I'm buying guns. Lots of guns.

Not to protect me from the government but to protect me from the crazy right wing nutz who buy guns to protect themselves from the government.

Funny how that goes full circle, huh?

Not really, I'm buying very old guns to pass on to my grandchildren when they come of age if they're interested. It' a cool thing.

Very well-aged weed to pass out to unknown children when they come onto school grounds. Its a cool thing.

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For every rifle you buy... buy a case of ammo to keep with it.

I have to assume from his post that the OP is going after that small fraction that has already retained its value.

Thats totally wrong. I bought my AR-15 about 7-8 years ago for 700.00 now its worth 1500.00-1700.00, same with my AK-47 clone, all my firearms are worth a hell of a lot more now than when I purchased them

First, the price for "black guns" is artificially high right now because sales are high due to worries that they might not be available for too much longer. Even so, I doubt that a used AR is now twice or more the value of a new one unless you have added a lot of pricey aftermarket accessories.

Second, I'm assuming that when people buy guns it is to shoot them and not to simply leave them in the safe under a coating of oil. Yeah, an unfired blued Colt Python from the 1970s is worth a shitload. That is an extremely rare, sought after item.

Finally, guns are never worth as much as people think. Looking at retail prices or blue book values is not the same as actually selling one. Selling on consignment or to a gun show dealer will lower the cost further because that dealer will expect to turn a profit on it as a used gun.

So I stand by my statement that guns depreciate with a few sought-after exceptions.

to buy overpriced ar pattern rifles.

Be sure to add a wilson combat supergrade to the list. Best 1911 ever made.

is not the progressive way? Why? Please explain to me why we can't be progressive and own guns. I thought we, as Progressives, believed in ALL RIGHTS including the 2 Amend.

Gun ownership is a liberal and progressive value.

Right to vote, right to speech, right to religion, right to arm yourself.

All liberal and progressive values.

See my tag.

This county went 60-40 for Dumbass. I was concerned that if my neighbors decided to round up the ter'rist-lovin', god-hatin' libruls, I wouldn't have anything beyond foul language as a response.

Was it a "good" investment?

No, I was a fool to prepare for something that didn't happen. That's why I'm cancelling my accident insurance and cutting the seatbelts out of my car.

Are you suggesting such a thing is impossible? I think the plutocrats and their Fundy allies have more control here than the brownshirts did in Germany on Crystal Night.

Expenses are not investments. As far as expenses went, it was pretty modest.

because I don't live in a paranoid state of fear that the RW is going to hunt me down.

Every one of these teabaggers is a marionette being controlled by plutocratic media. They will do whatever they are directed to do.

is not to waste money on guns I won't use but to do some scuba diving and enjoy myself despite their sad, pathetic crazy fears that I'm out to destroy their country.

...he was actually buying some antiques for investment value. I doubt he is going to shoot them. I have a few myself, but I shoot them at the target range for amusement. In Ohio, astronomy can't be ones only hobby because the weather sucks so bad. I have a pistol for home defense, but it is with the understanding that a home invasion will probably never happen. (Plus, fun to shoot at paper targets.) I'm much more concerned that the fire extinguisher is fresh and accessible. One never knows with an old house.

was attacked.

had been attacked in Sooooo many different ways.

I am an American, of Dominican descent, born in NYC. I went from Manhattan, to Queens, to Dominican Republic to North Carolina.

I thought the civil war ended in the late 1800's......not so

I was ignorant/stupid.....





My formal welcome to the genteel south was ...."Are you a Yankee?".....I was too naive to want to really absorb the meaning of that..and responded, "No, I'm a Mets fans"...HAHA.

People who YOU think are as AMERICAN as YOU....see you as an enemy.

My brother is a Vietnam vet, my nephew an Iraqi war vet...not counting the countless others in my family who have served, but didn't go war.

So don't think the right wing wackos who Palin tells to reload....don't understand the message.

I realize there are progressive southerners, and truth be told, I think they deserve extra kudos as they have to take a ton of crap, BUT, there are people who frankly want to continue the CSA, slavery and all.

...you'll have a dependable BCD.

I have to order a new Front-End-Loader to help move all the cabbage to the bank

Just select gun models that are popular and you can always raid your neighbors' homes for more ammo.

a single barrel 12 ga Iver Johnson shotgun made in 1923, a solid old Vulcan double 12 Ga made around 1905 and a very nice H&R revolver from 1915.
Hobby, not paranoia.


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bullets so I can sell them to you at incredibly jacked up prices.

... owning firearms is a good idea, owning ammo even better.

I don't think it will ever be hard to get a gun in America, but I can easily see a time when getting bullets will be very hard.

What I'm buying isn't much good for "defense" against the rabid right or anybody else. I'd need a day or so notice that they're coming and at least a quarter mile distance to start my "defense".

They are all "shooters" and will make small holes very close together in paper targets at a hundred yards or so.

I just think it will be cool to pass on a device engineered in the late 19th century, built in the early years of the 20th century and still functioning to the original specs. How cool is it to use something that is a hundred years old and still working like new?

Investment? Naaa, just interesting stuff that, with the bayonet attached, brings home the reality of what war is all about.

I was expecting you to say, "I bought them up to keep them out of the hands of the lunatics." And, yes, that is pretty cool to have working antique things.

A few years ago I bought a Saiga 20 ga. semi automatic for around $225.00 out the door. The last time I checked on Gunbroker.com it was going for somewhere around $775.00 to $825.00.
I also bought a CETME .308 battle rifle for $350.00 and now it's selling for around $750.00.

If only my 401K was as profitable.