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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.

Exterior photo courtesy Iraqveteran8888's Facebook page

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  • CH wrote...
    NRA has already flooded the streets with child-killer guns and cop-killer bullets -
    January 25, 2013 6:38 am
    who here want to be the first to defend this?
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  • AceBass wrote...
    dillusional
    January 25, 2013 7:52 am
    Fortune cookie says: you are a hater of inanimate objects. You attack your own image in he mirror. Return now to unconsciousness.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    CH
    January 25, 2013 10:52 am
    Define cop killer bullets. We'll take it one at a time.
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @CH
    January 25, 2013 10:46 pm
    Not me. You are absolutely correct. In 1999, Wayne LaPierre and Chuck Heston began spending a large percentage of NRA dues on buying up barges of confiscated "assault weapons" that were originally headed for the smelter and resold them at a profit to anyone that could produce proof that they were gang members or drug dealers. They then reinvested part of the proceeds into buying the reloading equipment and supplies to have asylum tenants assemble the ultra destructive, tank piercing ammunition that you can't get at Cabela's. When said tenants had reached their quotas, they were given a rifle and sent out the door. All this was done behind the smoke screen of supposedly representing 4 million members and devoting the vast majority of their output to safety training and education. Those sneaky b_st_rds.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    who here want to be the first to defend this?
    January 25, 2013 6:40 am
    Prove it!
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  • HLC wrote...
    I'm sure CH&wsu are happy.
    January 25, 2013 6:49 am
    After all their program kills more babies in one year then assault rifles have killed in 50 years. Thats right liberals keep the scaple at the ready. What a bunch of loser-sickos. Also during the last election 76% of voters thought we were going in the wrong direction but they still voted for the worst president in history. They just wouldn't admit they screwed up in 08.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    HLC
    January 25, 2013 12:12 pm
    If you honestly think abortions are MURDER why don't you stop them.If my next door neighbor was killing people every day I would certainly stop him one way or the other(regardless of what was done to me) if law enforcement would not step in. Are you guys on the Right a group of COWARDS or what?I think your side is full of it and don't truly believe that a unborn is a REAL PERSON until well into the pregnancy
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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    Gun ban for law abiding Americans
    January 25, 2013 6:49 am
    F-16 jets for Muslim Brotherhood.

    Lord of the Flies.... Ba'al Zebub

    Jewish scholars interpreted the title of "Lord of Flies" as the Hebrew way of calling Ba'al a pile of dung and comparing Ba'al followers to flies.

    Why does Obama hate the Jews? The answer is ancient.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/9825687/Barack-Obama-provides-landing-pad-for-fly.html

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  • HLC wrote...
    CH you fool.
    January 25, 2013 6:52 am
    Do you realize the NRA does not manufacture anything. They do however make a bunch of limp wrist liberals real scared.
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  • mnpat wrote...
    What Dave doesn't tell you about the proposed gun ban is this....
    January 25, 2013 6:53 am
    If passed, Feinstein’s Gun Ban would: *** Ban the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of 120 specifically named rifles, shotguns and handguns! *** Ban the sale, transfer, importation and manufacturing of ALL firearms with a detachable magazine and at least one "military characteristic" -- which could mean just about anything that makes a gun "look scary;" *** Ban the sale, transfer, importation, and manufacturing of magazines holding more than 10 rounds; *** Force owners of ALL "grandfathered" weapons to undergo an intrusive background check and fingerprinting -- treating law-abiding citizens like criminals; *** Force owners of ALL "grandfathered" weapons to federally register their guns after obtaining a permission slip from local law enforcement showing their guns are not in violation of state or local law.
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @MNPat
    January 25, 2013 9:04 am
    So, to condense it down, the new bill, if passed, will unnecessarily create a new class of criminal?
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  • hnuh wrote...
    CH...
    January 25, 2013 7:06 am
    Without the agency of human intervention firearms are nothing but lumps of metal wood and plastic. Really, nothing but lumps of shaped material, useless and inert. When one meaningfully attributes the characteristic of life to inanimate objects one projects a materialism indicative of the LACK OF A SOUL,(look up and review dialectic materialism) You may be nothing but matter in motion, don't presume to arrogate to yourself the right to decide everyone else is as well.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    @hnuh
    January 25, 2013 10:55 am
    Wow, how thought provoking and right you are.
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  • CH wrote...
    presume to arrogate to yourself the right to decide everyone else is as well -
    January 25, 2013 7:29 am
    your right why have gun laws. Let the bigger gun be the law. But then what about the kids that are in the crossfires. You say you don't care as long as you can keep your military rifle? I would like to own a tank!! Where is the NRA, when We Americans need to arm ourselves!! Im so hot, im going to go shoot a bowl. This is the third keyboard I broke this morning only have two left!! Flounder BLAWN/AJ could you D-Mail some more. Its going to be a long day!!
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  • AceBass wrote...
    check yourself in
    January 25, 2013 8:56 am
    to a mental health clinic before you hurt yourself, or worse....someone else.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    CH
    January 25, 2013 10:57 am
    it's not true that because your incapable of controlling your emotions and what you might do because of them that the rest of us are.
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  • jdeoro wrote...
    I would like to own a tank!!
    January 26, 2013 12:27 am
    @CH. . .actually, if you did your homework, you'd know not only can you legally own a demilled tank, but in the state of Washington, DD's (destructive devices) are legal with proper federal registration. Granted, you would have to register the cannon itself, plus each round for it is treated as a DD itself (meaning federal paperwork on each round.) And wow. . .it's legal to own a tank. How 'bout that? And look at all the mass killings and mayhem caused by armored vehicles in private hands across this country.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    who here want to be the first to defend this?
    January 25, 2013 7:37 am
    I am still here waiting for you to prove your Left wing Parrot talking point.
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  • AtheisticallyYours wrote...
    When the "paranoids" are on the receiving end!
    January 25, 2013 7:51 am
    One can always hope that its the "gun nuts" whose kids and other loved ones are on the receiving end of the next slaughter at the hands of a whack job with assault weapons access! Maybe THEN they might "re-think" (a BIG STRETCH for them!) the issue of WHAT NON-MILITARY LEGITIMIATE USE ASSAULT WEPAONS HAVE IN A SOCIETY??
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    Atheistically
    January 25, 2013 7:56 am
    I think Alcohol Cars and Cell Phones should be banned too. They kill 10-100 times more kids than Guns. I don't use them so I just think they should go away.
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    In fact only Police, Fire, military and Delivery people
    January 25, 2013 8:00 am
    need vehicles, they should be banned for all the rest.

