One issue I have on the 400 million firearms is, I believe, since it has been tracked by the ATF. I suspect, one, there are many that are not in that count, and, two, it does not account for lost, destroyed, non-functioning, etc. I have one that is circa 1870, but it is currently non-functioning. My father had more than several rifles and shotguns from his youth, which my brother now owns. Likely those are not included in that 400 million, either. I believe the number is used just to scare those that do not believe in private ownership of firearms.
Until the boating accident, I had more than several handguns. It was truly an amazing incident, one maybe years from now will be heralded as a miracle as I was nowhere near a boat nor water when it happened…
My wife knows I have ammo in 4 footlockers, but if she knew I had over 19,000 rounds of .22LR she would tell me “The was a good investment buying at 4 or 5 cents a round. You should sell a bunch and take a profit!”
There’s a very long list of firearms that are sub $500… almost every major brand makes at least one sub $500 model. That includes the most popular shotgun of all time, the Remington 870, which can still be had sub $350. As far as reliability of those firearms, I’ve used my 870 as a crutch, boat oar, pushpole, hammer, prybar, and a gar bat once, and it is the best running gun I have ever owned. It’s the first one I prep for duck season.
I may be missing something, but I’m unsure what this means?
I can definitely relate to the wife coming up with the “good” idea of selling guns, ammo, and parts though. She says it’s a good idea, but somewhere between her mouth and my ears, a ghost must fart on it because the idea sure stinks when I hear it…
I got into a similar situation at work. As soon as you know one person who likes to shoot, you end up finding more and more people who like to shoot. And everyone kept their conversations quiet and off to the side. …until one guy didn’t. I had multiple conversations with him about it, but apparently, he just couldn’t help himself. And he used to joke, out loud, “You’re a dangerous man Jim.” And being in one of the most liberal areas in the country, I eventually started to hear it from anti-2A coworkers. I used to tell them that I’ve only got two hands so why would more than two guns make anyone more dangerous or a bigger threat than anyone else? I had a LOT of conversations with people who knew as much about firearms as Brandon does. I’m glad they never found out how much ammo I typically had onhand. I probably would have ended up on the evening news.
I’m also glad I left that place before the GVRO laws kicked in.
A lot of people, a lot of actual gun people, a lot of people that even carry, think 2,000 rounds of ammo is a lot.
Not that there is anything wrong with that, I understand we’d be better off if everybody who owned guns (let’s make it plural, more than one) had 2,000 rounds of ammo. That would be a big step up for sure. And it’s expensive, not everybody can (or chooses to) afford to sit on that much ammo. But, just sayin’
I remember my USCCA instructor saying he hoped to never be stopped by police on the way to a CCW qualification day. The number of guns and ammo in his trunk would more than raise an eyebrow.
does a cat lady need?