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I would think that if ammo doesn't come back online then you're going to see ranges, training academies and perhaps other gun-related industries really feel the pinch, maybe even go out of business.  Without people going out shooting the whole thing will just halt. 

I'm not sure where the line is between gouging and what the market will bear, but judging from what I see in the classifieds here on TGO the market is able to bear quite a lot.  Unbelievable what people are willing to pay.  This tells me that the prices are going to stay high for some time (not come down in six months like a lot of people have said) and will probably go higher.  Especially after the President's speech later on today. 

I'm fine with what I've got and will be fine for a while with my casual shooting frequency. stocked up slowly and steadily the past few years, then turned it up a good bit in the fall which was good timing. Not buying anything at these prices. One thing I've learned from this is that things can change so dramatically and quickly it'll make your head spin. We had two years of relatively stable prices and plentiful supply of guns, mags and ammo, then bam! All gone in a week. Next time it could be oil or food.

bkelm is right, this has nothing to do with First Amendment.  The government did not take the video down and they are not fining him for it.  He's free to repost the video and make more like it.  But the revocation I think is going too far.  I'm sure it will be appealed, but if it stands that will be troubling. 

I think this is a two-day event, with Walmart, the NRA, and NSSF also attending, although maybe they're on tomorrow's agenda.  Not sure if it's everyone in the room at the same time both days, or if it's anti-gun one day and pro the next.    Edit: according to the full article they will meet on Thursday.

No doubt in response to the popularity of the trust.  ATF probably said whoa! we have all these trustees out there in possession of silencers, machine guns, etc. that never had to go through a background check.  Well it has been a nice loophole.

Exactly as I see it DY.  It's a lifetime relationship.  How many times last year did I go to my regular online retailers and see quality AK/AR mags for $10 and think, yeah I'll get around to getting some more of those...later...there's plenty out there.  Luckily (or smartly) I did get a good amount at what are now prices we may not see for a while, maybe never.

You can still get the ammo for these at less than 20 cents a round.  Maybe the only deal going in these crazy, panic-driven days.  Currently SG has some.  I'm debating getting one of these, or waiting til AIM gets the 91/30 back in stock. 

As you probably know, you can sue anybody/company, for anything, at anytime, but something like this will not be successful.  What is the legal claim going to be based on?  Discrimination?  These rules are so the company can claim they are not discriminating.  That's what this is all about.  If Autozone gave a pass to the guy who stopped the armed robber, then the next Autozone employee who was caught with a gun in the car or on his person, even if he wasn't saving anyone's life, could claim discrimination because he's being treated differently.  So the company has an absolute zero tolerance, no exceptions policy.    A court, or the EEOC, is not going to care that the employee was breaking the rule for a good cause.  That has nothing to do with discrimination.  As long as the company's action is not discriminatory (based on the law) then you're just not going to have a cause of action.  I had a lengthy discussion with Mrs. SLF, who works in HR for a big company, about the Autozone case.  She totally understood their position.  Said she would do the same thing.  Not that she liked it, but that's how things have to be done when you're managing lots of people she explained.   

Several post-carry permit classes at Rangemaster and Range USA, all handgun; taking another handgun class in a couple weeks.  Last year I took two classes with Ronin, one pistol and one rifle.  Planning on taking Cruel Hand's rifle class in Tunica in March.  And at some point in the future I want to get my Southnarc on.  Heard great things about him.   So I average about two professional classes a year.  That should probably be more.  At home, lots o' dry fire. 

Don't know specifically which ones, just that some are out there.  You could probably find it pretty easy, then find a lawyer in the state.  Personally I think Tennessee's 360 years are plenty plus we have good spendthrift laws. 

True, you will have to get an attorney licensed in the particular state you want to use.  The rule against perpetuities has been expanded greatly in Tennessee and many other states.  With a trust in Tennessee, you can have it go out as 360 years.  In some states they can go forever, but in many states they must terminate after 90 years.  So Tennessee is pretty good.

