After receiving my 20 C-Products magazines, I ordered some Federal XM193 last week. Natchez Shooters Supply sent me 500 rounds for about $215 shipped to my door. This weekend I plan to load up all of those magazines and figure out a way to store them.
This brings me to the point of the post. I need a bag that would hold 15-20 loaded magazines. Preferably something made specifically for the job. It would be nice if it had a shoulder strap and a zippered top, so it could be carried easily. Any suggestions?
The mags will be loaded with 28 rounds a piece, and for now they will be stored in the closed cardboard box they came in. This is our family’s primary SHTF gun, so I really want to get the mags situated in a easily transportable storage solution as soon as possible.
Obama’s election, and his promise to reinstate the assault weapons ban have people panicking a bit. According to this article, stores and distributors are starting to get low on their stock of semi-auto sport guns, magazines, and ammo. Any weapon that is semi-auto and has a capacity greater than 10 rounds is very popular right now, and is a potential victim to be banned.
Gun bloggers are not exempt from the buying frenzy by any means. Uncle let’s us know about Jay G’s potential black rifle purchase. There are dozens of posts on blogs and forums asking, “What should I buy before Obambi takes away our rights?!”. All these people are correct to buy what they want now. There is no telling when the ban will be reinstated, what it will contain, and there likely will not be a sunset provision this time.
The arguments against such a ban are for another post, or series of posts, but it is sufficient to sum the topic up with, “They don’t work.” This is a proven fact. I have been contemplating this for several months now. About a month or so ago an order was placed for twenty AR magazines. Today, I ordered half a case of ammo from Natchez.
We have discussed this in the past, and the wife agrees that we will need to make some more purchases before the end of the year. An AK variant of some type is on the list, along with mags and ammo for it.
The five hundred rounds of 5.56 that will be arriving are enough. Components to load several thousand more rounds will be purchased after the new year.
Hopefully we are all wrong about this, but it is better to prepare now, than to wish you had later.
While I think GOA is a bit crazy, I like the way this guy thinks! I may just have to write him in, seeing as I have the luxury of living in a totally Red state. Time for some more research.
Edit: Meh, he seems to be a gold standard, north american union, new world order, nutter type. That’s a shame.
Update: Meh, this turned out to be complete BS. Apparently the girl scratched herself in the face while looking at a mirror, and was not at the ATM at the time she said the robbery occured.
This will probably come as no shock to anyone, but it is worth bringing up again.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the self-proclaimed defender of our rights, does not believe the second amendment is an individual right. Not a shocker I know, but I was wondering if they had changed at all since Heller. The answer is, not so much:
The ACLU disagrees with the Supreme Court’s conclusion about the nature of the right protected by the Second Amendment. We do not, however, take a position on gun control itself. In our view, neither the possession of guns nor the regulation of guns raises a civil liberties issue.
So, even after SCOTUS ruled that is in fact an individual right, they still don’t buy it. This is to be expected of course from such an organization, as they were founded by a Communist, and continually seek to expand what is considered a citizen’s right as long as it is something offensive to mainstream America.
The ridiculous thing about their argument is their clinging to Miller, and then on the same page they claim that it is a collective right even without Miller. Whatever. Please FOAD.
Edited to add: Oh, I just noticed their dumb slogan on their website. “Because Freedom Can’t Protect Itself”.
That is infuriating really. It isn’t protected by a bunch of communist, birkenstock-wearing, hippie lawyers either. It IS protected by an armed citizenry, and our wonderful men and women in uniform.
This week President Bush announced that the federal government will be buying shares in several large banks, and the FDIC will be insuring bank-to-bank loans.
Read that sentence again.
He has just nationalized the banks. Our supposedly conservative, free-market, Republican President, has turned to socialism to pull us out of this financial crisis. This is unbelievable. It is really very disappointing on so many levels. This man, who is despised by so many, has stood on his principles throughout his two terms as President of our great country, no matter the cost to him politically.
