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December 31, 2017, 04:39 PM | #1 |
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Inline Poll: "Small Arsenal found" (in Houston of all places)
Please answer these 2 questions in your response:
How many guns and rounds of ammo constitutes a "small arsenal" for one person? How many would be a "large arsenal"? Knowing many gun guys in the Houston area, I broke out laughing when I read the story, guessing by the description in the article that most of them have "extremely large arsenals" (way more than 10 guns) "Police believe man found with small arsenal at Hyatt Regency downtown had no intent to use" And just how big was that arsenal? According to the story: "AR-15, a shotgun, a handgun and lots of ammunition". I can't wait to hear how many rounds of ammo is "lots". Here's the link: "Small Arsenal" What say you? Small Arsenal: X long guns + Y handguns + over Z rounds of ammo Large Arsenal: X long guns + Y handguns + over Z rounds of ammo
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December 31, 2017, 05:59 PM | #2 |
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Perhaps a slight overstatement by the expert media.
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December 31, 2017, 06:25 PM | #3 |
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I know words no longer have much meaning even to supposedly educated reporters, but.......
An Arsenal is a place where arms are manufactured. An Armory is a place where arms are stored. This is why you have a National Guard Armory in town and not a National Guard Arsenal. What constitutes an "arsenal" totally depends on how Lefty the news source is, and how "evil" the guns are. Any amount of ammo over about a 20 round box is considered to be an arsenal. You get more arsenal points if there's more then 2 magazines, one magazine that holds more then 10 rounds, and extra points if there's some sort of knife present. A camo jacket puts it into the "Suspected militia or KKK/Nazi" range. |
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And if you bring your Uplula, all bets are off.
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December 31, 2017, 07:35 PM | #5 |
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The term "Arsenal" is media abuse, cut and dried. Ever been to a real arsenal?
Hundreds, if not thousands of mediocre,identical, unloaded, storage maintenanced firearms, set aside,usually, in the total absence of ammo, to be kept for a long, undetermined period, in the possible event they may be needed, at a later date. All stored in a large locked chamber, which is supervised regularly, but rarely entered. "Arsenal" is just a liberal media term to make people think the worst. How many guns should be in an "arsenal"? At least 2000. All identical Type: Current or last generation military grade. Ammo: Might or might not be stored, in an adjoining chamber. Last edited by Danoobie; December 31, 2017 at 08:16 PM. |
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Words to scare the sheeple/people who won't think for themselves anymore. The Chicago Tribune was notorious for counting every single round of .22 ammo found in anyone's home, during any kind of "police intervention", just to make the suspect appear that much more dangerous to society. Glad I left Illinois.
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I'll not do numbers, but when you say "Arsenal" that means you'd need trucks (Dozens and Dozens) to move it. The National Guard had "Armories".... that took several trucks ..... the Army had "Arsenals" ......
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I can't pin this down to numbers of guns and rounds, but here's how I see it: Small Arsenal: You would need one or two friends with pickup trucks to move them to a new house. Large Arsenal: You would need a semi and special permits to move them to a new house.
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Small or large arsenal are generally defined by if the person is pro or anti gun and or what type of headlines it will generate.
Safe to say, most of my gun buddies have an arsenal of weapons. I wouldn't define any of them as small, or large.
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I have a small arsenal......but am hoping to change that over time.
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If somebody came to my house looking for an "arsenal", I'd expect
them to say "Where is it all ? This is IT??". |
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It's a Collection, Investment and Hobby
My wife collects Willow-Tree Angels ; ........ = Collection
My Son-in-law collects Diamonds, silver and gold; ..... = Investment I am a leather crafter and have many old leather tools. .............. = Hobby I have always associated the word; Arsenal with the military and law enforcement and nothing else. .... The 2A foes and liberal media, key in on catch words or phases to support their agenda. One example is reported suicide that a man had committed suicide with a Semi-automatic handgun that held 15-rounds. ...... Really? You do the math and; Be Safe !!!
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Small aresenal means it hurts a bit to buy gunsocks for each gun. Large aresenal means you have to take out a loan to buy gunsocks for each gun
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Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding !!!! We have a winner:
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Arsenal : An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned.
Small : 4 long + 4 short + 200 rounds Large : 20 long + 20 short + 1000rounds |
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Small what fits in the cab of my truck
Large what fits in the trailer I pull behind my truck
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Arsenal is a silly word, unless you're a soccer fan. It has several different usages, and it has been used to describe any amount of weapons owned by an individual as well as massive government depots. So effectively the word is subjective and its appropriate use is determined by the user.
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This isn't directed at any one in particular, but I think that in general calling out the "liberal media" for relaying what they've been told by law enforcement just makes a poster come off like a simple minded idiot.
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Who knows if it was a police officer or a media reporter/writer that described the three weapons as a small arsenal? I confess my natural bias, but my guess is the media reporter/writer or editor.
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Jimbob86: it isn't just the media. There was a thread on this board asking "what's the size of your arsenal".
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