Thrill is gone

[kayaker]

The leftists have done a pretty good job of making our hobby more difficult to enjoy, but it's my observation that these cycles of boom or bust based on whoever happens to be at the helm in the White House have seriously disrupted my enjoyment.

And the terrible thing is, it's not really them, it's us. It's firearms owners who create shortages for no good reason, and those of us who don't hoard or flip all eventually pay the price.

For years I used to enjoy going out to gun stores and pawn shops looking for interesting finds. I hardly ever do that anymore simply because of the environment that shooters have created based on crazy panic driven impulse buying.

Frankly, I've just become sick of it.

This; I don't like a lot of California gun laws but I can live with them. I don't hide or feel ashamed of being a gun owner, I have taken many of my freinds shooting for thier first times. To me this is much more fun than going to the range to shoot by myself. The only big problem that I have right now is ammo availability and prices, and as mentioned, this problem is mostly due to some of us shooters hording. I still enjoy shooting, these days it's not real often and when I do it's mostly my .357 reloads and .22 L.R. $1.00 per round of .556, That's just crazy!
I don't put gun related stickers on my vehicles, only because I don't want to be targeted for theft.

[Subotai]

I know a lot of people who bought AR's because they were trying to ban them. So, the Dims actually increased black rifle ownership.

[norcalAF]

Congratulations to you and your Eagle Scout. That's something he can definitely put on his resume'.

Not to mention it is an extra stripe in the military if he joins.

[NATEWA]

.22 lr

Advantage Arms for the Glock and an ar 22. Take a kid.

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[GW]

My guns are no longer a hobbie. i only have them now for protection. The left in this country has found ways to take the fun out.
The history channel used to have many gun related shows on the TV.
I almost never see NRA stickers or other gun related decals on rear windows of cars & trucks.
If i lived in another gun friendly state it would be different but i am still in CA.
Ten years ago i could go into a Big 5 and pick out a nice old millitary firearm and take it home in 10 days. Also i could trade or buy a old C&R on the spot private party. Ammo was not a problem and cheap.
that was what i enjoyed doing.
that train has left the station never to return. I still go out and shoot with my son in law a couple of times a year but i no longer buy or look at guns for sale.

And upon reading this, a liberal earned his rainbow tattoo.

You've given them what they want

[Unit74]

[Vinnie Boombatz]

This 100%.

[Bakerloo]

Buy yourself a Beretta A400 sporting shotgun and go shoot clay pigeons. Ya, ammo is expensive now. So???
Shooting flying orange targets is 100X more fun than paper or steel.

[Unit74]

Takes a lot more skill too.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Buy yourself a Beretta A400 sporting shotgun and go shoot clay pigeons. Ya, ammo is expensive now. So???
Shooting flying orange targets is 100X more fun than paper or steel.

[golfish]

It's all fun and games until a tornado sets down or a herd of zombie's come through.

[Unit74]

Tornadoes yes….. zombies….. well, I’m much better equipped for them, including suppressors.

[howbobert]

This is one of the reasons why we left CA. Every time I turned around, CA was trying their hardest to make me a criminal with their gun laws. A lot of things just stayed in the safe and now they can come out and play like they should. Granted we only moved one state to the east, Nevada, but it was the best location for us, family and work wise.

My wife was just saying last week, that we should have moved here years ago. I said, better late than never.

Now, BLM land is about a mile from me with at least 2 makeshift ranges for shooting. I can even see them from our house.

Yes, even though ammo has gotten a little crazy, we seen it before and hopefully it will come back down and stabilize, I still like to go and practice to keep the skill level up. I may not shoot as much as I did, but I still do.

[arrix]

My guns are no longer a hobbie. i only have them now for protection. The left in this country has found ways to take the fun out.
The history channel used to have many gun related shows on the TV.
I almost never see NRA stickers or other gun related decals on rear windows of cars & trucks.
If i lived in another gun friendly state it would be different but i am still in CA.
Ten years ago i could go into a Big 5 and pick out a nice old millitary firearm and take it home in 10 days. Also i could trade or buy a old C&R on the spot private party. Ammo was not a problem and cheap.
that was what i enjoyed doing.
that train has left the station never to return. I still go out and shoot with my son in law a couple of times a year but i no longer buy or look at guns for sale.

History channel? Who watches that? Everything is on YouTube now. There's a still quite a lot of firearms related content there.

[desertrider]

My guns are no longer a hobbie. i only have them now for protection. The left in this country has found ways to take the fun out.
The history channel used to have many gun related shows on the TV.
I almost never see NRA stickers or other gun related decals on rear windows of cars & trucks.
If i lived in another gun friendly state it would be different but i am still in CA.
Ten years ago i could go into a Big 5 and pick out a nice old millitary firearm and take it home in 10 days. Also i could trade or buy a old C&R on the spot private party. Ammo was not a problem and cheap.
that was what i enjoyed doing.
that train has left the station never to return. I still go out and shoot with my son in law a couple of times a year but i no longer buy or look at guns for sale.

Don't do that. You're giving up and giving in.

You need to recognize what is really happening and get angry, not dejected, or worse, complacent.

The Marxists are winning and you are letting them. This country is on a fast track to becoming socialist and unless you are with them it's your responsibility to do what you can to oppose them.

The democrats want to take away our guns, but until they do they will make things difficult to purchase (roster), feed (no shipping ammo to our homes), and restrict places for the public to use them (restrictions on land use/regulations for ranges).

With the current administration and it's shenanigans the democrats will eventually have the voting super majority, big tech and the media works hard at censoring us and dictating the message that is spread, and our education system has turned into a haven for Marxist ideology and forcing it on our youth.

Exercise and fight for your 2nd Amendment rights, one day you very well may need them more than you know.