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Just calmly getting ready

BY Dave Ross  on January 25, 2013 @ 5:59 am (Updated: 7:00 am - 1/25/13 )

You might think the gun community is, dare I say, up in arms about a possible assault weapons ban, but cruising the Internet, they seem to be taking it calmly and just preparing for it.

"In today's video, we thought that we would explore the idea - if you had to buy five guns to prepare for a potential assault weapons ban," says a YouTube published gun expert.

And they already know which guns will be targeted first: the AR-15s.

"This is going to be the number one gun that they'll be coming for because it looks evil."

But no need to panic, because you can just buy the core part of the gun, the lower receiver, as it's called, which is maybe $150, as many as you want, and and just add the other parts later.

"Now see, this is what is considered the gun, this lower receiver. Now under an assault weapons ban if you've got 10 of these laying around all you have to do is buy the uppers and everything else is the same because that receiver was grandfathered in, in such case because it was purchased before the assault weapons ban.

And you definitely want to stock up on the high capacity magazines.

"These magazines, they sell for like $15, when the ban comes back you can sell them for a hundred bucks a piece. You need to stock up - not only on guns - but stock up on the accessories as well."

I have to say, they don't sound a bit worried. So there you have it - whether there's an assault weapons ban or not, it sounds like there are still ways to maintain an arsenal - and even make a little extra money.

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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    the Democrats may be a disaster for the economy...
    January 25, 2013 5:34 am
    but you gotta give 'em credit for being great for gold and guns.
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  • wsualumn wrote...
    Paul
    January 25, 2013 5:39 am
    The GOP has done wonders for the economy. So well that they have lost the majority vote from 5 of the last 6 presidential elections.
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    way off topic, Wazzu.
    January 25, 2013 5:42 am
    of course Paul is a bit, too.
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  • irony wrote...
    i'm so happy obama doubled prices on everything since bush
    January 25, 2013 10:31 am
    gas doubled bread doubled soup doubled taxes doubled violence doubled school shootings doubled mentally ill going off doubled food stamp recipients doubled national debt doubled gun bans solving problems, zero. concealed carry stopped shooters around 3k - 4k per year.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    irony
    January 25, 2013 12:01 pm
    No NOTHING has doubled,NOTHING. Now prove to me how concealed weapon folks stoop 3K-4K shooting a year? You can't prove the unproveable. Of course it has been proved that those that play with guns usually have a impotence problem,The hardest thing they put in their hand is a gun barrel.I bet your in that group
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  • logical open mind wrote...
    Obama has helpsell more guns and ammo than any living person.
    January 25, 2013 8:12 am
    and we all know how well the new rules will work. Lock em up, report mentaly ill people to a gun data base, have background checks and get a conceal and carry and use it.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    IMPEACHMENT!
    January 25, 2013 5:42 am
    .
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  • ron prevost wrote...
    Dave, for all the sound and the furry, this signifies nothing. - But I think you DO know that.
    January 25, 2013 5:53 am
    The president and Dianne Feinstein can bluster and propose all they want, but virtually go gun legislation is going to get thru the Senate - even with 55 democrats - let alone the House. ... Heck, on this one, Obama can't even count on Harry Reid's vote. ....... And don't even count on executive action. Obama may have different ideas about the Constitution, but he's not stupid.

    So, again a lot of bluster - and a lot of liberals can get good press for their voters - but nothing is going to happen. The Second Amendment is part of the Constitution. And along with speech, press, religion and assembly, most Americans want to keep rights right where they are.

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    ron p
    January 25, 2013 8:56 am
    Yes your correct no gun legislation will get through the House or the senate unless voters put politicians on notice that they are putting their jobs on the line if they vote the WRONG way.THis go's for BOTH sides as they are both in the pockets of the gun lobby.Folks who want tougher gun laws need just as a effective lobby as the NRA has been for the pro gun side.I believe that the NRA needs to take a stance against the anti government crowd who believe that guns should be used against our own government if they feel their gun rights are threatened,I think most Americans (gun owners included) feel these people are totally NUTS and a danger to America
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Messiah
    January 25, 2013 10:44 am
    which way, pray tell, is the wrong way? Do you have a clue who the gun lobby is? It's me brianiac, along with 3.9 million others like me. There is now way you can pretend to speak for most Americans, you can barely speak for yourself
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Ron J
    January 25, 2013 12:06 pm
    Yes the ORGANIZED gun lobby is the NRA its not you or even close to 3,900,000.Just because you own a gun does not make you a part of ANY lobby.I'm a senior citizen their are lobbys for seniors AARP for one they have asked me to join I haven't but even if I joined they wouldn't be lobbying for me unless I told them I wanted something and they went to bat for my cause
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Messiah
    January 25, 2013 12:45 pm
    The point was I am a member of the NRA for life and they do lobby for me and millions of others. I've also called everyone of my legislators at the national level and told them my views, along with Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell. Oh, by the way, check out JPFO.org, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (you don't have to be Jewish to join). They are the ones who represent my views the closest and yes I am a dues paying member along with GOA and Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership (one needn't be a Doctor to join). Now as close as I can tell, since I am a dues paying member of those organizations and they are organized, then I reckon I'm a part of them, no?
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Ron J
    January 25, 2013 9:10 pm
    It working out just fine for the Lobbyists they get your dues which is what they are really after. SUCKER!Why would a NON Jew join JPFO? Thats the dumbest thing ever. I bet the NRA and JPFO sold your name to EVERY Right Wing fund raising group in the Country. You are the Complete SUCKER a salesmen s wet dream
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  • CH wrote...
    Todays talking point Munchkins[girls] is -
    January 25, 2013 6:01 am
    IMPEACHMENT!
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    ron prevost
    January 25, 2013 6:03 am
    I hope and pray that you are correct.
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    I actually agree that the gun ban probably won't work
    January 25, 2013 6:12 am
    because the NRA has already flooded the streets with child-killer guns and cop-killer bullets.
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  • thelesserof2weevils wrote...
    Xanax?
    January 25, 2013 8:16 am
    Hyperbole, much? What exactly is a "Cop Killer Bullet" Laugh Out Loud.
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @SeattleD
    January 25, 2013 8:49 am
    What's a "copkiller" bullet?
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  • RonJ wrote...
    SeattleD
    January 25, 2013 10:48 am
    Has no clue what he's talking about aka "cop killer" bullets. He thinks, speaks and reacts according to his emotions in the moment, not logic and reasoning (takes too much time and effort).
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    Here are some cop-killer bullets in action.
    January 25, 2013 5:44 pm
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqfrr26yTSY

