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jberryhill

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20. Cabela's is a sporting goods chain

Wed Jan 24, 2018, 09:28 PM

Jan 2018

I go there fairly often, since I do a fair amount of camping, and they have outdoor supplies. But half the floor space is devoted to guns and accessories, and they plunked that store down in one of the most dense population areas in the eastern US, with convenient access to I-95.
There are damned few places to legally shoot one in this area, but they sell like hotcakes anyway.

But I'm trying to understand the point here.

1. Yes, there are lots of places to buy guns in the greater Puget Sound area, and Seattle in particular:

https://www.google.com/maps/search/guns/@47.5993207,-122.4521667,9z/data=!3m1!4b1

2. No, you can't buy guns online from Costco. You CAN buy guns online with the proviso that the gun is shipped to a local gun dealer to run the NICS check and comply with whatever local regulations there might be.

3. Despite your personal unfamiliarity with them, semi-auto pistols have been available to the general public for decades. Before 1968, you could simply plunk down $40 and walk out the door with one, or mail order one.

4. No, it does not require any sort of unusual or "exotic" gear to quickly obtain casualties in the teens (whatever the exact number) by firing a bog-standard off-the-shelf common handgun in a crowded area. It does not require an extended clip or multiple clips or multiple firearms.

If you want to buy a semi-auto pistol online, you can go here:

http://www.cabelas.com/browse.cmd?categoryId=734095080&CQ_search=pistols&CQ_view=list&CQ_ref=~c1-Shooting~c2-Firearms

...add one to your cart, check out, and pick it up at a store location.]

The nearest locations to you are:

Tulalip
9810 Quil Ceda Blvd.
Tulalip, WA 98271-8243
360-474-4880

Lacey
1600 Gateway Blvd. NE
Lacey, WA 98516-4400
360-252-3500

Abbotsford
1818 McCallum Road
Abbotsford, BC V2S 0H9
604-425-180

Union Gap
1400 E Washington Ave
Union Gap, WA 98903-1661
509-941-2100

But this is just representative of one retail chain.

$900 bucks, a drive up past Everett, make a day of it and stop in at the Tulalip casino and play some blackjack, and you got yourself this:

http://www.cabelas.com/product/cz-scorpion-evo-9mm-semiautomatic-pistol/1961818.uts

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About the Kentucky school shooter. Has anyone heard anything about [View all] pnwmom Jan 2018 OP

Where did you get the part about "16 bullets"? jberryhill Jan 2018 #1

16 people were shot and of those 2 died. Yes, obviously, 16 is the minimum number. pnwmom Jan 2018 #3

Uhm, no, 16 is not the minimum number jberryhill Jan 2018 #4

Here's one: pnwmom Jan 2018 #6

From your link: moriah Jan 2018 #7

Thanks, moriah! pnwmom Jan 2018 #8

but, if you are assuming 16 shots fired... jberryhill Jan 2018 #5

That's the kind of answer I was looking for. So when they say a handgun was used, pnwmom Jan 2018 #9

Or multiple magazines. Edit: apparently not. moriah Jan 2018 #10

Most handguns at this point are probably semi-automatics jberryhill Jan 2018 #11

I don't think semi-automatic or modern service weapon. I think of my uncle's old pistols, pnwmom Jan 2018 #12

semi-auto pistols are not "modern" jberryhill Jan 2018 #13

They are for personal use. If more people understand what a handgun can do pnwmom Jan 2018 #14

A lot of guys came back from WWI and WWII with one for "personal use" thereafter jberryhill Jan 2018 #15

The uncle I had from WW2 just had an ordinary pistol. I never saw a service weapon, I guess. pnwmom Jan 2018 #16

They have been common retail items for decades jberryhill Jan 2018 #17

I don't go to Cabela's (whatever that is) or Walmart and I don't see guns in any of the pnwmom Jan 2018 #18

Cabela's is a sporting goods chain jberryhill Jan 2018 #20

The point is I think there are many more like me, non-gun owners who have no idea what's pnwmom Jan 2018 #21

No argument there jberryhill Jan 2018 #22

Thanks, jberryhill! You had already basically answered my questions, but it is nice pnwmom Jan 2018 #23

Okay, but I was kidding about blackjack at the Tulalip casino jberryhill Jan 2018 #24

Hah! Well, that must have been a pleasant memory to take back pnwmom Jan 2018 #25

Weird thing about that jberryhill Jan 2018 #28

Do you usually come here in the summer? In July and August we only get .5 inch of rain. pnwmom Jan 2018 #30

Yeah, I don't think I've ever been there in cold weather jberryhill Jan 2018 #33

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Thank you. I had no idea what engineering marvels these things are. pnwmom Jan 2018 #27

As much a marvel as a PEZ dispenser really jberryhill Jan 2018 #29

LOL. Hey, they ARE engineering marvels. pnwmom Jan 2018 #31

Well the problem with PEZ.... jberryhill Jan 2018 #32

Nope, I never saw those either. pnwmom Jan 2018 #34

Not that it matters, as handguns can helmedon1974 Jan 2018 #35

Thanks for the info! pnwmom Jan 2018 #36

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