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World’s Largest Gun Parts Supplier Claims it Sold 3.5 Years Worth of AR-15 Magazines in 3 Days

Dec. 24, 2012 7:30am Billy Hallowell

Brownells Claims to Sell 3.5 Years of AR 15 Magazines in 3 Days

In this photo illustration a Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle is seen on December 18, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Getty Images

As the nation continues to discuss debate new gun regulations, it seems both firearms sales and interest in the National Rifle Association (NRA) are soaring. After all, people are likely worried that the government will crack down on certain guns, so they are attempting to get their hands on materials before new restrictions hit the books.

In the wake of the discussion and debate, Brownells, the largest gun parts supplier in the world, is claiming that it has had an “unprecedented” demand for AR-15 ammunition magazines of late. In fact, the demand is allegedly so great that the company allegedly sold 3.5 years worth of magazines in just three days, The Huffington Post reports.

This announcement was made on a gun forum, during which the company’s president, Pete Brownell, simultaneously apologized for a delay in fulfilling orders. Here’s a portion of his statement:

To shed some more light on the magazine situation at present, it really has been unprecedented in the last 5 days. During a roughly the 36 hour period from Sunday afternoon to Monday evening we sold the “average demand” equivalent of about 3 1/2 years worth of PMAGS, and and an even greater amount of our Brownells magazines. We’re working like crazy to get these orders to you as quickly as possible.

We’re working directly with Magpul daily to forecast out the next couple of months deliveries. Magpul is focusing their efforts on the BLACK magazines, so we’re limiting backorders to only Black for now.

A screen shot from Brownells.com

The message concluded with an apology and a promise to work “as hard as possible” to get the magazines out to those who have ordered them. A graphic on the company’s web site also notes that a delay in getting its products out the door.

It reads, “Please Note: Due to extreme volumes, and winter storms, order shipments may be delayed. Thank you for your patience.”

On the company’s Facebook page, too, weather was cited as a reason for the delay.

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Comments (128)

Isis79
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:37pm
Civil war is coming to America like it or not. We cannot continue to live like this being a divided nation. You either stand for freedom and liberty or you choose tyranny and big government. Choose wisely.

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- Bowlz
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:55pm
  I choose freedom over loss of liberty. It makes me laugh that the NRA got so many new memberships as a result of the anti-American media responding to the sandy hook shootings. Now AR’s are selling like crazy. God Bless America from these idiot, control-freak, liberal, marxist, progressives who don’t get it.
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:07pm
  It will not come in the way you believe. America is being set up for the big fall or attack. The elite need to be able to shift blame elsewhere and rally the people around nationalism. Thats if your buying the crap they’d be selling after America is nuked by the Chinese and Russians who have for the past decade or so been very concerned about Americas exploits in their own backyards. We have Russia encircled and China as well.
  
  In 7/2008 we surfaced four trident subs simultaneously on our 4th of July. 1 in Guam, 1 in Diego Garcia, 1 in Japan and 1 in Hawaii. Each carries 154 nuke capable Tomahawk cruise missiles. Later in fall/2009 China sub launched an old school missile off Southern Cali as a show of force but this was talked down. The US high command knows what it meant.
  
  We are begging them to hit us as we are their protagonist and a threat to all they seek. This century will be a US led one or a China and Russian led one. Neither the Russkies or the Chicoms are NWO players and they know this. This is why it is believed that they will see this as a do or die moment. Once they attack the US and it will be a limited attack to cut off our military bases mainly and hobble our ports like Long Beach, then they can watch from abroad how we go after one another. The US government will step in to rally us to war with our trusted NATO counterparts and it will be game on. Civil War? Maybe but if your playing that game then you will be an enemy of the State.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:38pm
  I have a friend that works at the ammunition plant over at McCalister, Oklahoma and they get to work all the overtime they want. He told me he will make over $90,000 this year and he just runs a forklift.
  
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- hotmonkeylovejunkie
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:59pm
  @isis
  perhaps you’re right, hopefully wrong. but me and mine are prepped. we will take this country back. hopefully this time around, granted we get down that road it runs and works the way it should, the way it was designed. Amen and God Bless
  
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- Excomunicatedmarine
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:34pm
  Chief, I went through that in and after my first firefight……….I’m alive to spread Gods message. His message is forgiveness.
  
