We live in times that are both challenging and outright insane. Simultaneously.
It’s not about gun control. It is absolutely, positively, about “people control” and whether or not you are an actual American Citizen — or whether you are a serf, a Groundling, a Prole. I suspect you, me, we, will all have our chances to make our various stands.
The price of his store’s ammunition has more than doubled since mid-December, says Larry Hyatt, owner of Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte, N.C., which bills itself “America’s Largest Gun Shop.”
I spoke to Mr. Hyatt today about the increase in the price of ammunition since mid-December (when the gun control debate began to heat up). Hyatt said that the ammo market is “very volatile” and that he “doesn’t know when the next shipment will be.”
His best seller right now is .22LR caliber. Gun owners like to shoot this caliber because it is typically a cheaper round and also optimal for target shooting, known as “plinking”
A box containing 500 rounds of .22LR was selling for approximately $20/box back in December. Today, Mr. Hyatt tells me he is selling the same box for $49. This represents a 145 percent increase in price.
We “immediately started rationing” as there are “a lot of unknowns for deliveries of products,” Hyatt said.
The 5.56mm was selling for $0.50 a round in mid-December. Today it sells for $1.00/round; a 100 percent increase in price.
Mr. Hyatt also said that 50 rounds of 9mm were selling for $10.99 – but, they’re now priced at $24.00 per box. This represents an increase of 118 percent.
Another 3D printer video here, which provides more overall and in-depth explanations:
3D printers are not new, but are just now starting to make some inroads into the mainstream of digital thought because, previously, these machines were horrendously expensive. Now, their prices have lowered to the point where individuals can purchase their own.
Video: How 3-D printers will make magazine-capacity limits obsolete
posted at 4:01 pm on February 19, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
I’ll admit to being a rube about 3-D printing technology, and its implications for issues like gun control and other kinds of restrictive laws on devices, so this video from the Washington Post is an eye-opener for me. Travis Lerol builds a receiver for his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle in the convenience of his own home, or at least the casing for it; some of the other components have to be bought separately. None of those are restricted — yet, anyway — and the only issue preventing people from creating their own high-capacity magazines for their firearms is just the need for a design:
3D printing is much like having a small, personal factory in your own home. An interesting video below:
American ingenuity, I submit. Printable gun magazines, perhaps?
An important point: a 3D printer’s result is no better than the material utilized in the creation. Now: predominantly plastics, resins and composites under heat. How much would you trust this? Are there better materials extant?
Do the Logical Extension: how much longer before this technology is captured and throttled and regulated and licensed by the US Federal Government?
One of the major gun-control efforts in Olympia this session calls for the sheriff to inspect the homes of assault-weapon owners. The bill’s backers say that was a mistake.
Forget police drones flying over your house. How about police coming inside, once a year, to have a look around?
As Orwellian as that sounds, it isn’t hypothetical. The notion of police home inspections was introduced in a bill last week in Olympia.
That it’s part of one of the major gun-control efforts pains me. It seemed in recent weeks lawmakers might be headed toward some common-sense regulation of gun sales. But then last week they went too far. By mistake, they claim. But still too far.
“They always say, we’ll never go house to house to take your guns away. But then you see this, and you have to wonder.”
And I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that you knew bills of this kind were coming, no matter what any Demorat, Leftist or Progressive claims to controvert. The final path in the mind of Demorats and Leftists doesunequivocally involve, first, forcing the government into your home and, finally, outright confiscation of firearms.
According to a short video produced by the NRA, a Justice Department memo says that an assault weapon ban would not be effective without mandatory gun confiscation and that universal background checks would only work with federal gun registration, Jim Hoft reported at the Gateway Pundit on Monday, citing a blog post at Guns Saves Lives.
“Make no mistake,” the blog post said, “an assault weapons ban of any kind, even with a grandfathering clause is a step towards gun confiscation.”
The post also says that universal background checks are “just the first step” in implementing federal gun registration, which will ultimately lead to confiscation.
But here, ladies and gentlemen — HERE — is where the rubber meets the road:
Democrats in at least two states — Missouri and Minnesota — have already proposed legislation that if passed into law, would require law-abiding gun owners to surrender rifles, shotguns and pistols deemed to be “assault weapons.” A proposal being considered in Washington State would require local sheriffs to inspect the homes of those with “assault weapons” to ensure they are secure.
So when anyone says, no, it “can’t happen here” —
It IS happening here.
Up front: you can only do what you can do, when you can do it. Or not do it.
The “not” part goes like this: I will NOT be “inspecting” the homes of lawful gun owners at the behest of ANY bill, nor will I allow my troops to “inspect” the homes of lawful gun owners — absent a singular warrant of arrest acquired by a presiding judge in a state court, or a singular search warrant issued by same based only but upon probable cause in its affidavit. I am an OATHKEEPER. I am a Guardian of the Republic.
Frankly, I don’t see more freedoms “breaking out” anywhere in these United States; oh no. Quite the reverse: I see national freedoms lost month by month, year by year.
But I am also ever the pessimist. I don’t see columns of citizens standing hand-in-hand with American soldiers and American law enforcement in their wholesale denial of home inspections, insurance regulations requiring home inspections by civilians, or outright confiscation by the American government.
Because, after all, that is the common goal of the Demorats, Leftists and those GOWPs who are brain-dead, uninvolved and unaware of their surroundings. In LE we call this “situational awareness.” The bulk of Americans completely lack this skill.
I wish I were as positive in my thoughts as Texas Fred; alas, I am not. And these movements indicate why.