While we have disagreed with him vehemently on a variety of issues over these last eight years, we always knew that he would do what he thought was the best thing for the country. This provided some solace when he disagreed with conservatives on immigration for example. Turning to the dark, dark specter of socialism however, is not something I can overlook. While I am sure that he is still doing what he thinks is necessary to preserve the nation, turning to the failed policies of one of the biggest blights in humanity’s history, is certainly not the answer.
He knows this is wrong. You can see it on his face. I have no idea how Paulson convinced himself, much less the President, that this is the way to go. Once Paulson, a former credible conservative investment banker, took hold of Treasury, it seems he lost his brain somewhere along the way.
President Bush is stating that this is a temporary measure designed to preserve the free market. I have three major problems with this line of policy and thinking.
First, free markets must regulate themselves. If people are irresponsible they get punished by the market. If a large chunk is irresponsible, everyone suffers. That is how we learn lessons, and how overarching greed and corruption are contained. You don’t help freedom by, choking it with socialist policies and government nannyism. That approach is throwing the baby out with the bath water. It is stupid, and it is counterintuitive. “Bailing out” the financial sector does not foster healthy lending practices. Why should the banks act like banks, when they fail, and are rewarded for it by the American taxpayer? This goes beyond a bail out. That could be seen as a onetime investment to right the ship, and get us back on track. This is a takeover.
This brings up the quintessential problem with socialism/communism. Incentive. There is now no incentive for banks, and citizens shortly, to be good financial stewards of their depositors, or their own money. When the government will bail you out, you have no reason to not fail.
This tactic affects the good guys as well. The normal guy that goes to work, works hard, and pays his bills on time, has no incentive to continue to do so. Why does he have to do this, when the stupid bum that lives across the street is getting his mortgage renegotiated, reduced, and suddenly finding himself flush with government-guaranteed equity?
This leads to my second major problem with this boondoggle of a plan. The looming election of Barrack Obama makes this entire situation even more gloomy. First for the guy paying his mortgage. Obama is going to lean on him like never before to actually, pay for the bum across the street. His newly raised taxes of all sorts, will wreak havoc on the overall economy. So Mr. Responsible will be getting it from all sides now.
His job may be in jeopardy as his company looks to cut costs so they can pay Mr. Obama’s taxes. He will find that his beleaguered portfolio is getting hit harder than ever due to the markets dismal performance, and any gains he does make will be wiped out by Obama’s new capital gains tax increase. Poor Mr. Responsible is going to wish he had acted foolishly like the bum across the street. He is being punished unmercifully for actually being a responsible citizen. The only hope is that enough Mr. Responsibles will continue to be good Americans, and lead us out of this socialized darkness, by working their tails off.
This is only the beginning of the problem however. Mr. Obama has just been handed a socialized banking system, by his Republican predecessor. Hallelujah! He has no need to spend his political capitol, by shifting our country towards totalitarian communism himself. It has already been handed to him on a silver platter by a Republican no less!
So that temporary nature, of the nationalized financial system President Bush tries to convince us and himself about, will not be so temporary. It will become the norm, and slowly as government largess always does, creep farther and farther into the most successful free enterprise system in human history, destroying it bit by bit. This is the Pandora’s box, that Paulson, Bush, and the legislature have unleashed upon us. God help us all!
The third major gripe I have about all of this is simple. It hasn’t and won’t work. Socialism is a failed policy. The reason America has been better off than Europe is because of our free market system, not in spite of it. Free market capitalism is the best model for prosperity, incentive to improve oneself, and general happiness ever conceived. Turning to what we have already discussed as a blight on humanity, is the worst possible thing we could have done.
Socialism has just about ruined Europe. If you think our future entitlement responsibilities are great, try looking at Europe. They are set to become a society of do-nothings, getting paid to, do nothing, by the government. Who knows how they will pay for it. Maybe they can sell some paper to China as well, and we can eventually welcome the Chinese as our masters.
This nightmare is emboldening our enemies as well. Hugo Chavez has taken to calling Bush, comrade now. He sees what Bush is doing as a validation of his and Castro’s communist ideology. The rest of the world will see it the same way.