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- Flag-Man
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:37pm
  Semper Fi ISIS79
  
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- Johnny 7 OMA
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:28am
  We shall turn our firearms into whistles and flutes and dance our way to the gas chambers.
  Johnny Walker
  
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- Trigus
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:37am
  Remind them of the oath:
  
  I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
  
  5 U.S.C. §3331
  
  “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
  ― Theodore Roosevelt
  
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- Vindicatedvietvet
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:43pm
  I seriously hope you are wrong about civil war. The first one was not good with what, 600,000 dead? And besides that who would who be fighting? Would it be the civilians against the government? I guess that is the most likely senario. Not a nice thought.
  
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- black9897
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:03pm
  Nothing but the truth. Seeking total security leads to a totalitarian society.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13yBFJuNw-8
  
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Vindicatedvietvet
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:14pm
him. Let’s face it, Mitt Romney was a good guy, but he had way too much extra baggage from his past.

This is the country that put Japanese citizens in concentration camps in WW2. Italians and Germans were also targeted in WW1. What about Waco: The government used an Army tank against civilians and burned a bunch of children alive by filling the building with CS gas. CS gas is highly flammable and is not supposed to be used indoors. If you have been through a CS gas chamber in training, you already know how nasty that stuff is, regardless of its flammability. I could not believe my government did that, but they did.

This is the message we need to promote, otherwise we can kiss our guns goodbye. When the ban is done and more shootings take place (and they will if that is the only fix) the liberals will then call for even stricter bans until they are all gone, you can bet on it.

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- bklaw80
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:02pm
  The second amendment was not written so we could go shoot ducks and deer, it was so we could keep a well trained militia and would collectively as armed citizens have the capabilities to fight against invasion or oppression, which requires we have weapons sufficient to accomplish that. This is made abundantly clear by our founding fathers, FINALLY someone who gets exactly the right comebacks, this is what I keep arguing with my friends and family, NO I DO NO need 30 round mags to hunt- you are dam right, the 2A isn’t about my hunting preferences..Make no mistake, it is meant for warfare, and as Armed citizens we are first and true Homeland Security- This is the SOLE purpose of the 2A it is written so clearly-to include firearms-it was so important they added “shall not be infringed” at the end, there is NO other way to interpret this!
  
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- Evileye
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:03pm
  This might have something to do with all the Government Agency recently stock piling million of rounds
  ammunition.( they Were not Lead practice rounds but man killers)
  Waiting for the proper situation to disarm the populous through executive order.
  .
  
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- 666Sucks
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:30pm
  BKLAW80 you are spot on! These semi auto weapons are meant to stop communist dictators and invading lunatic theocracies from confiscating our arms and then massacring our families!
  
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- cashlover
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:00pm
  I think we should all start following the LAW read on. This is not a joke!!
  DICK ACT of 1902… CAN’T BE REPEALED (GUN CONTROL FORBIDDEN) – Protection Against Tyrannical Government
  This criminal Cabal is counting on the fact that the American Citizens don’t know this, their rights and the constituion. Don’t prove them right.
  The Dick Act of 1902 also known as the Efficiency of Militia Bill H.R. 11654, of June 28, 1902 invalidates all so-called gun-control laws. It also divides the militia into three distinct and separate entities. ** SPREAD THIS TO EVERYONE **
  The three classes H.R. 11654 provides for are the organized militia, henceforth known as the National Guard of the State, Territory and District of Columbia, the unorganized militia and the regular army.
  The militia encompasses every able-bodied male between the ages of 18 and 45. All members of the unorganized militia have the absolute personal right and 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms of any type, and as many as they can afford to buy.
  The Dick Act of 1902 cannot be repealed; to do so would violate bills of attainder and ex post facto laws which would be yet another gross violation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
  The President of the United States has zero authority without violating the Constitution to call the National Guard to serve outside of their State borders.
  
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- aschark
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:29am
  Vin, my reply is off topic, but at least Romney had a past, in business and government. Obama had/has issues with his non past. The mistake Romney made was when he promised that he would put 12 million private sector people back to work. 51% of the Country said, “No F*****G Way!”
  When the **** starts in the Middle East, and it’s going to, what do you think will happen to the price of oil? We, the USA, could be totally independent with oil and natural gas, but Obama put off shore drilling, Keystone pipe line, and fracking for natural gas, on hold (that was a good part of Romney’s jobs). Just sayin.’
  
