Gun Control & RKBA

Jean V. Dubois

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48. I'll see your Colt and raise you a .577 Snider-Enfield made in 1861.

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 02:48 AM

Jan 2012

Fully functional, I have 60 rounds of modern ammo for it (you can get it at Cabelas for "only" $92 a box!). I've test fired it, and it still shoots fine...at $5 a pop (choke).

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Somali Pirate Gun Locker: An Oddball Assault Rifle, at Sea [View all] ellisonz Jan 2012 OP

You seem to be deliberately conflating civilan gun ownership with military exports. TheWraith Jan 2012 #1

I'm conflating gun production with gun proliferation. ellisonz Jan 2012 #6

International Arms Trade discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #10

You're going to quote from a book... ellisonz Jan 2012 #13

Shouldn't that guy have an BATF shirt on? ileus Jan 2012 #16

Sometimes all I can do is... ellisonz Jan 2012 #19

The NRA is running guns to Mexico and Somali pirates?!?! PavePusher Jan 2012 #39

Let's look at Chivers' thesis ... Straw Man Jan 2012 #20

Our official military support... ellisonz Jan 2012 #21

because Wide Receiver didn't work gejohnston Jan 2012 #23

Okay... ellisonz Jan 2012 #26

the GAO says it is closer to 12 gejohnston Jan 2012 #37

Oh, I'm sure there are many sources. Straw Man Jan 2012 #25

Short answer: we don't know exactly. ellisonz Jan 2012 #27

What do we know and what don't we know? Straw Man Jan 2012 #36

It's not 'official military support'.. X_Digger Jan 2012 #28

Proving my point that there is strong linkage... ellisonz Jan 2012 #29

Derp. They're not smuggled. What part of "state department approved" was hard to get?!? X_Digger Jan 2012 #30

The point being the destabilization produced by high volumes of arms... ellisonz Jan 2012 #34

Well ... Straw Man Jan 2012 #35

Eliminate X from X+Y, and you're left with Y. n/t X_Digger Jan 2012 #42

There's probably a Z too. Straw Man Jan 2012 #43

Oh no doubt, but if the 'guns traced to the US' dries up.. our problem solved. n/t X_Digger Jan 2012 #45

Please reread... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #22

Yeah you did... ellisonz Jan 2012 #24

No wonder... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #32

He's not "missing" anything. PavePusher Jan 2012 #40

Thank you! ellisonz Jan 2012 #47

A good action movie. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #54

Depends on the question being asked. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #2

Crime. ellisonz Jan 2012 #7

I haven't seen that. Link? nt rrneck Jan 2012 #9

Go to the search box in the top right corner... ellisonz Jan 2012 #12

OK, did that. Straw Man Jan 2012 #14

Take it as a representative sample... ellisonz Jan 2012 #18

So you got nothin'. rrneck Jan 2012 #15

I haven't seen that claim. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #11

It is not often that we see that large of a strawman propped up. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #51

Then why I am told by one poster in particular... ellisonz Jan 2012 #57

based on the violent crime rate dropping gejohnston Jan 2012 #58

Continuing to perpetuate a straw man. This is dishonest... SteveW Jan 2012 #59

Probably bought it at a Virginia gun show....Time to repeal Somalia's 2A ileus Jan 2012 #3

Shrug. That genie is out of the bottle. Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #4

Well, you got us that time. montanto Jan 2012 #5

You are 30 years too late - the Cold War flooded the world with such weapons. hack89 Jan 2012 #8

Didn't the US supply weapons back in the 80s burf Jan 2012 #17

Don't quote me, but ... Straw Man Jan 2012 #38

I was thinking of the North Yemen vs South Yemen burf Jan 2012 #62

Breaking news... durable goods are durable. krispos42 Jan 2012 #31

Yes, they are. Straw Man Jan 2012 #41

I bet slackmaster could tell a similar story. krispos42 Jan 2012 #44

I own several perfectly functional firearms that are over 100 years old slackmaster Jan 2012 #56

I'll see your Colt and raise you a .577 Snider-Enfield made in 1861. Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #48

My '03 Winchester .22 is 107 yrs. old. Works fine. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #60

My oldest gun was manufactured 107 years ago... benEzra Jan 2012 #64

All you guys with that new fangled stuff burf Jan 2012 #65

There's no legitimate need for you to have all this high-powered military hardware. krispos42 Jan 2012 #66

Come on, really? Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #33

So now you are going for Somali gun prohibition? rl6214 Jan 2012 #46

This sounds like a foreign policy criticism. Union Scribe Jan 2012 #49

Furtheremore, I support the prosecution of any Somali pirate who lies on form 4473. aikoaiko Jan 2012 #50

That's a shame Glassunion Jan 2012 #52

Wonder it that thing is piston powered? It looks like a great semi auto we need to import. ileus Jan 2012 #53

I'm not sure who you believe thinks the answer (to what question?) is to flood the world with guns. slackmaster Jan 2012 #55

The answer may be "gun control enthusiasts;" it's just sport to them. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #61

A gun is an intert, harmless piece of metal, until it is coupled with a mammal that intends violence AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #63