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  1. 01-26-2013, 01:56 PM #1
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    Austin gun show was a MADHOUSE !!!

    in fact we didn't even go in. Buddy and I did our ritual breakfast buffet then headed to the Saxet show at the Heritage Center. Traffic was a nightmare. Once there parked about a mile away (closest we could get). As we approached we found out the WAIT was two hours to get in the door !!

    The line was as long as a Wal Mart parking lot. We both said screw it and took off.

    To be honest I was mostly looking for knives - knowing that right now prices are high and it's a seller's market. But after all the crap the city council tried to pull to ban them in Travis county I wanted to go in support of them - looks like they had a LOT of support !!

    Of course I saw a couple of news trucks there .. can't wait to see the spin they put on it

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    #2 01-26-2013, 05:06 PM
    The wife and I are up in Frisco visiting our son's family. We went to Cabela's in Allen and Cheaper Than Dirt and both were packed. I did find a box of .270 ammo I use in my hunting rifle. The only box they had. I also found a holster for my Shield. CTD was so crowded people were running over one another to get the last bit of ammo they had. We left there and went shopping around.
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    #3 01-26-2013, 06:39 PM
    These people are crazy right now. The Lewisville gun show was packed at 8am and after one row I left. Everything was over priced and even the guns no where near the ban list was going for way too much. As far as cheapet than dirt I will never shop there again. They had a ruger mini 14 ranch rifle sitting there for $1400. On there website they had it listed at $700. When I asked why they had the price that high the guy said" its the money making time now". I just told him they lost a customer.

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    #4 01-26-2013, 07:01 PM
    I bet everybody involved with any aspect of gun sales be it production, distribution or sales had a Romney bumper sticker an NRA bumper sticker and an appropriate T-shirt, but when they got in that booth they voted for Obama.
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    #5 01-26-2013, 07:28 PM
    This is exactly the kind of crap DC wants, unfortunately
    Please take a moment and always remember that the 2nd Amendment isn't for the people to have recreational arms (though included), but it's to arm themselves against a tyrannical government...

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    #6 01-26-2013, 07:29 PM
    It will settle down in about a year. Friggin fools.
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    #7 01-26-2013, 08:29 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by WB View Post
    It will settle down in about a year. Friggin fools.
    unless some ass shoots up another venue.............


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    #8 01-26-2013, 08:31 PM
    Yep.
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    #9 01-26-2013, 08:57 PM
    We can hope for more people to resolve their issues in a better fashion than hurting others.

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    #10 01-26-2013, 09:19 PM
    Yup, hopin/wishin in one hand.... we all know how that goes. The human is a powerful animal, and when not trained correctly can be a menace. This is why The Crown would ship ne'er-do-wells to places like America, Australia & South Africa. We, unfortunately, don't have that option to "cleanse the gene pool" here. We've got to figure another way as it seems...

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    #11 01-27-2013, 04:07 PM
    Fear lies in those who think we need to arm our selfs to over through our government. We have a militha, its called the National Guard. If we as a people have a call to arms and all the civilians out there packing AR-15's come together to fight our country, who do you think will want to be the generals? Everyone will want to be incharge and I for one would never let anyone like that lead me. I don't believe in states succession and I don't believe we need to over through our government. Silly, just silly.
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    #12 01-27-2013, 04:33 PM
    No we don't Skip. Simple fact is we just the parents to start parenting there children and weather this next 4 years. It going to get real bad when the children of this generation are parents and don't have a clue how to be a parent and I really don't blame the children. It's not there fault they have gangster parents. A scary cycle for sure.
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    #13 01-27-2013, 04:39 PM
    I agree with that Craig, spot on.
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    #14 01-27-2013, 06:11 PM
    So the function of the Texas State Guard is to protect us from the National Guard?
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