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- aquaman7171955
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:01pm
  Our government is going to turn 4,500000 + citizens into criminals if they try to confiscate semi-auto “assault” type (black) firearms and high capacity magazines. I for one will not turn in anything but will oppose any legislation geared toward that venue. With so many firearms in the hands of the US citizens it’s very hard to PUT THAT GENIE BACK INTO THE BOTTLE NOW. The purpose of having semi-auto, large capacity magazines and full automatic is to, if needed, fight a tyrannical government not just for hunting. It now looks as if the government is starting down that road. I know a lot of young military men in different divisions and most will walk away and take the military equipment with them to oppose a tyrannical government and uphold the oath they took.
  
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Vindicatedvietvet
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:58pm
I’m not sure of the logic behind the decision to not defend the Second Amendment correctly by meeting any stupid questions the media throws our way with the simple truth.

When any of us (including Wayne LaPierre) is asked, “Why do you need 30 round clips (we understand they mean magazines and they are stupid) for hunting?” Our answer should be, “We need them because that’s what the government has and the SA was never about hunting.”

I also hear crap coming from idiot politicians, like: “The SA says you can own a gun, but you can’t own a cannon or a hand grenade!” Our answer should be: “Well dumb ass, the SA was never about cannons or hand grenades, it was specifically written for firearms only, and it guarantees that the citizen can own and carry whatever infantry firearm the federal Army infantryman carries!”

In addition we could add: “We have already given up our easy access to fully automatic weapons in that we are allowed to own them with increased paperwork, background checks and other provisions to insure that only good guys get them.”

If we start explaining to the populace, that these weapons are needed to protect us from gangs, organized crime and even (God forbid) our own government, we will eventually sway public sentiment to our side. Americans are generally pro second Amendment and I would bet that if 20% of the people that voted for Obama knew he was planning to do an “assault weapons” ban, they would not have voted for h

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- zatzaowe
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:09pm
  A government that does not trust you to own a AR-15, is a government that can’t be trusted.
  
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- GCT
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:24pm
  The Second Amendment says “arms” not “firearms”, therefore it includes all weapons. It was written so we could do Lexington and Concord all over again, if we ever needed to.
  
  For those that ask, “Does that include nukes?” I say, “Whatever we need to get rid of tyrants!”
  
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Larry E
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:12pm
Those Magpul mags are going to be going for BIG money if/when they’re banned is all I’ve got to say. Should have bought a pile of them and tripled my money.

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- proliance
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:07am
  Once they’re banned you won’t be able to resell them.
  
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- docgmt
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:53am
  Larry E
  
  I guess you did not see the part where Sen I have a ccw permit and a gun Feinstein (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuBbLeqZbPA&feature=youtu.be ) would confiscate all of the banned items on her I am scared of it list. So you would lose all of your money. I saw no line in the bill that said the gov would compensate you for the items stolen from you. Yes there is a line in the constitution that says the gov can’t do that, but hey when does the gov ever follow that old dust rag?
  
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SZ939
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:40pm
Please stop trying to correct the MORONS in DC about the difference between “Clips” and “Magazines” so that when the write their idiotic legislation banning High Capacity Clips, we can merrily continue to order our High Capacity MAGAZINES like normal! The Fools writing Gun Banning Legislation can’t get the Terminology correct, so let them pass Garbage Bans and we can continue to purchase what we want with impunity.

And to M14GUY – You are right about your comments to a DI! Remember the Chant in “Full Metal Jacket”?

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- Marine308
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:59pm
  As much as I wish you were right I don’t think they are going to make the same mistake as last time with the wording of a ban. I think it will be much worse than the last ban. Question is how much worse?
  
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2WarAbnVet
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:33pm
Oh that Obama; stimulating the economy against his will.

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Skyraider6
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:15pm
The cost of armed guards in our schools is an estmated 25B. Why not arm and train two janitors per school to alternate guard door duties? Our money spent at home and in our schools makes more sense than giving it to FOREIGN AID and people who hate us. On gun control, the AR15 is a semi-automatic rifle, not an automatic. In other words, you have to pull the trigger every time. It’s not the magazine capacity its the trigger finger and brain behind the gun that is causing the massacres.Also, I do not believe the Obamas are worth 1.4B per year on vacations and maintenance. We could use some of that hard earned tax payer money and partially fund a school safety program.

