I started to prepare 20 years ago, as a rule, I keep 2000 rounds of ammo put back for each caliber of firearm I own .every 5 years I shoot a good bit of that ammo and replace it with new ammo. so If you have 2 AR-15 Rifles you should have 4000 rounds in Storage .
Totally hear what you are saying here!Can't be said enough! I've seen unsafe firearm handling from strangers to family. What really chaps my backside is the fact that family were the hardest to get to listen to what they had done as dangerous.
I said well you don't know for a fact that it is unloaded so get the ginger off the trigger.
Oh man I’d be having a conniption fit if I was you there. The biggest thing I tell everyone before I take them to the range is “You always treat the firearm as if it is loaded at all times!!!!! I don’t care if you know it’s unloaded or if it’s even tore down on a table!!!!!”Yep! One of my worst cases is my brother-in-law who has been around firearms all his life. When I handed him my new ( at the time ) Ruger LCP II ( it was unloaded because I know how he is ) to look at he was one one side of the counter at his shop and I was on the other side . He picked it up with his finger on the trigger . I told him to get his finger off the trigger and he says to me .... It's unloaded isn't it.
Now for the other part of this conversation. All the time that we are having this conversation he is pointing the pistol at ME. I hollered at him about that too. Then went over all the safety rules .... his comment.... as you said " I know that !"
Now you know why it was unloaded. The crazy thing about all this is that when he has one of his firearms out and loaded , he has never pointed one of them at me or anyone else that I know of. I don't understand what the disconnect is.
I agree Bassbob. The more gun owners out there the better concerning them join the fight against anti 2A laws. I do think these are first time buyers, but I think they are mainly buying these to shelter in place and have the firearm to protect their family's and possessions when they think the SHTF will happen. Once this pandemic is over, they'll either sell their firearm or become an enthusiast like us. At this point (if level headed), they'll take lessons and training.
☹). I bought a Bushmaster XM-15 and S&W M&P 9mm full size and then got my State's carry permit. Never having fired a firearm (other than a pellet gun), I left both in their boxes, unloaded until I took several lessons. The point being is that some of us were first time buyers with no training (my parents were born and raised in NYC, so no help there), and you have to start somewhere. I, like Bassbob, think it's a good thing that new people are exercising their 2A rights.
I’m guessing you’re overreacting.
Nah. I just work with the public every day, and I know firsthand that you can't fix stupid. (well...you CAN...but then you get charged). Some people are relatively OK...but the vast majority (keep in mind I live 90 min from DC and 60 min from Baltimore) are prime candidates for natural de-selection. I'd like to believe the best...but life experience has taught me to be more...pragmatic?
See? I'm being positive/charitable and didn't use "pessimistic" there
If they are buying up all the stocked gun there should be some 1911 and revolvers being bought after all the cheaper and plastic fantastic are sold.
The only Good thing i think will come out of this is ( A lot of the left are buying and realizing what would happen if things in America got unhinged ) So maybe we got more SUPPORT for -Pro 2nd IMO
You're so right, every new gun I've purchased comes with rules for gun safety right at the beginning of the handbook. As long as new gun owners read and follow these simple instructions they will be safe and so will everyone around them. Hopefully they will at least spend some time at a range getting comfortable with their new firearms and practicing the rules of safety.
I/we would like to think that, but once this fiasco is over, a majority of them will probably return to their regular "guns are bad" mindset.