Yea! That’s what I’m talkin’ about!I cannot really argue any of those points some one let me know when someone let's a LWRC go out of guilt, I will be interested then lol.
Yea! That’s what I’m talkin’ about!I cannot really argue any of those points some one let me know when someone let's a LWRC go out of guilt, I will be interested then lol.
I'm gonna regret this reply but the heck with it. So when's the last time in the past 20 years you heard of a mass shooting involving a Garand or a Mauser?
Can't think of any off the top of my head.I'm gonna regret this reply but the heck with it. So when's the last time in the past 20 years you heard of a mass shooting involving a Garand or a Mauser?
I'm gonna regret this reply but the heck with it. So when's the last time in the past 20 years you heard of a mass shooting involving a Garand or a Mauser?
Andreus' reply is pretty much how I was going to answer. I'd wager that Mausers and Garands have taken way more lives than AR-15's or even M-16's and M-14's.Can't think of any off the top of my head.
So is it the length of time that makes the difference to you? That it's been almost 80 years since the Mauser and the Luger were used to commit atrocities, it's easier to disassociate that with the model of firearm, whereas because AR-15's are a more common tool for murder in the current time period (someone else will surely jump all over this and say it's false, but let's just take it as a given, for the moment, for the sake of discussion) it makes you more uncomfortable owning one?
Ok lets just say for arguments sake here that it is about platform availability; if this platform was not available would the evil in the persons heart had a different outcome? Would they have still been able to do evil? Why should the law abiding gun owners have to make up for someone else’s unbalanced life?I'm gonna regret this reply but the heck with it. So when's the last time in the past 20 years you heard of a mass shooting involving a Garand or a Mauser?
Obviously he was responding to your OP from 2yrs ago, different subject altogether, and not your lame attempt at virtue signaling in your current ar15 sale adthanks Churchmouse. I appreciate your support.
Someplace I saw a table of weapons used in defined mass shootings over the past 30 (?) years. The VAST majority used were handguns and even though the most horrific in terms of causality tended to be some type of semi-automatic rifle, even those shooters often had a handgun.I saw a recent statistic the 77% of mass shootings were done with a handgun! Guess he needs to start unloading those as well?
And while we are at it 43,000 people died in motor vehicle accidents last year so we need to ban all private vehicles!
The bigger question is, if there were a mass shooting tomorrow involving a Garand or Mauser, would you sell yours?I'm gonna regret this reply but the heck with it. So when's the last time in the past 20 years you heard of a mass shooting involving a Garand or a Mauser?
I just saw a RCBS Green Machine for sale at my lgs. Had no idea what it was or if it qualifies as ancient…As i have been collecting since the 1970's i have accumulated large collection of military firearms, lugers,mausers, 2 1889 belgiums, Garands,1903's, swedish mauser even 3 94's. yes i have multiples and at prices i paid and todays values it is a very good investment. As to people having multiples i know a guy that collects lever actions, has well over 100 of them some duplicates and some that are hard to find. It is all the individuals choice on how they pursue there collecting i think. I even collect ammo too. I collect reloading equipment that is considered ancient also. As to new purchases i have slowed way down due to retirement, and the way prices have gone up, but i have pretty much all i need but if a obsolete or hard to find piece comes along i will consider it.
That is a very good question. Hadn't thought of it that way.The bigger question is, if there were a mass shooting tomorrow involving a Garand or Mauser, would you sell yours?
And if someone is murdered with a kitchen knife can the family sue Cutco? I know, I know…but it's not that far of a logic leap.Here is a little more bad news:
Gunmakers lose challenge to New York law allowing lawsuits against industry
A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit by a group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers challenging the constitutionality of a New York law that allows the state and people affected by gun violence to sue the industry.www.reuters.com
In my defense, I mentioned it in my ad because I get the question "why are you selling it"?Ya know, I am going to stick up for @Johnk (well..a little).
I had a gun at one point that had a negative connotation attached to it. You would not have seen that in the gun but I every time I saw the gun it brought forth a negative memory of someone's untimely and tragic death.
The gun is gone and the memories stay in their proper place.
If John looks at an AR and is reminded of a senseless, cowardly and tragic act that is within a contemporary and specific context to him - then he should go ahead and get rid of it.
If John looks at a Garand and a Luger and sees the history that shaped the world we live in (or whatever it is for him) and not the deaths - then so be it.
Now, why he would mention that in the ad is a little puzzling - not sure I remember that approach in Marketing 101.
…Until we start recognizing that some of our society are not normal and stop normalizing the fringe aberrant behavior de jour we are going to continue to see such acts.