Customers Pack Connecticut Gun Stores After Deal on Laws

[SteveG]

Exactly which enemies are they expecting to repel with the increasingly heavy arsenals, again?

Customers Pack Conn. Gun Stores After Deal on Laws
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEWINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Customers are packing gun stores around Connecticut, concerned about a bipartisan gun-control agreement reached by state lawmakers that will ban the sale of large-capacity ammunition magazines and more than 100 new types of guns.

The parking lot at Hoffman's Gun Center and Indoor Range in Newington was full Tuesday morning. Some drivers had to park on the lawn. Inside, customers waited in long lines to purchase what was left.

Nick Viccione, a gun owner from Wallingford, says people are loading up on ammunition and buying "anything semi-automatic."

The General Assembly is to vote Wednesday on a wide-ranging bill that addresses the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. In a state with a rich gun manufacturing history, companies say they feel they're being made into scapegoats.

I hate to say this, but rather than being based on philosophies and fear, the gun and ammo buying activities are taking on the flavor of good old "knee-jerk consumerism" kicking in. ('Oh my God, they're stopping making Twinkies' 'But you never eat Twinkies' "Gotta stock up anyway, into the truck!"

[cbelt3]

Linky to law proposed.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/us/connect...index.html

Generic gun control things- 'assault rifles', 'big magazines', background checks, but.. hey.. Mental Health training and research funding !!!! I like the latter bit. Recognizes that the root cause of gun violence is not ... the gun !

[$tevie]

If anybody in fact "needed" any of that, why haven't they already purchased it in the past?

[cbelt3]

I expect a lot of it may be the thrill of owning something that's become 'illegal'. 99.9 % won't use 'em or need 'em.

Heck.. I went and purchased a sound supressed pellet rifle last year mostly because it was cool and felt 'illegal'. And because the chipmunks don't know it when I knock off their buddies. I've always contemplated purchasing a cane sword for the frisson of illegality. Not that I'd use it... despite actually knowing how.

[$tevie]

[hal]

cbelt3 wrote: Recognizes that the root cause of gun violence is not ... the gun !

Please explain how gun violence occurs without guns...

[rgG]

Gosh, I thought this kind of thing only happened in the South.

[cbelt3]

hal wrote:
[quote=cbelt3] Recognizes that the root cause of gun violence is not ... the gun !

Please explain how gun violence occurs without guns...
Semantically you are of course correct. Root cause of violence is what I *should* have written. Thank you.

[OWC Jamie]

hal wrote:
[quote=cbelt3] Recognizes that the root cause of gun violence is not ... the gun !

Please explain how gun violence occurs without guns...
Really Cbelt, everyone knows it's the gun that causes mental instability, both short term and long.

[hal]

billb wrote:
[quote=hal]
[quote=cbelt3] Recognizes that the root cause of gun violence is not ... the gun !

Please explain how gun violence occurs without guns...
Really Cbelt, everyone knows it's the gun that causes mental instability, both short term and long.
A mentally unstable person with a fricken gun is very dangerous... remove the gun and things get better FAST. Mental instability can not be removed nor can you ever guarantee that you can keep the two apart. Melt the gun!