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- Bill S.
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:26pm
  Actually on another forum somebody made an excellent suggestion that wouldn’t cost a dime. Let police from local districts come to the schools to do their paper work therefore coverage and protection would be at no cost . They could also ask for teachers to volunteer to take firearm defense classes and buy them a gun to own for this extra curriculum activity.
  
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- JimDavey
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:34pm
  You are making way-too-much sense. Don’t you know that this issue (and many others) are just plain, senseless politics? You are probably going to have a supurb New Year, cliff diving or not.
  
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- Silvertruth
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:03pm
  To congress, 25B is less than pocket change. They’ll just drop the definition of ‘rich’ down to $100,000 a year income and clear that number by double! That will give them the money they’ll need to keep the TSA afloat in incompetance for another year too!
  
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- ginger100
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:23pm
  how about have the police station at or next door to the school?
  
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smv803
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:59am
This news is scaring the digested fecal matter out of those that wish to take over our country. Rightly so! Think twice my little comrades…you may wish you didn’t start this in the first place. Getting it wrong the first time may cost you your lives.
Rethink your motives…the world is filled with like-minded people. Go seek those that share your ideals and dreams of a utopia because here, the US of A, doesn’t. Thanks….but NO THANKS!

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- MetalPatriot
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:05pm
  Here, here! I agree with the gentleman’s comments.
  
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- smv803
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:03pm
  No “isms” here…….socialism/communism/Marxism…..no isms what’s so ever. No thank you.
  
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- Onesimus
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 4:53am
  Agreed. Incidentally “Hear! Hear!” originates with the context of “This person is making a lot of sense. come listen to them and hear what they have to say”. Action rather than location. Minor quibble, and HEAR! HEAR!….(Sorry, it bugs me almost as much as “Irregardless”. )
  
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- smv803
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:39pm
  Wow…like minded. Irregardless bothers me as well!
  
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m14guy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:21am
Ok boys & girls its time for a little class work so all of you can sound like you know what you are taking about.

It’s not a “gun”. Guns are really, really big bore devices mounted on ships, are towed or mounted on sell-propelled wheeled or tracked vehicles. Think cannons, howitzers etc. They are even called rifles on some of the old cruisers and battleships. Virtually everything else is a pistol, revolver, rifle or a shotgun (yes I know that confusing to some). Anyone who has been to real basic combat training knowns what happens when you say “Gun” to a DI. It does not go well for you.

Lastly and this is critical to sounding savvy. This is not hard, ok? A magazine is not a clip and a clip is not a magazine. A replaceable magazine can be fed with individual cartridges (not bullets, thats a component of a cartridge) or the cartridges can be loaded onto stripper clips (stay with me now) and a stripper clip adapter affixed to the magazine and the stripper clip is then pushed down to load the magazine. Thats it! Thats all you need to know to sound conversant. By using these terms and nomenclature you will awe many and be looked upon with knowing nods. It’s up to you now.

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- Quagmir
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:49pm
  Wow, you are smarted then the dictionary is…
  
  gun1 /gʌn/ Show Spelled [guhn] Show IPA noun, verb, gunned, gun·ning.
  noun
  1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
  2. any portable firearm, as a rifle, shotgun, or revolver.
  3. a long-barreled cannon having a relatively flat trajectory.
  4. any device for shooting something under pressure: a paint gun; a staple gun.
  5. Slang. a person whose profession is killing; professional killer: a gangland gun.
  
  None of my guns require a ship or railroad to transport them.
  
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- Larry E
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:08pm
  What you have stated is 100% correct! In my time in the military there were only two types of guns, field artillery and shotguns. Calling a rifle or a pistol a gun could lead to some very interesting consequences for the fool involved. Calling an article by its proper name isn’t a sin it’s a sign of knowledge and intelligence.
  
  The morons who continue to call cartridges “bullets” likely call dinner a plate or soup a bowl which is about the same thing. WAY too much stupidity even from people who should KNOW better. From the lamestreamers, of which not much is expected in the way of knowledge or intelligence anyway, it’s to be expected though.
  
