tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post6768119072716763283..comments2023-10-03T12:32:51.778-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Street Pharmacist: HypeDivemedichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-89380854359086318782019-10-07T19:02:01.406-04:002019-10-07T19:02:01.406-04:00The ATF publishes numbers every year of total fir...The ATF publishes numbers every year of total firearms commercially produced, imported and exported in the USA. From 1986 through 2017, there were 227,044,688 net increase in firearms in the USA. (manufactured + imports - exports) = total.<br /><br />Also, from November 1998 through July 2019, there have been 320 million NICS checks. As of right now there are only 34 states that use NICS, and many of them skip NICS for people with CCW permits/licenses. This data set is somewhat incomplete as the number of states using NICS has changed over time and there is an unknown number of purchasers that do not need to use it even in states where it can be used.<br /><br />If there are "265 million" firearms in the USA, that means there were only about 40 million produced and retained from prior to 1986. These numbers are not realistic seeing as how in 1986 the total increased by approximately 3,500,000 firearms and based on the trend of following years was not unusual. You could conservatively extrapolate from the data that their total of 265 million would not include any firearm produced before 1970, and still account for loss/damage/destruction of millions of firearms.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189315938678079340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-100793926047276182019-10-07T15:07:40.589-04:002019-10-07T15:07:40.589-04:00The numbers are so unfavorable for law enforcement...The numbers are so unfavorable for law enforcement that if even a very small percentage of gun owners decide to shoot it out and manage to kill one cop while dying themselves...<br /><br />Law enforcement will run out of cops long before the very small percentage of gun owners who're willing to shoot it out.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977100937974295832.post-14720296676154793282019-10-07T10:47:22.921-04:002019-10-07T10:47:22.921-04:00Unless they specifically address it, if there'...Unless they specifically address it, if there's an assault weapon buy back, all you sell back is the serialized lower, because that's the gun. Get some 80% lowers and get them ready to assemble or swap them out in advance and sell back stripped lowers. <br /><br />Uppers are not guns, stocks are not guns, trigger groups or drop-ins are not guns. <br /><br />Unless they outlaw it, we have the right to fix our own guns without having to go to a federally licensed gunsmith, and those parts are the essence of fixing your own gun. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com