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kpete

(72,018 posts) Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:08 AM Mar 2013

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NRA: One Can Never Have TOO Much Ammo

(Editorial cartoon by Kevin Siers / The Charlotte Observer (July 27, 2012))

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NRA: One Can Never Have TOO Much Ammo (Original Post) kpete Mar 2013 OP

I sincerely hope Hillary after she is president brings back Janet Reno. graham4anything Mar 2013 #1

Just in time for Glenn Beck's Wonderland compound. Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #3

Would they be responding to an actual crime severe enough to warrant paramilitary action? dairydog91 Mar 2013 #11

That's for society to decide. nt Comrade_McKenzie Mar 2013 #2

Care to expound on that? HangOnKids Mar 2013 #15

Even in Vietnam we had a fucking limit pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #4

Don't forget the tracer rounds at the bottom ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #5

The tracers were incidental pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #8

Some put two tracer rounds in the magazine first ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #9

Different strokes for different folks pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #10

If you can't use all of it before the SWAT team takes you out, it's too much. talkingmime Mar 2013 #6

Homeland Security wants bullets, 1.6 billion of them Zax2me Mar 2013 #7

And 174,000 hollow-point bullets for the Social Security Administration jsr Mar 2013 #12

There are only three places that much ammo is needed LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #13

+1. n/t. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #14

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)

1. I sincerely hope Hillary after she is president brings back Janet Reno.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:15 AM

Mar 2013

Especially if Janet Napolitano is the VP, Janet Reno can be the new HS chief with Hillary as President.

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)

3. Just in time for Glenn Beck's Wonderland compound.

Reply to graham4anything (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:17 AM

Mar 2013

That's all I'm going to say about that.

dairydog91

(951 posts)

11. Would they be responding to an actual crime severe enough to warrant paramilitary action?

Reply to Comrade_McKenzie (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:58 PM

Mar 2013

Or are they storming it just because having paramilitary squads storm the homes of political opponents is fun?

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)

2. That's for society to decide. nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:17 AM

Mar 2013

HangOnKids

(4,291 posts)

15. Care to expound on that?

Reply to Comrade_McKenzie (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:09 PM

Mar 2013

Society gets to decide means exactly what? Thanks for your reply.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. Even in Vietnam we had a fucking limit

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:26 AM

Mar 2013

Our basic load was 400 rounds. And that was nominal, as we never loaded our magazines to the full 20 rounds.

And we were in fucking combat!

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

5. Don't forget the tracer rounds at the bottom

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:36 AM

Mar 2013

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

8. The tracers were incidental

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:53 AM

Mar 2013

Though one time, when my bn. got called up to the DMZ, tracers came in handy. An NVA machine gunner was taking out our guys, and I was the only one who was able to spot him. I was a fucking platoon leader, but they had me load up an M-60 machine gun belt with tracers and fire on his position to mark him.

The next morning, when the all-night battle was over, they carried out a wounded NVA machine gunner who'd been hit with M-60 fire in the legs...

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

9. Some put two tracer rounds in the magazine first

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:03 PM

Mar 2013

to tell them it was time to change mags. Was not universal

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

10. Different strokes for different folks

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 12:11 PM

Mar 2013

Ours were random. But the difference underscores how the experience of troops in Vietnam could vary greatly, even at the same time.

talkingmime

(2,173 posts)

6. If you can't use all of it before the SWAT team takes you out, it's too much.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:40 AM

Mar 2013

Zax2me

(2,515 posts)

7. Homeland Security wants bullets, 1.6 billion of them

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 11:50 AM

Mar 2013

http://news.msn.com/politics/homeland-security-wants-bullets-16-billion-of-them

jsr

(7,712 posts)

12. And 174,000 hollow-point bullets for the Social Security Administration

Reply to Zax2me (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:01 PM

Mar 2013

WTF.

LiberalFighter

(51,093 posts)

13. There are only three places that much ammo is needed

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:03 PM

Mar 2013

1) In real wars

2) Movies

3) Video games

apocalypsehow

(12,751 posts)

14. +1. n/t.

Reply to LiberalFighter (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 4, 2013, 01:08 PM

Mar 2013

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