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September 22nd, 2008, 07:11 AM #1
NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/...p=nationalnews
Wow...this story is just interesting on all counts! Especially the 'advice' from the cited 'expert' LOL
NEW ORLEANS -- In the wake of hurricanes Gustav and Ike, some property owners in the metro New Orleans area have been stocking up on guns and ammunition, WDSU-TV reported Sunday."We saw a spike in the sale of guns, people coming in who don't normally buy guns and ammo," said Mike Mayer, owner of Jefferson Gun Outlet and Shooters Club.Mayer said customers fit several categories, including those who intend to stay during a storm and those who want to ensure that they're not confronted by looters in an empty neighborhood when they return after a storm."In order to protect your family, to keep your family safe, of course they needed ammo for their guns, or guns if the didn't have guns just to make sure they were safe coming into an empty city or if they stayed, of course," Mayer said.Crime and safety specialist Howard Robertson said the run on guns and ammunition is a perfectly human reaction for people who are frustrated."After Katrina, people said, 'We're going to protect our business,'" Robertson said. "Business owners said, 'Whatever it takes we are going to arm ourselves and protect our own businesses.'"However, Robertson said there is a scary side to the run on guns and ammunition."You had a whole lot of people go out and buy guns with no prior training," Robertson said. "So you have people out there now with guns that aren't familiar with the safeties, aren't familiar with the difference between a single action and a double action. Everybody wants an automatic because that's the fancy gun."But Robertson said the automatic is the gun that requires the most training. He said anyone who buys a firearm should get training for their own protection and the protection of their children.First-time gun owners, Robertson said, should bypass automatic weapons and purchase a single shot revolver instead. He said there's less chance of an accidental shooting with that type of gun.Last edited by RocketFoot; September 22nd, 2008 at 07:18 AM.
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September 22nd, 2008, 04:14 PM #2
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Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
Cool, where can I get one of those single shot revolvers? And my Glock is about as simple an auto as I have seen.....
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September 22nd, 2008, 04:22 PM #3
Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
ONE SHOT REVOLVERS! now isn't that an oxi moron? why would the gun need to REVOLVE if it only has ONE bullet in it?
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September 22nd, 2008, 04:30 PM #4
Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
"Political Correctness is just tyranny with manners"
-Charlton Heston
"[The Constitution preserves] the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
-James Madison, Federalist Papers, No. 46.
"America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy." [sic]
-John Quincy Adams
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies."
-Thomas Jefferson
Μολών λαβέ!
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September 22nd, 2008, 05:49 PM #5
Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
Now now, the one shot revolver uses the "magic bullet." You fire one shot, and the bullet flies around the room/area striking every BG between the eyes, exiting through his ear and proceeding to fly to the next BG, and the next, and the next, thus requiring only a "single shot" to defend yourself and your family.
Please help my Baby Kitties and I avoid being homeless.
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September 22nd, 2008, 09:53 PM #6
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Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
I'm willing to bet they ment single action there. Although I wouldn't know why.........
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September 22nd, 2008, 10:08 PM #7
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Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
Someone contact the ATF... This guy is selling automatic handguns.. I'm sure he doesn't have the licence for that.. IDIOT means semi-automatics..
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September 22nd, 2008, 10:31 PM #8
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Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
I think many have missed the great part to this story....I'm sure that alot of these people buying the guns were/are anti's, however this just goes to show you that when the shit hits the fan everyone is more comfortable behind a gun!
"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"A Canadian is sort of like an American, but without the gun"
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September 23rd, 2008, 11:31 AM #9
Re: NOLA Residents Rush To Buy Guns After Hurricanes!
Let's also not forget this story came through a media outlet. It is entirely possible the reporter "mis-quoted" the "expert."
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