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- PK_SEA
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:36pm
  I like to wear tank tops to show off my guns.
  
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- proliance
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:04am
  lol, froth at the mouth much because some people don’t use the same words you do? Relax. Naval cannons and rifles are called guns because they used to be smoothbore weapons and the name is still used through tradition. All shotguns are guns. I’ve heard Audie Murphy refer to a magazine for a BAR as a clip. If he can use the word so can others. There just words, nothing to get upset about.
  
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Skeeterhawk
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:09am
Magazines are easy targets for the libs. Ammunition and reloading components are next and then the EPA will be used to regulate the ingredients for black powder at the home and manufacturing level . The Dept of the Interior will be used to restrict access to public lands for target shooting and target ranges will be regulated out of existence. The antis have had years to rewrite their weapons ban legislation. It is a carefully crafted precise manifesto at this point. Nowhere near like the first knee jerk ban’s quickly written jumble of restrictions and bans. We are seeing only the tip of the iceberg as far as legislation is concerned. After all this is thrown against the wall there will be new proposals for ammo taxes, forced registration of individual firearms, internet purchase restrictions, caliber restrictions and proposals for outright confiscation of a law abiding citizen’s firearms. That would eventually mean authorities coming to your home and taking your firearms. Be prepared for all of this and more. These idiots, most of whom have neither owned or have ever used a firearm in their sheltered lives, will be making the rules for those of us that believe the second amendment is as important as all the rest. They are coming, and they have an emotional, foaming at the mouth army behind them. Put your legislator’s phone number on your speed dial if you have not already done so and let your voice be heard. If you don’t, expect to be steamrolled by these folks.

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TalonTed
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:54am
This run on AR-15 magazines has little or nothing to do with buyers wanting to go to Civil War with the U.S. Government. It has eveything to do with Capitalistic principles. Do you have any idea how much an AR-15 magazine would go for on the black market if Obummer institues gun control?

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dublinthewagons
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:00am
Everyone buying online just made the governments Utah terror list. People need to stay calm think smart and don’t panic. How many clips are you going to need when it starts. 2 or 3 will be enough for the rest of your life. ( however short that may be) Waco * Ruby Ridge.

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- Larry E
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:11pm
  If you have anything but an M1 Garand or an obsolete Mannlicher of some sort you don’t need clips anyway you need MAGAZINES.
  
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- proliance
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:18am
  Larry, I have plenty of clips for my AR.
  
  http://www.midwayusa.com/product/910384/ncstar-stripper-clips-for-ar-15-loader-10-round-223-remington-package-of-20
  
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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:04pm
  Not to worry. Many of us, likely too many to watch closely, are already on the list.
  
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Nepenthe
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:28am
And yet, people will somehow continue to argue that we are a ‘Christian Nation’. Our nation was founded on Christian principles over 200 years ago, but as this article shows, we are in no way a ‘Christian Nation’. I am not sure what it will take to reverse Americans desire for blood with the teachings of Jesus.

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- jungle J
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:42am
  You are nothing but a progressive operative looking for trouble with a stupid argument.
  
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- Dseosg
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:01am
  God helps those who helps themselves. The Bible is full of stories like David killing Goliath. God made me the protector of my home and family. The government has done a horrible job with criminals and everyday makes the need to own guns more important. It’s always the same. When a government has gun control the rate of violent crime sky rockets. If the government could give us world peace and harmony among all men then I would give up my guns. Governments only produce violence and divisions among people. Nobody will protect my family the way I do. I don’t think I have much faith that you Nepenthe will come to the aid of my family. You might show up to get a free Obama phone when my family and I are dead.
  
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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:16am
  Thou shalt not own hi-caps?? Give me a break you shill.
  
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- jimster
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:35am
  Self defense is a God given right, please not the following Christian Bible verse:
  He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
  —Luke 22:36, NIV
  
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- jimster
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:41am
  The right of self defense is a God give right according to the Christian Bible, please read the following scripture.
  He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
  —Luke 22:36, NIV
  
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- Proud Stray Dog
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:54pm
  Beat me to it, Jimster. There are also many cases in the Old Testament stating that people have a right to self-defense when attacked. I’ll spare the atheist here the Biblical quotes, but Google will pull them up for you el quicko.
  
