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intaglio

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18. And I suspect the percentage of households owning drops

Reply to Motown_Johnny (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 25, 2012, 05:26 AM

Dec 2012

IIRC even Gallup has gun owning households at about 40% (from above 50% back in the 1970s and '80s)

Which means it is just a few "Second amendment, right or wrong" persons who are buying all the weapons.

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Local farm supply store selling AK-47 knockoffs... [View all] Archae Dec 2012 OP

Corn feed, hay, tools, nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #1

I went to the local FleetFarm Saturday and it is the only place postulater Dec 2012 #2

AK-47 are select fire automatics tightly regulated by the FBI under 26 USC Chapter 53. Are you sure jody Dec 2012 #3

It's one of the AK-47 knockoffs. Archae Dec 2012 #4

Its probably semi-auto replicas. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #5

for cheap cowards Skittles Dec 2012 #6

Bad timing? Not from a business standpoint, I reckon. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #7

Ads are routinely planned months in advance jmowreader Dec 2012 #16

Yep, gun lovers lined up in Atlanta 7 days after Sandy Hook for chance at an assault weapon. Hoyt Dec 2012 #26

The "Law of Unintended Consequences" in action... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #28

I think "LUC" misses the point of just how "sick" some folks are in this country. Hoyt Dec 2012 #29

Gosh, thanks Dr. Hoyt! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #30

You are welcome, resident gun apologist. Hoyt Dec 2012 #31

Happy to be of service. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #32

SKS-variants can't be had for love or money at gun stores right now Recursion Dec 2012 #8

While almost everything that goes bang has been sold out, a run on SKSs is hard to fathom ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #12

No kidding. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #19

Every time someone talks about new regulations the sales jump Motown_Johnny Dec 2012 #9

And I suspect the percentage of households owning drops intaglio Dec 2012 #18

I bet they are already gone former-republican Dec 2012 #10

Do they sell NH4NO3 Fertilizer? 20lbs of Diesel-soaked NH4NO3 Fertilizer would kill lots of people. jody Dec 2012 #11

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #13

Farmers are one of the few groups who can justify AKs jmowreader Dec 2012 #14

Farmers around here would never kill a coyote NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #20

Around here, farmers pop coyotes routinely jmowreader Dec 2012 #21

The owners of this company Wellstone ruled Dec 2012 #15

It's Fleet Farm. TheMightyFavog Dec 2012 #17

I've never met a real farmer who wasn't well armed slackmaster Dec 2012 #22

Yes. Just yesterday I was using my SKS to take out a colony of aphids. The Midway Rebel Dec 2012 #23

What part of the country do you live in ? former-republican Dec 2012 #24

I live in Missouri. The Midway Rebel Dec 2012 #25

gotcha former-republican Dec 2012 #27