So what do I do with a NIB AK-47?

[Magoo541]

I guess I should have said potential ban.

But I see the glass as half empty. I think there will be some kind of ban. Too many Republicans are willing to compromise.

Based on what?  Congress can't even pass a budget that raises taxes, which both party leaders seem to want.  RINOs need the Tea Party to avoid the Fiscal Cliff and they aren't playing ball.  Can you imagine what'll happen when the RINOs ask Tea Party reps to vote for AWB2 given the history of AWB1?

Ain't gonna happen at the Federal level.  The fight will be at the state level.

[tombogan03884]

http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=21306.msg267333#msg267333

Jumbo, I posted on this subject in the Downrange #295 thread .
This isn't Clinton's 1994 .
The Gun grabbers have the media so they hear their own message .
But that's ALL they have.
In 94, I was the only person I knew who owned or had owned an AK, every one I knew who owned an SKS had bought it from me when I needed money, I'd bet there were not 25 civilian AR's in the State of NH, and every other state was similar.
Today there are many more people who own, or have owned an AK or AR than there are who haven't .
If that were not the case then they would not be setting sales records every month.
I say let the gun rights fanatics do the negotiating now since the grabbers don't have anything to work with.
Here's what I'm thinking, If we are turning the focus away from guns and onto crazy people we can't touch NICS,  (for now) but we start rolling back specific provisions of GCA 68 and NFA, for example, we will let them continue to register machine guns, but silencers are off the list, they are hearing protection and should not be regulated any more than condoms, it's a health issue, and it protects the hearing of children engaged in healthy sports with their families.
requiring guns to be shipped to an ffl was justified under the "commerce clause", but any one who has actually read that clause knows they don't have a leg to stand on, so we hold that hostage "You import the historic relics  (M 1's ) from South Korea or we will get the FFL requirement overturned .
It's time to turn the tables, we have reached a tipping point as the VPC recently said but it's not the one they think, we can go for all the marbles that matter now by agreeing to leave them a few face savers that don't really matter.
For now.

[kmitch200]

Have we already conceded defeat?  Do you guys know something that the rest of us don't?  Are we this easily demoralized?  This easily dispirited? 
We are on the side of what is Right and Good here, Gentlemen.  By God... stand up and fight for it !!!

Being on the "side of right and good" will get you what in DC? Executive Orders and AG/ATF/DOJ decrees don't give a rats a$$ what you & I think.
I say plan for the worst and hope for the best, just like having tools, water & munchies in your vehicle in case you get stranded.

After contacting all your congresscritters, what they do is out of our hands until the next election. Even then, the worst get re-elected because they represent the worst.
I'm not certain my reps care either. Last time I got a reply from one of my Senators, it was a stroke job. We can rah-rah all we want but it still comes down to a bunch of freaking weasel politicians who don't know their ass from a mud pit.

[santahog]

As to "my" US legislators, they are'nt as bad as many. I've got Aderholt in the House, and while I'm still getting an unfavorable impression, generally, he has a pretty good rating with NRA and GOA. He's weak though.. I think he'd turn his back and allow something through on this, at least around the edges.. The guy reminds me of someone who doesn't like getting dirty.. He'll pose for a picture, but it better be a "clean" golden shovel..
Shelby and Sessions are pretty strong on RKBA. I'd worry more about Sessions that Shelby at this point.. Sessions gives a pass to darned near EVERY judge and Cabinet nomination that comes before him. I dislike that..

[billt]

This was off the CalGuns forum this morning:

I bought a 6920 for 1799 and an LMT Defender for 1399 this morning....i was looking at those just last sat for 400 less each. Could have saved $800.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=322925009

$2,400.00 FOR 2 POLYMER LOWERS!

[Sponsor]

[twyacht]

Here in S. FL. We have price gouging laws on the books for say $10.00 gas or $5.00 ice after a hurricane. A couple of real "winners" here are selling PMAGS for $50 each.

The folks I deal with most have held the course around 18-20 bucks until they sold out.

Florida has just surpassed 1Million CCW holders, more than TX, good luck with a ban here; even the Dems know that.

 I personally do not think a ban is going to happen, as was posted, Congress is too dysfunctional to pass anything of substance. But taxes on imports, online sales restrictions, another level of "big Brother" on your purchases seems more likely.

One thing is sure when BHO said "Whatever Power of this office, I can utilize" he meant it, and Exec. Orders can effect the gun market.

Thankfully during the "quieter" times I followed Col. Jeff Cooper's advice. Hoping you all did also.

"I hear that small arms ammunition in South Africa has practically disappeared from the store shelves. Either people are wisely stocking up, or some arm of the government has decided to cut off the supply. In that regard, I advise you to keep your own stocks in good shape. Our enemies may not be able to abrogate the constitution just yet, but there are economic and political means by which they may dry up our ammunition supply."
Jeff Cooper