    Of course it makes sense if the NRA wants to overthrow the U.S. government they'll need weapons, ammo and armor better than anything the cops they will be shooting at will have.

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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @D
    January 25, 2013 10:19 pm
    It was kind of a rhetorical question. Cop killer bullet is another nonsensical term misused the frighten those not into firearms. It's a bullet that will penetrate body armor, which is any rifle round. Body armor can only withstand the slower rounds from handguns. In order to stop a rifle bullet, one would have to be wearing thick steel plates. When your grand-dad went deer hunting, you didn't know he was using "cop killers", did you?
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  • SeattleD wrote...
    I noticed you didn't ask what a child-killer gun is.
    January 25, 2013 6:19 pm
    Apparently that's because you already know.
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @D
    January 25, 2013 10:29 pm
    What the he11 is that supposed to mean? I show up here for a little discourse and take stabs at no one. Out of the blue, you attempt to stir up some controversy by insinuating that I have intimate knowledge of killing kids. That's a mighty pathetic sense of humor eating away at your gut.
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  • undecided wrote...
    Funny...
    January 25, 2013 6:15 am
    The very thing politicians are trying to deter is just causing more of it to happen. e.g. deter gun use, and now we see a rise in gun purchases. I think we live in a schizophrenic society. We're trying to prevent killings but we legalize abortion. We're trying to outlaw the means(guns) with which the killings occur. Isn't the corollary then to outlaw the tools used for abortion? The problem is in the minds of the people pulling the trigger. We're unwilling to talk about the violent video games that depict gloom and desperation while glorifying "going out in a blaze". It's too bad we as a country can't tackle problems I think are more important. - Dependency on fossil fuels - National debt - Infrastructure - Personal responsibility - Education
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    undecided
    January 25, 2013 9:02 am
    Some day perhaps your side will understand that life does not start when the sperm and egg get together so ABORTION is not murder and is LEGAL in the USA.Your side doesn't like or accept this ruling but thats tough because ITs The LAW.THere will ALWAYS be problems that some may feel are more important but it does not mean other problems should not be addressed.Some thing need timing to get passed and the recent shootings made this the perfect time to act so people who want tougher gun laws are running with it. The Patriot Act waS PASSED THIS WAY
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @Messiah
    January 25, 2013 10:56 pm
    Some day, perhaps your side will understand that conception generates a sentient being deserving of the same rights as the rest of us, including the right not to be killed out of convenience and the right to defend themselves with tiny little AR-15s that will make abortion "doctors" think twice about turning a blind eye to their Hippocratic oath.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Cigarillo
    January 26, 2013 7:32 pm
    No Life exists so NO MURDER is committed.That was EASY,NEXT?
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  • RonJ wrote...
    @undecided
    January 25, 2013 10:50 am
    Out of your wish list I'd put personal responsibility at the top. I think the rest would follow.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    NRA put up a good fight [like a salmon going upstream] -
    January 25, 2013 6:17 am
    And like the NRA every year we have more Salmon!

    Better go back to you mommies basement and brain links with MSNBC!

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    I actually agree that the gun ban probably won't work
    January 25, 2013 6:28 am
    Hey Seattle Dbag your right. Or at the very least some very watered down version of what your beloved regime has promised.

    As for the rest of what you posted? Whatever!

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    King Obama the Dear Leader won't get a Nobel prize but
    January 25, 2013 6:33 am
    he will be awarded "Gun salesman of the year"!

    Think about it Parrots, how much more RICH did your beloved Dear Leader make the BIG GUN MANUFACTURE COMPANIES? And none of this profit was made off of our taxes!

    And you Parrots made all this possible. Your Dear Leader thanks you. NOT!

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  • RonJ wrote...
    It's high time we re-branded
    January 25, 2013 12:47 pm
    the Dear Leader "Lord of the Flies".
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