Problem with the Saiga 223 is that you can't find a good mag for under $30.  The consensus on Tapco is that they aren't fit for anything more serious than range use.  Now the whole $30 thing is kind of thrown out the window in light of recent events, but assuming prices come back down it just gets tough to spend that much for one magazine.  Again, I'm comparing this to when AR and 7.62 AK mags were 10-12 each.    I have a Saiga 223 and have only five good mags for it.  I've got dozens for my AR and 7.62 AK.  But the Saiga's a heck of a gun, about the only AK variant you'll find where the barrel and receiver came from the same place.  So my verdict is...I like it, but it has a shortcoming.

Dolomite, that will also come as a result of the further weakening of the US dollar.  When I "buy" ammunition or silver, I don't think of it as spending money.  I look it as exchanging my always weakening federal reserve notes for something that will continue to have value.  I don't think we'll have an economic collapse in the near future, and cash is still king.  But the writing's been on the wall since about 1913.

  No kidding.  All bubbles end the same way--badly.  For an interesting recent historical comparison, do a search on the 2008 Minneapolis wheat market.  Better yet find a price chart for spring wheat from late 2007 to 2009.  When you see the numbers it really hits home. Because of fears of a wheat shortage, millers and grain buyers went on an absolute, unchecked panic buying frenzy in early 2008.  But by the end of the year prices were back to where they were before it began.  It's a good rule of thumb that the day the world supposedly runs out of this or that, that's the day the highest price is made.    I've been thinking the same thing about food.  Gun buying is a pretty small, niche area of the consumer world.  Now imagine if this was the stuff we need to eat. 

The hypocrisy of this thing reeks.  First amendment is just as important as the second, people.

"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one."  That's from a book written in 1841 called Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, which chronicles various investment manias from the 16th to early 19th centuries.  Gun owners would do well to remember these words, but I doubt they will, because nobody else does.  A lot of gun owners right now are like the guy who buys milk and bread 24 hours before the storm hits.    Cheaper than dirt is selling Pmags for $60.  This is hilarious.

I disagree that this will be the beginning of the end of gun ownership.  I don't see many (or any) of the millions of new gun owners over the last few years just turning in their weapons because of today.  As more and more people buy guns, and more states issue some form of carry, violent crime is decreasing.  People know this.  Congress knows it. The U.S. Supreme Court knows it.  This is just an extremely raw event, emotionally.  But time does heal, and hopefully logic will prevail.  (Of course the usual anti-gun media outlets and politicians will always be there.)   I don't make too many predictions, but if I owned a gun store I'd be calling in extra help for tomorrow.  It will be a busy day, coast to coast. 

Israel. As many others have said, this is just horrible.

I guess this video here just gets thrown right out the window: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEGtkHRyFWE.  So the lesson is always seek to de-escalate potentially violent situations and deter crime, unless your manhood is being challenged on the internet, because then you need to become macho dude and fight anybody who calls you a coward.  Check.  Way to send a message of consistency and credibility.  I'll remember that next time I'm deciding which instructor I want to spend my money on.   

A federal circuit court today essentially expanded Heller to include right to carry outside the home (which Heller never addressed), and struck down an Illinois law prohibiting carrying firearms.  The Illinois lawyer who sent this to me described it as "earth shattering."    Here is the opinion: http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/NY0PHCVE.pdf

Do they even teach Pearl Harbor in schools anymore? I'd like to go to Hawaii and see the memorial, before the Arizona just dissipates, which it one day will, then there'll be nothing left.

[url="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-case-for-more-guns-and-more-gun-control/309161/1/"]http://www.theatlant...ntrol/309161/1/[/url] Good article. It's long but it's worth it. Both hilarious and depressing. You can tell that the author is anti-gun but he acknowledges that he just can't dispute the logic of being armed. The anti-gun people interviewed here really come off as bufoons, especially the mayor of DC.

[quote name='Chucktshoes' timestamp='1354568558' post='854387'] F-troop is the BATFE, so named for their habit of screwing up everything they touch. The Fibbies are the FBI, known for burning people alive and shooting women holding infants. [/quote] As Tom Givens calls them, the Federal Bureau of Incineration and Burn All Toddlers First. He said that in a class one time and I busted out laughing.

Not disarmed, just broke. Nice to see some straight talk from an official.