Gun Control in Other countries

[satx78247]

Thanks, I saw that one. lol for sure. The one I saw on TGT was under $2000. A little closer to my budget. I can be patient sometimes. Unfortunately I am running out of time and patience is beginning to seem just wrong. GB can have some good deals, but in my experience mostly over priced.

Huckelberry,

FIRST, WELCOME ABOARD. - You have found what I regard as the internet's BEST TEXAS gun site.

Reference "Gunbroker"; There ARE a LOT of bargains on that site from time to time.
(My "little brother of the heart", who is 70# tall & about 240# pounds, btw, has found a GREAT MANY really great guns on that site & that were UNDERPRICED, imo. = For example, he recently found a 3.5" S&W Model 27 & in a suitable "duty holster" by EPS, that was at least 99% of what it looked like when it was NIB in the mid-1950s for 600.oo, including S&H.)

Shopping on "GB" carefully, knowing what you are bidding upon & BEING PATIENT is the thing, imo.
(I'm currently looking on "GB" & other sites for a Remington Model 7600P police carbine in 7.62x51mm NATO, that is for sale at a reasonable price.)

I'm still sad that I missed a "probably unfired" 7600P during the Fall of 2019 & in "excellent-as new condition, with the factory hard-case" for 455.oo plus S&H, because I was "sitting with" my lady in the hospital that week.
(TIMING is EVERYTHING.)

yours, satx

 

[TexasRedneck]

You should specify Texas Gun Trader, and not use initials, probably, lol....

Welllllll.....lol Yeah - didn't even dawn on me when I typed it!

 

[satx78247]

To All,

I've bought exactly ONE firearm off Texas Gun Trader from a Ft Worth PD officer in a face to face deal.
NICE guy, NICE pistol & NICE price.
What's NOT to like?

Otoh, IF you buy from a distance from someone that you don't know & cannot inspect the item, I think that you are naive, "an easy mark" for being "ripped off" & possibly a DUNCE, 1st class.

yours satx

 

[TexasRedneck]

I've bought and sold a number off of TGT and many other sites. Like anything else, you just have to do your due diligence. Met a LOT of fine folks along the way, an' filled up a coupla safes!

 

[popsgarland]

Anyone else want popcorn?

Yes, please. No butter.

 

[satx78247]

vmax,

Make mine HOT, freshly popped & with EXTRA butter.

yours, satx

 

[popsgarland]

Reinz,

THANKS for the explanation. - There is a LOT of "www" terms that i know ZILCH about & have never heard used before.

yours, satx

And another reason I like T G T. Learn something every day.

 

[popsgarland]

avvidclif,

FYI, that reminds me of an old/DUMB joke from my tour at "Camp Swampy, LA". = Supposedly if a YL got 2nd place in the MISS HOLIDAY IN DIXIE beauty pageant, she received an "all expenses paid 2-week vacation in Leesville, Louisiana".
Otoh, IF she WON the pageant, she never had to even visit that town.

yours, satx

If I remember correctly, when I was in boot camp and A.I.T at Fort Polk, keep in mind this was in 1967, that Leesville was called diseaseville. We were told that if we ever went there, the first thing you had to do was see the doc for your shot.

Since we're all adults, well most of us, you can guess what kind of shot you got.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Cooties?

 

[tonelar]

nice question

since it’s asking about other countries, the one I’m originally from passed a sweeping gun control law (basically an all out confiscation) and the violent crime rate increased over the following years.

we left that country for the USA around year 1 but kept in touch with family n friends.

Safety Third, yall.

 

[Axxe55]

Anyone else noticed that sometimes these threads are much more interesting and active when the OP isn't participating!

 

[tonelar]

Anyone else noticed that sometimes these threads are much more interesting and active when the OP isn't participating!

truth

 

[avvidclif]

I remember peacefully sleeping in my bunk when a hellacious racket broke out, cussing enough to make a jarhead blush. Someone turned the lights on and this guy is standing in the middle of his bunk two handed scathing his crotch furiously. We were in NCO quarters so there was only 4 of us. When we finally quit laughing long enough to threaten him with bodily harm if he didn't shut so we could sleep he left in his skivvies headed for sick bay and some Qwell cream. Gotta love Korea.

 

[satx78247]

If I remember correctly, when I was in boot camp and A.I.T at Fort Polk, keep in mind this was in 1967, that Leesville was called diseaseville. We were told that if we ever went there, the first thing you had to do was see the doc for your shot.

Since we're all adults, well most of us, you can guess what kind of shot you got.

popsgarland,

YEP. good 'ole "Diseaseville". = Leesville reminded me of some lines from a play that I once saw in college:

"My sister sells out of her drawers,
my brother is a constant doper, if you please
my daddy is just a drunk, a laying about in bars.
my mommy is a Commie.
&
I'm a social disease."
(That part of the play could have easily been said about a lot of families in Diseaseville.)

yours, satx

 

[satx78247]

I remember peacefully sleeping in my bunk when a hellacious racket broke out, cussing enough to make a jarhead blush. Someone turned the lights on and this guy is standing in the middle of his bunk two handed scathing his crotch furiously. We were in NCO quarters so there was only 4 of us. When we finally quit laughing long enough to threaten him with bodily harm if he didn't shut so we could sleep he left in his skivvies headed for sick bay and some Qwell cream. Gotta love Korea.

avvidclif55,

Did you get a KPCOD Letter at tour's end??

yours, satx

 

[Coiled]

.