Online ammo sales ban review

[thebrasilian]

Here another try at gun control:
http://gunsinselfdefense.com/2012/07/31 ... ion-sales/

 

[Midnight Raver]

Wouldn't matter if the nut who shall remain nameless had 60 or 6,000 rounds of ammo- period. The uneducated just don't realize that you couldn't carry such ludicrous quantities around. Either way, a determined nutjob that passes background checks can still buy ammunition here and there over time. Any informed people will also know how much ammo people can go through just goig to the range for a couple of hours of target fun. LEOs, military, federal and private security members all know this as well. Practice for them is even more crucial these days- would people want to limit the ammo they might get for personal training as well? On another note, people in these positions have snapped and done the same or even worse- does that mean we give them one bullet for their left shirt pocket like Barney Fife? Hate to make run on sentences, but there is way too much to be said. Our 2nd Ammendment rights are too valuable for everone in this country, but the uneducated just don't get it.

Let's hope for everyones sake they do- before it's too late.

 

[bigfutz]

A few single box purchases at Wal Mart would have given this nutjob all the ammo he needed to carry out his "mission." Once the administration realizes this simple fact, banning online sales or reporting large quantity purchases won't be enough (as will be pointed out by the next attack after the restictions are in place).

Speaking of face-to-face retail sales:
1) Has anyone ever been asked the reason or intended use when purchasing ammo? I heard a rumor along those lines in reference to WM.
2) Since when are Wal Mart employees criminal psychologists who could recognize a potential nutjob with ill intent at the checkout?

 

[Tigerstripe]

wally people have to ask to find out your age because you have to be 18 for rifle ammo and 21 for pistol ammo.

someone was asked "what will you be using this for" meaning handgun or rifle. the question was blown out of proportion.

 

[fiundagner]

I have been asked this question, but it was along the lines of handgun or rifle, and hunting or plinking style ammo. The man I was dealing with knew what he was doing, and I was uninformed about all the available choices at the time. I get it more often at gun stores than at Wal-Mart to be frank.

I've got a proposal for all the gun control and ammo control bills and amendments floating around. I will start supporting them (now ducking the rotten tomatoes, rocks, and old fruitcakes). BUT..... only if they are applied equally to our police and military. If there is no need for me to have 30 round magazines and assault weapons since I might just snap and kill someone then people who are daily in much more strenuous situations should have a much higher chance of doing so. So it only makes since to restrict them, in their high stress situations, to the same level as the people around them. I think that a lot of people could get behind something like that, don?t you?

 

[Tigerstripe]

the Jefferson Papers inturprit the 2nd ammendment as we the people shall have the same power to wage war as the government.

during the Civil War both sides had cannon. navy. spys. gatlin guns.

today we would have to overwhelm them with bodies, im afraid.

 

[fiundagner]

The cybersecurity bill (and high capacity mag ban) has been killed... for now

http://www.zdnet.com/senate-blocks-cybe ... 000002051/

 

[Treedodger]

The cybersecurity bill (and high capacity mag ban) has been killed... for now

http://www.zdnet.com/senate-blocks-cybe ... 000002051/

It sure emptied out some of the shelves though. I had bought some magpul 30 rd end of last week and went back to the same sites just out of curiousity and they are now out of stock. Midway still had stock as of yesterday, but had limited your purchases to 5 every 48 hours. CTD still had some as well, but at$5 more.

 

[Tigerstripe]

makes me wonder if they didnt know that would happen, a run on hi cap mags. same with gun ban talk. i wonder how many more people have ARs now than 4 or 8 years ago.

 

[bigfutz]

So effectively these little "scares" of threats on out rights does a couple of things:
1) Restricts purchase quantities, e.g. Midway limiting the number of mags you can buy in a period.
2) Kills availability altogether. I remember times where certain items were simply OOS everywhere (380 ammo at one point).
3) Drives up prices. 1 & 2 above = increased demand = increased prices.

Makes the conspiracist in wonder who is really behind these scares... who profits? Could Magpul be sponsoring a ban on hi-cap mags? They would make a heap from the rush, then make more selling a whole bunch of 10 rd mags to the same customers.

 

[Treedodger]

...i wonder how many more people have ARs now than 4 or 8 years ago.

I know of at least one