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Interesting, someone at my hunting club had the exact same experience when he went to get a replacement FID.

Ha! Here's what I posted just minutes before reading this. http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/53856-just-bought-10lbs-of-ffg/page__fromsearch__1 Get ready for a new wave of "taggant" bills. I'd love to see how the technology works on these...

I think I'm finally learning how this works. Once there's even a hint that something might be banned or onerously regulated, it's too late to take action. So, I just bought enough BP to last me awhile.

At the national level, it's now officially completely irrational. Unfortunately, still very rational in some states, such as ours. I hope there's enough of a breather that we can start getting some ammo. And I also hope that some greedy parasite bastards are stuck with lots of ammo that they were hoping to make a killing on.

That was the sound of a swan singing. Consider the enormity of her failure. Unless she lives to be 110, this was her last chance to shred what's left of the 2A. For a career of anti-gun hatred, she got zero. She's very likely ruined the careers of several friends, who she lured out of their safely moderate positions. And the biggest irony, she's created millions of new gun owners and radicalized millions more. By increasing our base, exposing the depravity of the anti zealots, and demonstrating that even the exploitation of beautiful dead babies and their families can't win gun control, she's made the whole topic radioactive at the federal level for a generation. Unfortunately, none of this can be said for NJ. As I mentioned before, I predict a spat of revenge bills to come out of this. The good thing is, no matter what happens here, I think the country as a whole is secure.

How does sticking to 2-3 calibers make it more fiscally possible? I'm not suggesting diversifying into .458 Lott. If you like rimfire, .17, 5mm, and .22WMR would have all been nice to have, as they've been much more available than .22LR. For centerfire, .223, .30-06, .308, and a couple of flavors of 7.62 would be nice. None of these calibers are particularly expensive, and with this combo of guns, ammo for one of them would have been available at almost any given day in these past couple of months. Stockpiling is good, but unless you're talking 100,000s rounds, it will run out at some time. And if you're part of the tinfoil crowd, if things go really sour, it will be good to be able to take advantage of any barter opportunities that might arise.

Where's $5 shipping when you need it??? I just placed an order with Cabelas a couple of days ago. Grrrr.

There is the interminable debate about whether, for the sake of SHTF scenarios, to consolidate calibers for greater interoperability, or to diversify in order to allow for as many ammo choices as possible. Well, the S has HTF, so I think we have our answer. Having just seen the Cabelas link with .22 WMR available, I've definitely shifted towards diversify. This allows for more opportunistic buying in ammo droughts.

Not easier, just the same as it is now. You're right, though. If the true motivation is to throw up yet another obstacle, it made sense for him to go for broke.

I hear those types of emotional outbursts can raise blood pressure with negative health consequences. Especially for octagenarians.

I'm officially confused by the process. Did we win yet or not? I understand there are a bunch of other amendments coming up, but are any of them serious threat? I thought this was the big scary one.

Mark Levin had a very interesting segment where he claimed that CAFE (fuel efficiency) standards have been responsible for 10s of thousands of lives by mandating flimsier cars and by making it cheaper to drive per mile, thus increasing traffic. I haven't had a chance to review the studies, so can't comment, but that's exactly the type of slaughter which is acceptable collateral damage in service of utopia.

It's not about safety. It's about finding convenient and despicable scapegoats. And we fit the bill to a T. If it were about safety, they'd have one bottle a month on alcohol. Or put in mandatory breathalyzer locks in cars. These would immediately save lives. But that would be inconvenient for wine drinkers, so the slaughter on the highways can continue. On the other hand, no law, no matter how admittedly useless, is beyond the pale as long as it causes us suffering.

Sh**. No matter when or if this blows over, I'm going to keep buying ammo. Need it or not. We can't even foresee the excuses they'll come up to come after us. I'm exhausted.

I'm going to be infinitely optimistic and say they won't ban gunpowder unless they can find a way to differentiate normal Fudd gunpowder from "assault" gunpowder. It's one thing to ban scary rifles. It's another to ban or significantly limit access to all ammunition. I do worry about volume limits, though. I'm still holding out for some heavy restrictions on pressure cookers.

He took it up a notch to the "beautiful babies." I guess black inner city babies aren't beautiful.

Hopefully, this whole discussion becomes irrelevant (in a good way) in about 5 minutes. Watching C-SPAn now and biting my nails.

In that case, Schumer is an idiot. Even I would consider it if it was a free portal. As McBeth said, even if not required, I'd like to be able to check before selling to a stranger for my own protection. I think the farmhand would be OK. Unless something has changed, private transfers (except if advertised on internet) would be exempt.

"“The proposal I will offer,” Coburn wrote in a letter to his colleagues, “would create a consumer portal that would allow someone to go online for free and print out a pass that proves they are not on the NICS [National Instant Criminal Background Check System] list." So why the hell didn't someone bring that up while Cruz was saying we might end up paying a $150 transfer fee like in DC? Maybe that haven't read it yet, because they haven't passed it.

Watching on C-SPAN. Schumer just made the mandatory appeal to the victims of Newtown.

I'm surprised no one has suggested extending the NICS system to allow for private sellers to access directly. If privacy is an issue, potential buyers could be given a PIN, make the call, print out the certificate, and present it to the seller. No registry needed if NICS check isn't linked to a particular gun.

Just ordered two cans.

If those are, in fact, the bombers, they deserve extra jail time for sheer stupidity. Is it just me, or did they try to hard to look like twins? Not unlike some of the "twin" guys I've seen in matching sailor outfits around SF Fisherman's Wharf.

The only hopeful sign is that everyone's obsessed with the pressure cooker and the shrapnel. I've seen "black powder" referenced in passing a couple of times, but no one seems to be paying attention. The media didn't wait to find who the culprit is and what drove him. They've already started blaming us. http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/16/actor-blames-boston-attack-on-gun-culture-2nd-amendment-must-go/#ixzz2QjBeGUcu

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