USA Buys 14 Million+ Guns in 2009 - More than 21 of the worlds standing armies

[shadowrider]

Washington, DC --(AmmoLand.com)- Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the year reported 14,033,824 NICS Checks for the year of 2009, a 10 percent increase in gun purchases from the 12,709,023 reported in 2008.

So far that is roughly 14,000,000+ guns bought last year!
The total is probably more as many NICS background checks cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time by individuals.

To put it in perspective that is more guns than the combined active armies of the top 21 countries in the world.

http://www.ammoland.com/2010/01/13/gun-owners-buy-14-million-plus-guns-in-2009/

Note to those standing armies. DON'T even think about invading.

[slackmaster]

1. And that number doesn't include a few that I bought last year

'cuz they're black powder weapons.

:D

[jeepnstein]

2. Is this a great country or what?

[DrDan]

3. is this the most paranoid country on earth or what?

[armueller2001]

6. I fixed it for you...

"is this the most prepared country on earth or what?"

[Xenotime]

30. No. He was right. The US is freakishly paranoid.

Most thing "they are out to get me." and justify buying 20 guns.

[oneshooter]

33. Have you checked OBama's website, the DNC platform,

listened to Hillery, Pelosi, or Eric Holder? Get a clue, they all are/were wanting to ban/outlaw firearms.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

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[proteus_lives]

4. Quote from a WWII Japanese admiral: (He may not have said it but the spirit still applies.)

"We could never invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass."

[SteveM]

14. Attributed to I. Yamamoto. nt

[SteveM]

15. Dupe.

[DonP]

5. I did my part - 6 were mine

Four rifles and two handguns.

An AR lower I built into an A1 configuration

A Winchester '92 clone, 16 inch barrel in .45 Colt that I added a large loop lever to

A surplus K-31 Swiss with a beautiful birds eye stock

Another Marlin Model 60 in Stainless (Back up to five now after giving three to the "kids")

A Cimmaron 1873 Colt .45 clone with an extra .45 ACP cylinder

A Taurus Model 605 snubbie in 357 Magnum

[shadowrider]

7. I did my part too

Although I only bought 1, a Taurus Millenium Pro PT140. Got a bad magazine out of the box that kept causing a jam but got it replaced and haven't had a failure since.

[TheWraith]

35. Only one was mine.

An Ishapore 2A1 in 7.62x51mm, knockoff of the Enfield Mark 3.

[appal_jack]

40. a lovely choice Wraith

All the classic lines of an Enfield, with updated steel and the ability to handle modern Nato cartridges. How does yours shoot?

-app

[Katya Mullethov]

8. A similar , related , and apparently not so news swarthy story

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Winchester%20to%20Deliver%20200%20Million&aql=&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

Lets try that again then .

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Winchester+to+Deliver+200+Million+&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

that works out to fourteen rounds per gun (If there are 14 million guns in the DHS ).

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[Xela]

12. Red Dawn? That's just one scenario, I hope you never have to go through a Katrina scenario

Or a blackout like in 2003:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Blackout_of_2003

or...

Xela

[proteus_lives]

16. Fail.

[Armed]

11. The right to keep and bear arms is absolute and shall not be infringed!!

[Euromutt]

13. Of course, that's not counting reserve stocks

Any army with a mobilizable reserve component is going to have large numbers of small arms packed away. And it doesn't count paramilitary forces, such as those operated by the theocratic component of the Iranian government (the nahad-e movazi, or "Parallel Institutions"). The Iranian Basij is thought to have a full mobilizable strength of around 1.4 million.

[DissedByBush]

24. We must have lots of reserve

Remember when our soldiers in Iraq said the 5.56 wasn't powerful enough for the mission?

They dusted off a ton of reserve M14s and issued them to the troops.

That's early Vietnam stuff we still had lying around!

[oneshooter]

31. We accepted the M-14 in 1957. Just after Korea. n/t

[DissedByBush]

36. I said early Vietnam because

That's when we started replacing it with the M16.

[Bold Lib]

17. These number do not include NICS exempt purchases either.

I bought 10 but all were NICS exempt do to my Texas CHL.

