of them called my father in law today and asked

him to be a "reference" for his gun applications.

Mother of God--- Stephanie is a liberal, and she would be glad to teach these dumbasses how to shoot.

[classof56]

15. Me, I'd love to have Obama come to my door and ask for my gun.

I'd invite him in for pie and take lots of pictures. And if he really-really thinks me giving him my gun will serve a higher and noble purpose for the country we're privileged to have him lead, I would of course give it to him. AFTER he's finished his pie. Might just set up a target in the back yard so he can do some practice with the BB gun I just gave him!

Oh, geez, can these people BE any more ridiculous??

Obama/Biden 2012

[Dimensio0]

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[Dimensio0]

24. Why?

And if he really-really thinks me giving him my gun will serve a higher and noble purpose for the country we're privileged to have him lead, I would of course give it to him.

I would request a rational justification of such a "higher and noble purpose" before I would consider relinquishing any firearms to any individuals. Even if I were to make such a consideration, I do not believe that a decision in favour of the individual requesting my possessions would be likely.

[riverdeep]

31. Whooosh!!

Hear that sound flying over head?

"...so he can do some practice with the BB gun I just gave him!"

It's called a joke.

[classof56]

47. Well, I thought maybe my reference to my BB gun would be a clue

That I was trying to be funny. Guess I'll give up my attempts at humor. The "Beware Obama's Coming for Your Guns" idiocy coming out of the likes of Hannity, Savage, Lars Larson seemed so over the top I thought a satirical response might be in order.

Like I said...no more humor on topics on like this from me. Guess I will with sadness go back to my previous sig line:

Tired Old Cynic

[JJ]

17. Hopefully they're buying American

I say keep making them think that, at least one sector of the economy will stay afloat.

[HughMoran]

18. Well, at least they're boosting one industry during this down time

Not sure why the actions of morons is news though.

[Bryn]

20. Reminds me of old movie, Deliverance

I didn't know they still existed. Ugh!

[G_j]

21. nutbags with assault weapons

what a combination!

:scared:

[Midlodemocrat]

26. Honest to God. It scares the crapola out of me.

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[AmyDeLune]

27. ZOMG!!1!!! How did they find out?!?!1/!

Obama's secret plan to take all the gunz everywhere and build a giant Burning Man cage with them!!1!
Then all the gun nutz will be caged inside and pelted to death with acorns by Vegans!1!!

It's true!!1 I read it on teh innertubes!!!1!

:evilgrin: :sarcasm: (just in case...:7 )

[riverdeep]

32. Utah needs survivalists.

Kind of like 'Mars Needs Women'. Actually, I think Idaho is the new hot spot for paranoid, militia type freaks.

[devilgrrl]

33. Then what's the point of buying guns if he's only going to take them away?

:crazy:

Calm the f%#@ down already. :eyes:

[Midlodemocrat]

34. They're going to hide them under the beds so that

he doesn't know that they have them. :rofl:

If you didn't see the segment, you can't begin to appreciate the idiocy. It was hilarious, truly hilarious.

[jmg257]

36. It is not matter of them being taken away (hopefully). The last AWB

grandfathered in those existing, but no new ones could be made or purchased. SO buying them now is smart, ASSUMING the next possible ban goes the same way. The problem with that is the most recent AWB proposals made the elusive definition even stricter, and included more specific weapons by name and design. Other versions include either registration or surrendering them, and very limited transfers afterwards.

[CRF450]

42. My dad has a bunch of guns that we brought back home.

From my deceased uncle's house. He's not a registered gun user nor are any of the guns registered I dont think. I'm signing up for a gun training course since he'll let me a few handguns, I can get a permit and then look into registering the few guns I want.

Some of you might worry about him having many unregistered guns, but I assure you, he doesn't even mess with them, excet for one he's got loaded in case someone does break into the house, he's not a paranoid guy though even at near 72 years old.

[Dimensio0]

44. Most gun owners are "not registered".

I own two firearms. Neither of them are "registered" in any way, nor am I "registered" as a firearms owner.

[CRF450]

45. Thats true, most are not registered.

Yet most the gun control laws are doing nothing but further ristricting the legal gun owners, and homicides are rarely ever done by legal gun owners. Personally, I think most gun deaths are caused by drug dealers and those little gansters running around on the streets. They always make it on the news papers, while the rednecks out where I live whom arent registered gun owners either dont do anything with them but target practice and hunt.

[Nikki Stone1]

43. Oh, Lord. Panicked freepers with guns. That's all we need.

Add that to a bad economy, and I dread to think what is coming.

[marshall]

48. Why waste money if they're so sure they are going to be taken away?

Wouldn't that be like southern plantation owners buying up slaves once they got wind of the coming Emancipation Proclamation?

[jmg257]

49. Last time they got grandfathered in - could keep and buy and sell existing ones,

just no new ones.

Smart to get 'em now in that case, not so smart if they force registration or severely limited transfer.