Senator Feinstein to introduce a new AWB

[Hutch]

I suspect the prices of firearms and magazines under consideration wil rise sharply, as they did in late '94.  I have found no online retailer that shows 9mm Gockazines in stock.  Botach doesn't count. (They lie)  I ordered anyway. I will report the outcome.

Well, will wonders never cease?  Just got notified by email that they're shipping all 18 magses.  I think I will have enough.  Oh yes.

[erictank]

Also, if you compare suicide rates vs gun ownership in multiple countries or regions, while there IS a positive correlation in firearm suicides (duh) there is little to no correlation with total suicides.

Yup - never seems to matter, those determined to kill themselves (those who often use firearms here in the US) seem to find some other way if they can't get guns.

Almost like it's not about the guns...

[Scout26]

People forget that Columbine they had two Propane bombs that failed.   Had they worked there would have been a ban on Gas Grills.

[Monkeyleg]

People forget that Columbine they had two Propane bombs that failed.   Had they worked there would have been a ban on Gas Grills.

No, they still would have gone for an assault weapons ban, because you need an assault weapon to steal a gas grill.

[kgbsquirrel]

"To prohibit a citizen from wearing or carrying a war arm . . . is an unwarranted restriction upon the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of constitutional privilege." [Wilson v. State, 33 Ark. 557, at 560, 34 Am. Rep. 52, at 54 (1878)]

[longeyes]

Assault is an action, not a weapon.

The irony is we the free have been under assault for at least fifty years.

[charby]

[lee n. field]

Wear it proudly.

[Perd Hapley]

Confused. Who is wearing tin foil?

[sanglant]

knee-jerk reaction to something you don't want to hear.


 

[Perd Hapley]

This is the funniest thing.    Do watch all the way to the end.

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2012-12-18/who-is-funding-the-u-dot-s-dot-gun-market

[AJ Dual]

This is the funniest thing.    Do watch all the way to the end.

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2012-12-18/who-is-funding-the-u-dot-s-dot-gun-market

I have to wonder if bow-tie has ever left NYC?

[Ben]

I have to wonder if bow-tie has ever left NYC?

Or perhaps you mean Upper Manhattan, since he appears to think New York City is pretty crime free.

[zxcvbob]

Both my dumbass senators cosponsored the Feinstein bill this week.  I was pretty sure Klobuchar would (she's a nanny-statist if there ever was one), but I hoped at least Franken would vote against it -- or at least not vote for it.

I've sent them both stern emails (again), this time just saying that I will be actively supporting whomever the Republicans run against them in 2018 and 2014, respectively, and why.  Doesn't matter that this bill has very little chance of passing, or that the country is facing much bigger problems than gun control.  It's a line-in-the-sand issue and they've voluntarily stepped over it big-time.

[AZRedhawk44]

This is the funniest thing.    Do watch all the way to the end.

http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2012-12-18/who-is-funding-the-u-dot-s-dot-gun-market

Cerberus is getting out of guns?  When did this happen?  They're private equity and have no storefront.  They're practically untouchable by mobs of nagging sign carriers, and divorced from the actual firearms companies by about 2 levels of separation.

[agricola]

Cerberus is getting out of guns?  When did this happen?  They're private equity and have no storefront.  They're practically untouchable by mobs of nagging sign carriers, and divorced from the actual firearms companies by about 2 levels of separation.

That Illusive Man is mighty cunning!

[red headed stranger]

Cerberus is getting out of guns?  When did this happen?  They're private equity and have no storefront.  They're practically untouchable by mobs of nagging sign carriers, and divorced from the actual firearms companies by about 2 levels of separation.

They announced it just a few days after the Newtown incident.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/cerberus-to-sell-gunmaker-freedom-group/

There are indications that Taurus is looking into buying Freedom Group:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/gun-ban-no-obstacle-to-taurus-bid-for-freedom-corporate-brazil.html

[AZRedhawk44]

Taurus owning Remington and Marlin and Bushmaster?

Wow.  That'll make Savage rifles that much more desirable.  Who would want a Taurus-produced Remington 700?

[Boomhauer]

There are indications that Taurus is looking into buying Freedom Group:

Oh God no...and you thought Rem/Marlin has been falling down on quality lately...prepare for a whole new level of suck.

[AZRedhawk44]

That would pretty much kill the levergun, wouldn't it?

USRAC ("Winchester") folded 5-6 years ago.  I understand there are Japanese Winchester leverguns... the CASS western fetishists who like case hardening and octagon barrels and such buy these for four digits.

Marlin's the next big one.  I wouldn't buy a Taurus-Marlin.

Rossi, Puma... niche and small.  Do any of the Cimarron/Uberti spaghetti cowboy gun firms make lever guns?  Niche and small also, but something.

That USRAC plant needs to move its gear out to a right to work state and start cranking out sub-$500 Winchester 94's again.  They were $250-$300 before they folded, but Obama and Bush have been hard at work devaluing that dollar since then.

[Gewehr98]

Production had already resumed by Miroku circa 2010.

I've handled new Model 94s at the local Cabelas. 

The prices are high, but the fit and finish blows away anything ever made in Connecticut. 

http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/index.asp

If Taurus buys Remington, I see no change in production methods and quality. 

Folks will go home on Friday night as Cerberus employees, and come back Monday morning as Taurus employees...

(Winchester Model 70s were built under FN ownership for how many years?)

[HankB]

. . . Folks will go home on Friday night as Cerberus employees, and come back Monday morning as Taurus employees...

You do know what they say about products made on Friday afternoon or Monday morning, don't you?   

[Doggy Daddy]

You do know what they say about products made on Friday afternoon or Monday morning, don't you?   

Nice post.  For a Friday.   

[red headed stranger]

I'm not so concerned about Taurus ruining these companies.  It will be an acquisition of a brand, and production will not likely move to Brazil.  Moreover, the new leadership at Taurus has been putting more resources into improving their QC, so this could potentially be a good acquisition of institutional knowledge for them.  In addition, Taurus has shown that they are with us in the RKBA fight, which is more than can be said for Cerberus.

My short list of "must get" firearms includes a Miroku-made '73.  

[Blakenzy]

Is Cerberus expecting sweeping gun restrictions that will ruin business?