3 AK type stamped receivers
1 AK type milled receiver (screw in barrel)
6 AR receivers (they were only $55 each!)

[aikoaiko]

18. Where did you find $55 AR stripped receivers in 2009?

I can find $55 if I look through the seat cushions.

[Bold Lib]

19. R Guns had them. They bought out a company that went out of business.

Forged receivers at 55$ each and it was only 20 bucks shipping for the lot. Oh, and the real kicker - they are all consecutive serial numbered! Give R guns a call, maybe they still have some. . .

[Travis_0004]

20. There is one flaw in their logic

They are assuming that one NCIS check equals one gun. I can tell you that many people last year (Me included) got more than one gun, and put it on one NCIS check, so the true number could be 15 million or more.

[oneshooter]

21. Another flaw, If you have a Texas CHL then you are exemt from the call

Texas CHL holders are exempt from the NCIS call. They simply show their lisence and the FFL puts the liscience number on the form. No check needed!

I don't know in how many states the CHL can be used this way.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

[burrfoot]

22. Florida's halfway there-

Valid CCW exempts you from the three day waiting period, but they do still do a NICS check when you buy.

[Jdub4abluenc]

42. CCW holders are exempt from the call in NC as well

The mass quantities of firearms that we purchase are not recorded as background checks either.

[DissedByBush]

23. It also doesn't count failed checks

I talked to my local gun dealer.

He said you wouldn't believe how many people come in with obvious disqualifying criteria and submit to the NICS check.

Some people are just dumb.

Yes, my dealer often forwards such information to the police for a follow-up.

Had the police come and apprehend a guy on the spot once. Violent fugitive felon, apparently.

[cabluedem]

25. my boss called the cops on a customer who had an assault rifle.....

Ten years in prison for not obeying the laws. Too bad people don't learn.

[oneshooter]

32. Please tell us more. n/t

[cabluedem]

37. Guy takes his pickup in for service. There is an assault rifle stuck in the inner fender under the..

hood of the vehicle; I guess he thought the cops wouldn't see it there, if he got stopped for something.

Service manager reports it to boss, boss calls the cops. Cops do an ID check on it, verify that its on the banned list and call the customer and tell him his pickup was ready.

He comes in and they cuffed and stuffed him into the back of the squad car after they verified that he was the owner of the illegal weapon.

He will probably get out early on good behavior at 7 years served, but that felony will last forever.

It pays to obey the laws, even if you dont like them.

[PavePusher]

38. Ah, one of those evil rifles, probably with a shoulder-thing that goes up?

The ones that cause so much trouble in the other 49 states? Except that... uhh... they don't, actually.

Poor bastard should have moved to Arizona or Nevada.

[friendly_iconoclast]

41. I wonder how much it is costing CA to keep us 'safe' from him?

Good news for the prison-industrial complex. For the rest of California, who knows?

[Jdub4abluenc]

43. Wow - You boss is a hero

That evil rifle probably was black in color. I bet it had one of those sinister flash hiders or a nasty bayonet lug too. Both could have been removed; which would have deemed the former evil rifle just a "Sporter". What great laws.

[cowman]

34. Man, am I

glad I don't live in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia, the state is going broke, the politicians don't trust their citizens with certain guns, Here in my little town we had some Kalifornians move here and try to push KA. style gun laws, needless to say they no longer live here, not because of threats, but because of their inability to "educate the citizens of Nye County of the wonders of gun control" I got an idea, why don't you stay in KA along with all your gun control comrades and build your paradise and leave the rest of us alone, Oh I forgot, your paradise is going belly up because of mismanagement by the politicians

[GreenStormCloud]

26. I will do my part in 2010. Sorry about none in 2009.

I bought a Taurus PT 58 S a couple of weeks ago. Next I want to get a Saiga in .410 bore (With 20 round magazine), and a Charter Arms Pug .44 Special.

[shadowrider]

39. How do you like that Taurus?

After doing some research, and basically ignoring the bad press Taurus gets, I bought the PT140 and am extremely satisfied.

[AnOhioan]

27. This makes for a sad statement on American culture

[Tejas]

28. YES! we should be more like England (or Chicago, Detroit, Somalia)

[Tejas]

29. Well, when the courts won't do their job, you suggestion is...?

The Constitution is doing just fine, fix the bleeding justice system.