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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:24pm
  The nation was founded as a way to promote within its own borders, its values, language, culture, freedoms and yes its religion. Israel comes to mind! But the weak minded began to rule them and they lost over these things and were put in bondage for over a thousand years not counting the time spent in Egypt. Now they are secure with the knowledge they are well armed and are a just nation with their hard won power and right to defense. There is nothing un-biblical about this! Evil can only proceed if good men do nothing. We know this is true! So this is why God also gave us the knowledge of how to defend ourselves but restrain ourselves from committing evil as well. Once we forget this then we become un-Christian as we then begin to live by the sword instead of it being a shield.
  
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- sacwoodpusher
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:44am
  America was founded on the basis of taxpayer revolt. Britain taxed, and the colonies revolted.
  
  I hope to live in a world where criminals suspect that I may be armed.
  
  The sheep in the cities are what we have to fear, country folks can survive.
  
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Stab_friendly
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:24am
The Wild West

Circa 2012

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- Southpaw
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:59am
  History channel had a show on the ‘Wild West’ a few years ago. Apparently it was nothing like western movies portray with a shooting every day. On the contrary, gunfights were few and far between. An armed society is a polite society.
  
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- Onesimus
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:03am
  Incidentally, Baltimore had some of the strictest gun laws on the books in the 1870′s, the time of the “Wild West”. Their per capita murder rate was the highest in the land. The “Wild West” was relatively sedate by comparision, having less than a 110th the per capita murder rate. There is an old law enforcement training book called “Street Survival” that has all kinds of these tidbits. There is also an intresting picture of a fetching young thing intended to increase your situational awarness. It took me 5 minutes to spot the full sized (I think it was a Browning HP35 if memory serves) on the console of her car, past the distracting landscape.
  
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- Onesimus
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:05am
  Bah, one tenth. Not sure if Blaze dropped my fractional hashmark or if I soft keyed it.
  
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dublinthewagons
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:21am
Clips & firearms are not much good, without ammunition. Remember the first year of B.O.’s administration.

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Tri-ox
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:16am
Thinking people know that guns are the best protection against violent crime, and tyranny.

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- Bill S.
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:21pm
  Agreed
  
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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:17pm
  Key to your statement is “thinking people”, something there seems to be a dire shortage of. Especially in Washington DC.
  
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nighttrainno9
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:14am
I hope people realise this is not going to go away, we have to be prepared to
fight our own military and the UN on our own soil to remain a free country.

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- jungle J
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:44am
  you are a progressive operative and you sound dangerous to the civilized human.
  
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- smv803
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:31pm
  Those of us who have a respect for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are also ready to defend them if need be, in every way and in anywhere against those wishing to take them away.
  
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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:14pm
  I suspect if our military was ordered to attack civilians in the US, most would decline and slip away, taking their equipment with them. I would consider any UN soldier on sovereign US soil as an enemy of the US and act accordingly, regardless of who ordered them to be here. Blue helmets would make nice targets. Death From Afar.
  
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skippy6
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:08am
Just more proof that the common sense people know what’s just around the corner.They are hellbent to push these new restrictions and bans as fast as possible..How far are they going to go is the question? Would Diane Frankenstein come into your home and confiscate all of your firearms?? If so, that’s where it could get real ugly…..

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- Pro2A13
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:24am
  If they were to try confiscation of any kind it would be the trigger to storm DC. The best defense is a strong offense. There could be no other choice. Stand together or fall separately.
  
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- skippy6
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:53am
  My post needs a correction… It should read WILL get real ugly……
  
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- Rob in Katy
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:33pm
  PRO: You are right, once they start, we cannot sit around in our homes waiting for them to come for us like they did the Jews. We also cannot go toe-to-toe with them now that they have the same power as the military.
  
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- ENIGMA28724
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:33pm
  Problem I see is that we freedom minded people would never know about it until the armored vehicles encircled our communities and the storm troopers started going door to door. Our news media [other than Fox and The Blaze] are propaganda organs that will report only that which the administration either tells or allows them to propagate. Together, we have power far beyond what they can muster, as they could never know when/if they were going to be fired on, ala Vietnam. Alone, resistance is futile. It would likely be reported, if at all, as some lunatic with an assault rifle fired upon troops sent to an area to “keep the peace”. If you survived, you would get to live in a mental intuition the rest of your life. Check out the article about the man who walked into a school carrying a 2X4 board marked “high powered rifle”. He was detained then arrested by the school resource officer and is now undergoing “a mental evaluation”. I understand the point he was making was to show how lax security at the school [also named Sandy Hook Elementary, in a different area] was, but he should have been arrested for trespassing, not sent for a mental eval.
  
