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02-25-2015, 10:51 PM
We're getting another blizzard right now! It's supposed to snow from now all the way through the weekend. My fences may be almost completely buried before this thing is over.
With that in mind, I finally made the plunge and spent some money on a couple of varmint guns so I can back up Daisy if the coyotes come around. The ridiculous thing is that we now have a Ruger 10/22 that we can't shoot because no one has any .22 ammo available--doomsday hoarders keep snatching it up in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. The guy I talked to in the hardware store gun department said one of his customers boasts about his 80,000-round stash, yet he keeps buying more. He could spend the rest of his life at the range and still not use up all that ammo. You know, he probably could have paid off his mortgage instead. Unfortunately, all these hoarders are making it difficult for the rest of us to shoot our guns. I wish they could see the foolishness of this situation. If revolution happens, we won't be able to fight "the man" if all the ammo is concentrated among a handful of paranoid geezers who probably can't remember where they buried it.
I also bought a Smith & Wesson .223. These guns come standard with a 30-round mag which is now illegal in Colorado. The gun shop had to sell me the gun without the magazine, and wouldn't you know... everyone is out of 10-round mags for the .223. So now we have two guns we can't shoot!
But here's the funny bit... I went into our local gun shop this afternoon to look for what I needed, and while he didn't have any 10-round mags for a .223, he did have a 30-round mag kit that was perfectly legal. Apparently there is a big, glaring loophole in the Colorado law. I bought the "kit" and assembled the magazine in about 30 seconds. I've been laughing about this all day. You know, no matter how hard they try...
I really do love Colorado despite our stupid gun laws. The people here are very libertarian-minded. Our legislators mistakenly thought we were liberals (after all, we were the first state to legalize recreational pot!), and they voted in all these gun laws thinking the public would embrace them after the Aurora theater shooting. Instead we recalled two of our senators and threatened to unseat several others in future elections. The best bit is that these recalls couldn't have happened without a strong showing from our local DEMOCRATS who have no interest in gun control. I love it! Several of the legislators who voted for the laws are now on committees to try and get them repealed. Nearly every sheriff in the state pledged not to enforce any of the laws, partly because they know the laws are unenforceable and partly because they fear backlash from the people who elected them and who they have to deal with on a daily basis. The whole thing is such a circus, and I for one am enjoying the show despite the inconvenience.
With that in mind, I finally made the plunge and spent some money on a couple of varmint guns so I can back up Daisy if the coyotes come around. The ridiculous thing is that we now have a Ruger 10/22 that we can't shoot because no one has any .22 ammo available--doomsday hoarders keep snatching it up in preparation for the zombie apocalypse. The guy I talked to in the hardware store gun department said one of his customers boasts about his 80,000-round stash, yet he keeps buying more. He could spend the rest of his life at the range and still not use up all that ammo. You know, he probably could have paid off his mortgage instead. Unfortunately, all these hoarders are making it difficult for the rest of us to shoot our guns. I wish they could see the foolishness of this situation. If revolution happens, we won't be able to fight "the man" if all the ammo is concentrated among a handful of paranoid geezers who probably can't remember where they buried it.
I also bought a Smith & Wesson .223. These guns come standard with a 30-round mag which is now illegal in Colorado. The gun shop had to sell me the gun without the magazine, and wouldn't you know... everyone is out of 10-round mags for the .223. So now we have two guns we can't shoot!
But here's the funny bit... I went into our local gun shop this afternoon to look for what I needed, and while he didn't have any 10-round mags for a .223, he did have a 30-round mag kit that was perfectly legal. Apparently there is a big, glaring loophole in the Colorado law. I bought the "kit" and assembled the magazine in about 30 seconds. I've been laughing about this all day. You know, no matter how hard they try...
I really do love Colorado despite our stupid gun laws. The people here are very libertarian-minded. Our legislators mistakenly thought we were liberals (after all, we were the first state to legalize recreational pot!), and they voted in all these gun laws thinking the public would embrace them after the Aurora theater shooting. Instead we recalled two of our senators and threatened to unseat several others in future elections. The best bit is that these recalls couldn't have happened without a strong showing from our local DEMOCRATS who have no interest in gun control. I love it! Several of the legislators who voted for the laws are now on committees to try and get them repealed. Nearly every sheriff in the state pledged not to enforce any of the laws, partly because they know the laws are unenforceable and partly because they fear backlash from the people who elected them and who they have to deal with on a daily basis. The whole thing is such a circus, and I for one am enjoying the show despite the inconvenience.