    Same with Alcohol, tobacco and Drugs, they serve no purpose, get rid of them. They are harmfull and kill.

    Abortion kills 1000 times more kids than guns, we should ban that too.

    Lets include Bicycles and Playground equipment, more kids have died to that than guns.

    HELL Lets legislate Bubbles for all the kids. That way we keep em safe and sound.

    And since you want to remove Rights guaranteed by the constitution I want to start with your 1st amendment, I disagree with your use of it and want it banned right now.

    Here Atheistically here is a statement from what must be your hero

    The state must declare the children to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation

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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    And Athesistically one more thing
    January 25, 2013 8:16 am
    before you say THOSE THINGS ARE NEEDED. Not one of them, not one single one of them are Guaranteed by the constitution. Thus they are privileges, which can be taken away. Why are privileges more important that RIGHTS!
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  • Cigarillo wrote...
    @Rick
    January 25, 2013 9:12 am
    Here-Here. Damm my flex fuel truck.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Rick
    January 25, 2013 9:20 am
    If you get enough people to agree that Alcohol,cars and cell phones should be banned then have at it. But don'y hold your breath.1 person movements don't usually progress beyond the mind of the person with that crazy thought
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Republics
    January 25, 2013 11:04 am
    degrade into democracies which end up as dictatorships.
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    Also Atheistically
    January 25, 2013 8:07 am
    What is an assault weapon. Not what your spoon fed media tells you what it is, but what the real definition is?

    Just a hint it involves burst fire and full auto. Hint 2 those are already banned unless you have a very special license that take up to a year to get.

    Question 2, the 2nd amendment which shall not be infringed, is only for hunting in your mind I bet, Is that true or false. What was the real reason behind the founding fathers putting in the 2nd.

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  • RonJ wrote...
    More specifically
    January 25, 2013 11:05 am
    It is called an Assault Rifle which fires a medium-powered round and has select fire.
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  • thelesserof2weevils wrote...
    Psycho
    January 25, 2013 8:20 am
    Did you really just wish death on people? Gotta love the bravery that anonymity provides. Definitely want to keep this person away from "assault weapons", or sharp things for that matter.
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  • AceBass wrote...
    how sad
    January 25, 2013 9:01 am
    what sort of human being would ever hope for harm, death, and destruction on other human beings? And also a "whack job" with a 6 shooter revolver or two and a pump action shotgun can do vast damage to a unarmed group of innocents.....that's why this assault weapons ban is such a waste of time. Why not just go for broke and ban all firearms? Might just as well enlist the army to confiscate all privately owned firearms. This is the only way we can protect ourselves from........ourselves.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    Ace
    January 25, 2013 11:24 am
    A massive waste of time but a page straight outta Bills' playbook...."it's for the children". The largest school killing occured in Bath Michigan in 1927 and..OOPS... it was before "assault weapons" were in the lexicon. Hmmmmmmmm.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    RonJ
    January 25, 2013 9:18 pm
    Whats your point?
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  • RonJ wrote...
    AtheisticallyYours
    January 25, 2013 10:59 am
    Please define assault wepaon. Is is a Klingon battle weapon?
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