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Showing Original Post only (View all)Black Friday's 175,000 fearground check record. [View all]
http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/28/us/black-friday-gun-sales/The busiest shopping day of the year also saw a major boom for gun sales, with the federal background check system setting a record of more than 175,000 background checks Friday, according to the FBI.
The staggering number of checks -- an average of almost three per second, nearly three times the daily average
I didn't realize dealers had black friday sales, and here the only thing I bought was rotors/pads and tires. 700 bucks could have bought me a really nice CZ75 or new G20 for woods carry.
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The gun lovers jumping on gun CONTROL forums to stroke themselves....how typical.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#3
Might I suggest a group where you'd be happier? You won't have to put up with...
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2014
#5
It is gun lovers that put up with the dissent here, what are you talking about?
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#6
"stroke themselves"? What an odd sexual sounding reference. Oh well, live and let live. nt
NYC_SKP
Nov 2014
#13
They refuse to understand that guns use high explosives, every bullet is a bomb.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#7
LOL. The stuff that blows out lead at a thousand miles an hour is NOT a high explosive, you go girl.
Fred Sanders
Nov 2014
#15
You gun lover folk sure do get defensive, and your smoke screens are hilarious.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#31
Yes, this reaction explodes the metal projectile out of the jacket, delivered by a gun, I get it,
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#36
LOL. I do not own a gun, because I do not live in fear....please, look in the mirror while clutching
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#43
"out of the jacket"? No. The "jacket" that surrounds the lead projectile stays with the projectile.
NYC_SKP
Dec 2014
#40
So the ignition creates extreme internalized pressure that explodes the metal projectile into
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#44
Blah, blah, blah, blah, all cover for an unhealthy attachment to lethal weapons rarely required.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#48
Spoken like a true gun lover, clutching the smooth shaft of your "silencer".....other gun lovers salute.
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#52