Gun Control & RKBA

ileus

(15,396 posts) Mon Jan 16, 2012, 05:08 PM Jan 2012

Assault rifles are back! Big time! [View all]

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20120115/NEWS/301150043/Boyle-Assault-rifles-come-roaring-back?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cp

How do I know this? Walmart is selling them.

You know if the nation’s largest retailer stocks three different models now, they must be a hot item.

It’s safe to say that assault rifles — semi-automatic military-style rifles with magazine clips that typically hold 30 rounds — have come full circle in America.

One worker I talked to summed up my feelings on assault rifles pretty well, saying, “I’m deeply ambivalent about them.”

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Get a brain morans...

Anyone here believe a wal-mart worker used the word "ambivalent" ???

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Assault rifles are back! Big time! [View all] ileus Jan 2012 OP

Given unemployment, some Walmart employees are becoming distinguished. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #1

or maybe they're part of the "words with friends" trend. ileus Jan 2012 #2

Most of the people I know that work at Walmart burf Jan 2012 #9

True. If they had said "whatever," then they would be marked. nt SteveW Jan 2012 #14

We have DU members who work at Walmart. nt Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #63

Just the same old obsessed people buying another one to add to the cache. Hoyt Jan 2012 #3

Funny, then, how polls show many are new gun owners. TheWraith Jan 2012 #4

Or they'll pass them down to the kids, or grandchildren... ileus Jan 2012 #6

Whoever is buying them, they are buying A LOT of them. Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #10

No chit, manufacturers pander to baser instincts/desires of gun culture. Hoyt Jan 2012 #44

Did Dr. King get pandered? E6-B Jan 2012 #47

He had reason -- although no proof he carried them. Lots of people were after him. Hoyt Jan 2012 #54

just like Toyota panders with the prius...or apple panders with the Ipad ileus Jan 2012 #50

Don't think that car panders to your baser instincts. Now, if they mount guns on the hood, you'd Hoyt Jan 2012 #55

"base instinct" Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #52

Note he he won't define the term, or explain how it applies to guns. n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #57

Check the expiration date.. X_Digger Jan 2012 #56

Just the same old obsessed person whining about it on the internet rl6214 Jan 2012 #35

This post reminded me of: ellisonz Jan 2012 #39

Until docs put you on Aricept and they take your guns away. Hoyt Jan 2012 #45

I have all my faculties, obviously you don't rl6214 Jan 2012 #61

rude death spewer toter! ileus Jan 2012 #51

It's.. it's.. it's full of memes! (In my best 2000 a space odyssey voice) X_Digger Jan 2012 #5

My 9yo daughter could write better facts about guns and law than this "guns kill people" writer. ileus Jan 2012 #7

Classic X_Digger post #497 NT Simo 1939_1940 Jan 2012 #46

As usual the article makes the assualt weapons ban look like it was a good idea... spin Jan 2012 #8

They tried to make it sould like there was an actual ban. ileus Jan 2012 #11

That is a revision of history. There was no ban! The sad part is... spin Jan 2012 #12

Those plastic firearms with extended magazines, flash hiders and collapsible stocks. Remmah2 Jan 2012 #13

I like ARs but gejohnston Jan 2012 #15

oh damn....that thing is real. WTF? ileus Jan 2012 #17

Cowboy Tactical FTW friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #18

That thing makes Hipoints look good. ileus Jan 2012 #23

Now you're just being nasty.... PavePusher Jan 2012 #25

No I was talking about those ugly (but reliable) carbines. ileus Jan 2012 #28

Jest pullin' yer leg.... PavePusher Jan 2012 #30

"after my Taurus PT1911 was stolen." ellisonz Jan 2012 #40

Yep. And after doing everything you'd want me to. PavePusher Jan 2012 #41

How'd they break into the locked metal case? ellisonz Jan 2012 #42

good for you....I'll continue to carry. ileus Jan 2012 #49

They either ripped it free, or cut the cable holding it to the seat frame, took the cable with them. PavePusher Jan 2012 #59

Sorry about your loss...but the anti's got what they want ileus Jan 2012 #48

Good Ter Jan 2012 #16

??? The seller or the buyer? n/t oneshooter Jan 2012 #19

Buyer Ter Jan 2012 #20

Not in Texas and I believe 40 other states. oneshooter Jan 2012 #21

How about a driver's license? Ter Jan 2012 #27

Ummm... seriously? PavePusher Jan 2012 #31

Not in your area obviously Ter Jan 2012 #36

My apology if that seemed snarky, it was an actual honest question. PavePusher Jan 2012 #37

This helps explain some of your other posts. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #38

Cash and carry in MI michreject Jan 2012 #43

I am guessing that you thought the article was about actual assault rifles. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #22

No I knew the article was talking about semi-autos, but the writer is too stupid to know... ileus Jan 2012 #24

You guessed wrong Ter Jan 2012 #26

All guns require that when buying from a dealer. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #29

You don't need to show ID or a permit to buy private-party, only from dealers. LAGC Jan 2012 #32

They were never illegal, even 1994-2004. benEzra Jan 2012 #34

They never left. That author thinks the 1994 law banned new AR's/AK's, but it did not. benEzra Jan 2012 #33

You know Ben.. virginia mountainman Jan 2012 #53

I'm shopping for one again. jeepnstein Jan 2012 #58

6.5, 6.8, 458, 50, 223, 410....so many calibers so little time. ileus Jan 2012 #60

Happy now? nt Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2013 #62