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[Guest eyebedam]

This has to do with my little brother & it happened today. He got a .40 for Xmas from his wife but hasnt got any ammo yet. He bought some Blazer @ Wally World for the range but the were out of all self defense ammo. So my brother calls me this morning & said he was in Chattanooga @ some place called Star Pawn & Gun & said its more of a gun shop than a pawn & they even have a couple LCP,s in the case for sale. He was looking for some Personal Defense ammo He asked about Black Talon type ammo the guy told him HE would automatically get 15 years for every round in the magazine plus the 1 in the chamber for any teflon coated ammo. What kind of crazy talk is that. So then my brother goes on to tell me He got the most powerfel ammo there is & if I had ever heard of Extreme shock. So I guess now he has 5 rounds of personal defense. I said nothing & will take him to Bass Pro to get some Winchester Supreme. My little brother is really new to guns but is a very fast learner.

[Guest dwrd]

15 years for every round in the magazine plus the 1 in the chamber for any teflon coated ammo.

So that new XDm in 9mm with the 20 round capacity. 315 years. Sign me up.

[Guest pjblurton]

Funny how things like this spread.

Last weekend I was visiting a friend of my father in laws and he was showing us his new tripple beam scale and asked if I had anything to weigh. I pulled my magazine from my sidearm and popped out the first round and handed it to him.

He takes one look at it and said the exact same thing. "15 years if you get caught with this boy! Teflon coated bullets is illegal!"

Urban Legends are a bitch!

[poak]

I had a non-gun friend tell me I was going to get stuck behind bars for the mag full of JHPs in my G19... "Hollow points are ILLEGAL, dude!"

[Guest superdrew4000]

So how much time am I looking at for the 200 rounds of JHPs I bought today? Guess I might be a little late for dinner.

[poak]

So how much time am I looking at for the 200 rounds of JHPs I bought today? Guess I might be a little late for dinner.

Not nearly as much as Wally World!

[Punisher84]

Amazing how all these gun shops and online stores are selling this illegal merch right under the government's nose huh?

[robbiev]

I used to want to try to correct people when they said things like that. Now, I'm a cynical butthead and I don't care what (some) other people think. Any time someone says something like that to me, I just say, "Yeah, well, I don't care. Let them try to come and get me."

Edited December 30, 2008 by robbiev

[poak]

I'm a cynical butthead and I don't care what (some) other people think.

+1!

If I have to field one more question about the legality of my AR, I'm going to have to shoot someone.

[Magiccarpetrides]

Lol one of my friends told some of his friends I have a machine gun and they said "isnt he worried about getting caught and going to jail" lol.

[poak]

Lol one of my friends told some of his friends I have a machine gun and they said "isnt he worried about getting caught and going to jail" lol.

Haha yeah, I had to have the "machine guns aren't illegal" talk with my girlfriends dad last night...

Between that and the "No, your uncle can't legally convert his Colt AR to select-fire just because it has LE/M markings on it" talk that I had to have with her brother a few weeks ago, I'm starting to think I need to have a sit down with her whole Fam Damily...

[Punisher84]

Talking out of your ass is the American way!

[TripleDigitRide]

I can't tell you how many people I've talked to who think it's against the law to own a full-auto weapon, then there are those who think it's perfectly legal to turn your semi-auto into a full-auto.

Hell, my daughters aunt, (my ex's side of the family) saw my AR while my daughter was showing her our house. The next day I get a call from that side of the family wanting to know why I have an illegal machine gun in the house.

Yes, I know this has nothing to do with ammo, but kinda fits the topic.

[Smith]

of course they probably saw a report on Nightline, so it is true!

[poak]

then there are those who think it's perfectly legal to turn your semi-auto into a full-auto.

That reminds me of an experience I had at Academy several months ago. They had a Bushmaster ORC on the wall, and I asked to see it. As I was fondling it, the guy at the counter just had to add:

"You know you can dremel down the trigger group and make that a full-auto"

Dumbass...

[Guest GUTTERbOY]

Whew, I'm glad I shot up my old Black Talons. I was walking around with 195 years on my hip!

[Angus]

Teflon bullets illegal, well damn....now what am I gonna cook my eggs on, they stick to everything!!