Sign Of The Times

[joeD]

Mail came today with usual stuff, including Cabela's mailer. Usually I toss, but kept for absent minded browsing. Fall Sale! Excellent! Nothing really for me, as I assumed it would be hunting stuff and the like: deer and duck and turkey rifles, ammo, gear. The usual fall accoutrement. So, turning the first leaf to pages 2 and 3, I (we) are greeted with assault rifles on page 2 and pistols on page 3.

Hmm. Not exactly hunting wildlife are we? God bless Cabela's, they know their customers.

[jdmidwest]

There is a black powder pistol for the Civil War reinactors.

Where is the rifle in the ad that assaulted something?

[joeD]

OH, that's right! People kill people.

Good grief jdmidwest. This isn't about gun laws or control or rights or anything else political or ethical or moral. I suggest you re examine the title of my post.

It's a sign of the times. Period. Nothing implied nor intended,

But, to answer your beaten dead horse question, the rifle is assaulting nothing or no one. It's there for decoration and target practice I'm quite sure and to make money for Cabela's.

[fishinwrench]

Yeah that's pretty frikkin sick, especially for an hunting/fishing "outfitter" like Cabela's.

Say what you want and call me whatever ya want... But those aren't "sporting arms", they are GIJoe toys for wannabe tactical idiots.

They don't call them "guns" or "rifles" anymore. They call them "weapons".

Window to a mindset if you ask me.

[jdmidwest]

The AR platform is a great rifle. Completely modular and can be configured in a multitude of ways for hunting big game, predators, varmits, target and competition, and just plain old fun shooting. They can even be used for home defense. There are more ways to customize it than any other rifle out there. And the most popular ones use military calibers that are being mass produced and are usually cheaper to shoot.

Back in the 80's when I purchased my first Colt A2, they were ugly and misunderstood. But 30 years later, they are on every gun store shelf and catalog, and are made by all major gun makers.

[Mark]

I use my Bushmaster XM 15-C4 Patrolman Semiautomatic Rifle for squirrel hunting. Turned it into an automatic with a kit from a gun show to increase my odds.

[Kelroy]

Very handy rig, JD.

[Terrierman]

I got my fill of M-16 rifle action back in the USMC. I wish they had never been sold in the civilian market, and the same with AK and SKS, Uzi, and all the NATO rifles. Military hardware in the civilian world seems to lead a lot of people down a really weird rabbit hole. Or at least go down that rabbit hole with already weird people.

[ness]

I use my Bushmaster XM 15-C4 Patrolman Semiautomatic Rifle for squirrel hunting. Turned it into an automatic with a kit from a gun show to increase my odds.

Educate me, please. Isn't fully-automatic illegal?

[Kelroy]

Full-auto can be done legally, along with short-barreled rifles and suppressors, at least in MO. It just takes a bunch of law enforcement background checks (local, fed), permission from local law enforcement, a $200 federal tax stamp, and about a year for all the paperwork to go through. I'm not sure if personal ownership is allowed, most I'm aware of are licensed through a legal trust.