“Here is America, that has been preaching free market capitalism to us for decades. Now that they are in trouble they too have finally turned to socialism.” This is how we are being seen in the world. Obama’s policies will only further this perception. The Iranians are claiming that this is the end of free market capitalism, and see it as a further sign that their radical Islamic caliphate is even a better idea. Hell, even the American Communist Party is getting excited. It is a veritable, love-in of commies and terrorists, all filled with glee over Bush’s socialist utopian rescue plan.
This leads us to the abyss I alluded to in the title. We are standing on the precipice my fellow citizens. If we elect Barack Obama, we may well be pushed in. Right now we are at that point of being able to turn around, and fight our way away from the edge.
We are staring at the abyss of abject failure, and turning headlong into the cesspool of communism. We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of our great nation, and the most noble principles of government ever set forth by mankind. We are wasting the legacy of victory over the Marxists that our beloved Ronald Reagan entrusted us with. It may already be too late.
The only thing we have to cling to in these times, is our hope. Real hope, that the American people will wake up and reject this new direction we are clearly headed for. We must fight it in every way we can. We cannot succumb to the lurid sloth of subsisting off of the dark teat of a nanny government intent to deprive us of our rights as free men.
All of us that believe in our inalienable right to keep and bear arms may have to stand in the gap for our fellow weaker citizens. We may have to spill the blood of some of our people again, to insure that our values and way of life do not go quietly into the night. So, we must prepare ourselves for just such a situation. We all must prepare ourselves to be able to protect our families, and ourselves from oppression. We must prepare to defend ourselves from our own government, which of course is what the founders had in mind when they enshrined our ability to do so in our Constitution.
John McCain surprised me last night. It was certainly his best debate so far, but I am very afraid it may have come to late. All hope is not lost however, this election will probably be a squeaker for whoever wins it.
McCain once again missed several opportunities to counter punch Obama, but he did get some good punches in. The problem has been McCain explaining things well enough. He doesn’t realize that most people don’t have a clue what he is talking about. Sure we political junkies do, but average Americans don’t.
His attacks on Obama will be fruitful I think though. The polls should tighten up a bit now. We will just have to see what the American people decide come November 4th. My fear is that they will pick Senator Obama. The troika of Socialists that will be formed in Washington would be disastrous, but it may ensure a Republican takeover of Congress in 2010.
As a gunnie my biggest fear is a renewal and/or expansion of the assault weapons ban of course. My family is doing what it can to prepare for that. If Obama wins, it is almost certain that it will be passed. He will have the votes for that most likely. If you don’t have an AR or an AK, buy one, and buy all the mags and spare parts you can for it.
We all just have to do our part, and vote for McCain, and hope for the best at this point.
This gun is just flat out fun to shoot! I am a big fan of Henry’s rifles. They are a family-owned company that makes some good quality guns at pretty affordable prices. This octagon-barreled beauty was a gift from my dear fiancée for Christmas 2006. It was an accidental purchase. I asked for a lever action .22 Mag, and Wal Mart shipped this gun instead. She must have ordered it, as it costs about $200 more than their bottom of the line lever WMR gun.
She was so upset when she realized it was not the right gun Christmas morning. We discussed taking it back, and decided to. I spent the rest of the day looking at the gun and handling it. Man this little guy sure does point nice! The short stroke on the pump is a bit weird, but it sure is comfortable! That octagon barrel, nice sights, and pretty wood sure are neat! After fondling it all day, I decided to keep it. I am so glad I did. It is a joy to plink around with.
The gun is more accurate than I am. I am fairly certain that it would do some really nice groups at 100 yards or more with a scope on it. I will never put one on it though.
Henry rifles are not fine bespoke guns by any means. They are affordable reminders of our past history however. The company has captured the nostalgia of the old American west so many of us are infatuated with. You can get into a standard lever action .22 from them for less than $250. The action they have created is incredibly smooth for the price. This is not a Marlin Golden 39a, but it is in my opinion the next best thing. My pump WMR will not be the last gun I purchase from Henry.
The company’s customer service is second to none. Emails from the company president are not uncommon, and I hear he answers the phone quite a bit as well. They seem to go out of their way to make sure the customer is happy with their purchase.
Henry’s trifecta of good quality, good value, and good service make them a winner.
