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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on December 19, 2018, 10:16:47 PM

Title: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: Ben on December 19, 2018, 10:16:47 PM: Not going to be on Bloomberg's Christmas card list. =D

https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/12/19/priceless-woman-plans-to-use-money-from-baltimore-gun-buyback-program-to-upgrade-to-a-better-weapon/
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: French G. on December 19, 2018, 10:54:19 PM: I almost took the day off and drove to charm city, if I could be sure that they wouldn't run out of money I have about 150 evil mags and an Erma .22. I would be rich. And have fresher mags within two days.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 21, 2018, 01:36:52 PM: What's that thing the kids are saying these days? "Yas Queen," I believe.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: Ben on December 27, 2018, 07:25:13 PM: On a follow-up to this buyback, the Mayor claims a "rocket launcher" was turned in (and of course blames the NRA). I can't find any information on what this actually was. Because I'm betting it wasn't a real, working rocket launcher. I googled a half dozen news articles that either had stock photos or no photos, and just said that Balitmore PD was "tracing its origin", which could mean anything. I'm betting somebody made 500 clams on a $25 replica sold out of the back classifieds in Guns and Ammo.

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018/12/27/popular-mayor-concludes-that-the-nra-thinks-rocket-launchers-are-good-for-baltimore/
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: K Frame on December 27, 2018, 09:04:45 PM: I'm betting that the "rocket launcher" was a spent LAWS tube, which is perfectly legal to own.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: Perd Hapley on December 27, 2018, 10:05:16 PM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 27, 2018, 09:04:45 PM
I'm betting that the "rocket launcher" was a spent LAWS tube, which is perfectly legal to own.

And it's going to stay that way, because the NRA doesn't care about all the spent tube murder-death-kills that are occurring every 5 minutes in schools.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: bedlamite on December 28, 2018, 12:11:44 AM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 27, 2018, 09:04:45 PM
I'm betting that the "rocket launcher" was a spent LAWS tube, which is perfectly legal to own.

It was a spent AT-4.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: Hawkmoon on December 28, 2018, 03:36:41 AM: Quote from: bedlamite on December 28, 2018, 12:11:44 AM
It was a spent AT-4.

Hee, hee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT4

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The launcher and projectile are manufactured prepacked and issued as a single unit of ammunition, with the launcher discarded after a single use.

So, effectively, the po-po bought the large-scale equivalent of an empty cartridge casing.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: MechAg94 on December 28, 2018, 09:16:14 AM: “The rocket launcher would probably be a better mayor.” =D
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: MillCreek on December 28, 2018, 10:53:15 AM: Now I want an (empty) AT-4 to mount on the rifle rack in my pickup. I want to see if this solves the tailgating problem.
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: T.O.M. on December 28, 2018, 11:40:01 AM: I have an old junk .32 my grandfather gave me. I've been thinking of taking it to a buy back to get rid of it. Because of this thread, I did some research. Turns out the gun is an Iver Johnson Young America .32, made around 1900. Collectors will pay $200+ for one in good shape. Thanks APS. I was going to try and dump it for $50, and because of you guys, I know it's worth more than that. =D
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: HeroHog on December 28, 2018, 03:10:34 PM: I wonder if they would have taken this Hurricane Katrina "victim"
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fherohog.com%2Fimages%2Fguns%2FKatrinaH%26amp%3BR32_02.jpg&hash=36f179f5fc79940fcc7fc5a1d5b07ba05f648128)
[barf]
Problem was, it was loaded. I fixed that
(https://armedpolitesociety.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fherohog.com%2Fimages%2Fguns%2F2013042502.jpg&hash=039801db23fb84e06a725db0a6e6f0829e492dff)
:old:
Title: Re: "Upgrading to a Better Weapon"
Post by: Scout26 on December 28, 2018, 04:20:53 PM: I turned one in at one of Fr. Pflager's "buybacks" that had buried in mud and clay how many, many, many years... (It was basically a 1903 shaped piece of rust.)