Is there some new law I don't know about ???

[handejector]

Interesting thread.

People,
The RULES are very plain and simple.
If you can't play by them, play somewhere else.
If you have never read them, I suggest you do so:
http://smith-wessonforum.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5921018933/m/9961032043

Dodging the SPIRIT of the Rules won't be tolerated.
There is NO need to quote an obvious violation. Don't encourage them.

Lee J

 

[Firehouse]

My bad.

 

[Careby]

The way I look at it, having all the ammo or ammo components that I ever expect to use in my lifetime is not a bad idea for several reasons. One is normal inflation. Ammo has gotten more expensive every decade that I've been alive. Doesn't mean it won't go down in the future, but history suggests it won't. Two is the anti-gun forces at work in our country. They may or may not have any impact on the availability of ammo, but there is some risk. Three is the regulation of lead as a hazardous substance. When I was a kid mercury was something you could buy and play with. Since then it has become poisonous, or kids today aren't as tough - I'm not sure which. Anyway lead will probably become harder and harder to get in the future. Definitely the second hand sources like wheel weights and linotype will dry up. Four is the cost of legal defense against product liability actions faced by ammo manufacturers, which adds to the cost of ammo. I'm sure I've left out a few, but to me it makes sense to acquire any ammo I realistically think I might ever need when and as I can. I wish I had bought more a couple of years ago because it's getting downright painful these days.

 

[tonytgman]

I apologize to you Lee J, but I was just asking a question and they got ugly with me...

 

[handejector]

Originally posted by tonytgman:
I apologize to you Lee J, but I was just asking a question and they got ugly with me...

Fine.
You are in a public place, here, with women and children present. If someone else curses in a public place, it doesn't mean you have to.
See you in a week.

 

[brianc]

We can still get most cals, If intrested let me know.

 

[ALJ-28]

LOOKS LIKE THE PAGE IS SHUT DOWN !!

 

[DougE]

Sorry for my part in this exchange Lee. I'll do my best to keep out of such discussions in the future.

 

[flop-shank]

Brothers, a house divided against itself will not stand.

We must encourage each other at whatever speed we come into the shooting sports. The next two years (until the midterm elections) will be rough enough without us fighting each other. If any of you feel short with another person's question or response to you, please let someone more patient, or a moderator, answer approriately.

Sorry Lee if I seem to be sticking my nose into your business after you've addressed the squabbling in this thread, I fully respect your authority, especially in you cyber-house. Please understand that I feel very passionate about this and only want what is best for this forum and this country.

 

[ddixie884]

I read a lot here, and don't post much, but I believe, as Ben Franklin said, about hanging together or seperately. I think we can all agree on the second amendment. JMHO.

 

[tonytgman]

I would like to apologize to everyone as well, even Wyatt Earp. I should have acted in a more adult manor and I feel terrible about it. I hope everyone can forgive me...
Lee J, I know I'm banned for a week but can you please post this for me?
Thanks.

 

[Spotteddog]

ATTA BOY!

 

[flop-shank]

Originally posted by Spotteddog:
ATTA BOY!

Big +1. I'm looking forward to your contributions here, Tony.

 

[DougE]

Originally posted by tonytgman:
I would like to apologize to everyone as well, even Wyatt Earp. I should have acted in a more adult manor and I feel terrible about it. I hope everyone can forgive me...
Lee J, I know I'm banned for a week but can you please post this for me?
Thanks.

I'd like to apologize for the smart*** answer I gave you to a simple question, Tony. It was uncalled for. I find many helpful people on this board when I need to know something and I'm afraid I was being less than helpful with my response.

 

[940lvr]

Looking back on this thread, it is a lot easier to understand what happened and why. I know that any threat to individual gun ownership stirs peoples' emotions. It certainly does mine. I also understand why someone would not want to listen to what politicians SAY. So I can easily understand why everyone who got upset did. I would like to commend tonytgman and others for their apologies, and Lee for his patience. Tonytgman one thing you may want to consider is a membership in the NRA. For a few bucks a year your membership will get you (among other things) a good magazine to learn more about firearms in general. Also when state and federal election time rolls around your magazine will contain a "report card" on candidates in your area. One of the things this report card is based on is the candidate's past voting record on firearms related issues. As far as I am concerned, a candidate's voting record is more important than what the candidate says. The information provided in the magazine will certainly give you a starting point to do your own research into a candiate's attitude toward gun ownership if you don't want to take the report card as gospel. From a longtime gunowner, welcome to gun ownership. I don't feel comfortable welcoming you to the forum since I am a newcomer myself.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

When I first started here posting my rookie questions, I was usually brought up to speed rather quickly through generous answers here and reading on my own, but I will never forget one response to the effect of:

"This board is only for people to whom firearms are a major part of their lives, you have no business here."

I apologized for not having uncles or a father who took me hunting every week, or for not inheriting a vault full of guns and said: "We all have to start somewhere sometime."

I hope that I have not blasted anyone trying to learn something.

 

[handejector]

week over.

 

[38-44HD45]

Just saw this thread for the first time today. My, my. Thanks for calming it down, Lee, but I, for one, certainly understand how high emotions can, and in my view SHOULD run when it comes to attacks on our freedoms. We now have an administration that has vowed to attack not only the Second Amendment, but the First, i.e., the one they've always held so high and holy, with attempts at resurrection of the grossly misnamed "Fairness Doctrine," of which Richard Nixon was so fond.

To Tony, and to anyone else, I'd suggest immediately joining NRA, as well as the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. These organizations fight for our rights, and if you are a new gun owner, they will keep you up to speed better than anyone about what the tyrants in D.C. are trying to do to us, with written publications and e-mail alerts.

Welcome to new gun ownership, Tony, and to the Forum. Try not to hold it against anyone here who expresses passion about the Second Amendment. (Even Wyatt is really a good guy, despite his occasional abruptness.

) Most of us have recently gone on to whatever step on the emotional ladder that lies above the one labeled "Bitter." It's gonna be a rough, ugly ride...

 

[tonytgman]

First of all, I'm glad to be back !!!
38-44HD45;
I really do appreciate your insight. I have (since being busted from this forum) been looking into and researching our new president and I can totally understand why tempers are high when it comes to this type of discussion. I'm now looking into joining the NRA for all the news and e-mail alerts. Thank You and All!!!

 

[conchmariner]

Originally posted by HOUSTON RICK:
When I first started here posting my rookie questions, I was usually brought up to speed rather quickly through generous answers here and reading on my own, but I will never forget one response to the effect of:

"This board is only for people to whom firearms are a major part of their lives, you have no business here."

I apologized for not having uncles or a father who took me hunting every week, or for not inheriting a vault full of guns and said: "We all have to start somewhere sometime."

I hope that I have not blasted anyone trying to learn something.

Major +1 to that.