Anyone else stocking up on ammo or firearms?

[greenpigs]

  I hear a local gun store sold 74 AR 15's in two days and when I went to a different shop it was packed and the three people I passed on the way in had bought guns..two of them shotguns. No $$$ for an AR 15 but I did get some ammo and will pick up a Ruger 10/22 Monday. Lets keep this gun related please.

[BMOTOXSTAR]

I went to get 9mm rounds at Wal Mart and was told that they have been selling like crazy. I stocked up.
I also bought another cheap 9mm.
Next week I will have to pick up another shotgun or pistol.
Looks like everone is stocking up.
I am hearing rumors of the gun laws changing.

Then a guy tells me that Wal Mart is going to stop selling firearms and ammo starting Jan 1st.

[greenpigs]

One guy at work said something about a 500% sales tax on ammo!  I got my ammo at Wall-Mart also but the guy didn't mention the Jan 1 thing but said it had been busy.

[Big_John]

I've been buying some ammo here and there. I was going to get some 9mm ammo in Wallyworld last night, but they were sold out.

One thing I did do that I had been meaning to do for a while was apply for a Pennsylvania CCW permit. I have a New York State CCW and found out that PA will give NYS CCW holders a PA CCW. It took about a week and cost me $26. It was all done through the mail. PA has reporicity agreements with a bunch of states that will honor PA's CCW permit.

[Finn]

The only ARs you can buy in CA are those retarded "CA-legal" ones.
Plus the Walmarts here haven't sold firearms for years now and their ammo supply is pretty much extinct.
Ive been trying to convince my out of state grandma to stock up on assault rifles but she thinks it'd be overkill for her muskrat problem  .

[WingCharger]

I am fine with my .12 Gauge, my .20 Gauge,  my .243 Rifle, my .50 Muzzleloader, and my .22 for varmint. My dad has a .22 Pistol for down cattle. I see no real need (at least from my needs) for a automatic anything.

The only other "big" gun I really like and dream of owning is a Berretta M82 .50 Sniper Rifle. It would be cool to just say you had one.      

[dodgecharger-fan]

question from someone who has no use for a gun:

Why is everyone stocking up?


(I have no real issue with guns. I just have never had the need for one.)

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Good question.
I guess due to the tax increase and with the economy being down I suppose crime is up?

[squeakfinder]

Gee, maybee its because of the next temporary occupant of the white house stating he will tax certain types of ammo to the point where it wont be affordable.

There, I said it....

[Todd Wilson]

I'm already stocked up but I guess I should go buy some more before the first of the year!


Todd

[Drache]

I have to retake the test for my PAL since I let it expire for too long. One I do though I'll be restocking my ammunition cabinet! Need to get myself back up to 25,000 rounds of .22 ammunition just incase! 

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Gee, maybee its because of the next temporary occupant of the white house stating he will tax certain types of ammo to the point where it wont be affordable.

There, I said it....

[bull]

Oh yea, firearm and ammo sales always skyrocket when a you-know-what is about ready to take over the office of the President of the United States. I think they'll make enough money in the next 2 1/2 months to cover their potential losses over the next 8 years.

[dodgecharger-fan]

Gee, maybee its because of the next temporary occupant of the white house stating he will tax certain types of ammo to the point where it wont be affordable.

There, I said it....

Didn't know that....

now I do...

Makes sense.

[Mike DC]

 

Everyone who bought ammo on Nov 3rd should've gotten a free T-shirt:


"I'm too stupid to understand the difference between election day & inauguration day.  And I have a loaded gun." 

[greenpigs]

  Supply and demand... if you wait till it becomes an agenda of El Presidenta' all the paranoid gun owners will have already bought everything up.

[Mike DC]

 
Yeah, but we both know that's not what got most of those people in line on Nov 1st-4th.


Obama already looked like a legitimate potential threat to McCain since at least this last summer.  There hasn't been a new ammo buying spree every time Obama went up in the polls for the last 6 months.  Most of those people rushed into the stores on the 3rd because they really wondered if ammo taxes would go up before Thanksgiving.

[bull]

 
Yeah, but we both know that's not what got most of those people in line on Nov 1st-4th.


Obama already looked like a legitimate potential threat to McCain since at least this last summer.  There hasn't been a new ammo buying spree every time Obama went up in the polls for the last 6 months.  Most of those people rushed into the stores on the 3rd because they really wondered if ammo taxes would go up before Thanksgiving.

Huh? The average guy who buys ammo is not like a Wall Street cattle futures trader. I would imagine they were hopeful of a different outcome despite what the polls showed. Even the polls were way off compared to the actual election results.

[Lowprofile]

I just ordered [well, 2 wks ago] a AR-15 type Rifle [either a Colt or a S&W] from my local gun store. It will be in by thanksgiving. I also bought a Remington 700 Tactical w/scope from a friend of mine last month. My wife told me the ammo cabinet is chock full as of yesterday. 44 mag, 9mm, 300 Winchester, 7mm Remington, 00 Buckshot, 12 Gauge Tactical Buckshot/Slugs, and some 45.acp for my Para-Ordanance P-13 45.  

I'm not a "gun nut" or anything, but I love to go shooting. We live on a small ranch in Northern Idaho, and that's Bear, Mountain Lion, and Wolf country. Ya gotta be Prepaired for anything when ya live out in the woods......the cops are a long ways away.........

[rusty lee]

I went looking for a rifle for my son and all the stores were full of people. I just thought it was due to hunting season. and our wal mart only sells muzzle loaders any more. guess I should stock up on some ammo just in case.

[bear]

I'll be buying and stocking up as soon as I get back to the mainland. I'm thinking of getting a M1 Garand and maybe a nice sub like an MP5 and a 12 gauge as well. And enough ammo to supply a small army.

[Mike DC]

Huh? The average guy buying ammo is not like a Wall Street cattle futures trader.  I would imagine they were hopeful of a different outcome despite what the polls showed.Even the polls were way off compared to the actual election results.

I was only pointing out that it's been clear for months that McCain's victory was not a foregone conclusion. 



I don't really see a difference whether the polls said 49% this or 51% that.  Even now, it's still no more than a minor possibility that anything will be done to ammo prices any time soon, and the anti-gun candidate already IS elected.   

All that rush to stock up last week just made me laugh.

[Old Moparz]

I recently stocked up on BB's. Got one of those plastic speghetti sauce jar fulls with the funnel top & a 6000 count. I'm set for a while.   

[Chargen69]

I am going to get a concealable soon.

I already got my home defense system.   Taurus 357 mag (seven shot) with enough rounds to last the rest of my life.

for a concealable, what would you get?  Right now I cant decide between a compact 9mm with 12 round capacity, or a 40cal with seven rounds that would fit in my jean's pocket.  any other suggestions?   

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Go with the 9mm. that is what I carry.