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joedog73
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:51am
This is the effect of liberals pushing their anti-gun agenda. NRA membership is soaring, AR-15s are flying off the shelves and ammo is being sold in record numbers. People are seeing this administrations ultimate goal of a total gun ban and are preparing for it.
If you legally own a firearm and are not a member of the NRA, join now. If it wasn’t for them no citizens would be allowed to own any firearm. It is only $25 a year and you get a choice of one of three great monthly magazines.

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starman70
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:49am
People know that when the USA goes completely broke and no more government handouts are available (Welfare, Food Stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, Rent Subsidies, WIC, etc,etc,etc.) and there is no more food available in the grocery stores across America that society will break down and riots and massive civil disorder will break out.

One must be able to protect themselves and their loved ones from gangs of lawless thugs bent on killing, raping and destroying everyone and every thing in their paths. There will be no police, sheriff’s deputies or other law enfoecement available to call on. They will be busy protecting their own families and possessions.

To HELL with Washington. It is up to you to do whatever you deem is necessary to protect yourself and your family from the coming total chaos.

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- JimDavey
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:51pm
  Exactly.
  
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DadRocked
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:49am
Well, if we knew that a storm was a brewin’… we would prepare. Wouldn’t we?

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jlarson41
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:43am
This article contains one glaring error that could have easily been checked and wasn’t. Brownells does not sell assembled guns; they sell gunsmithing supplies, gun parts, reloading supplies, etc.. A qualified person can assemble a functioning firearm from components purchased at Brownells but there are not large number of these guns built. Glenn says the Blaze goes to great lengths to insure that only the facts are published, I’m disappointed.

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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:20am
  You are exactly right. Sometimes I wonder what is going on back there. One step forward, two steps back?
  
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- SanDiegoCountyCitizen
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:46pm
  You and I must have either read a different article, or the author has made some major revisions, because the current article is about Brownell’s magazine sales. The lead paragraph is simply referring to gun sales and gun parts sales Nationwide since the progressive-statist’s tipped their hat to an impending gun ban attempt. I don’t see any “lack of truth” or “yellow journalism” in this article. Though last week on the Blog, one of their writers referred the battle as “The NRA vs. the gun safety advocates” (like Handgun Control Inc ever taught a class on gun safety!)
  
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- SanDiegoCountyCitizen
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:01pm
  EDIT> Oh, I see… they failed to include the word “parts” in the headline, inferring that Brownell’s is the largest Gun Seller. Okay, I get it. It looks more like a technical oversight than an intentional deception, but I get it.
  
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OhioRifleman
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:42am
Three years of stock in three days…For a retailer, that is both a wet dream and worst nightmare all in one, repeated across three days. Ouch. Feel sorry for their order fulfillment crews.

On the other hand, it just goes to show the beating the gun manufacturer stocks took is completely artificial.

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- Skeeterhawk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:40am
  Perhaps not. With the institutional investors being “shamed” by the libs those stocks may see a real hit until they can recover in time. It may take months, it may take years. I believe they will recover in due time. Mossberg is family owned and made in the USA!!
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:42am
Oh yeah, I am not worried either way. I have a footlocker full of those mags.

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- kickagrandma
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:58am
  Would that we did, too. Good for you!!!
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:41am
Capitalism at work due to the massive over reaction of the kooky left. See just what you clowns have perpetrated? LOL

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- blanco5
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:51am
  And when the excrement hits the whirling blades, who will the leftys run to???
  
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- starman70
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:23am
  @BLANCO5:
  
  Don’t worry, the lefties have their own secret stash of arms in order to protect themselves. They just don’t want the plebian masses to be able to do the same, hence, gun control legislation.
  
  You can damn well bet that EVERY high ranking official in every totalarian government from Russia, Hitler’s Germany to Cuba and North Korea is well supplied with arms. It’s just the people who are restricted.
  
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