Black rifles are scary...

[DigglerD]

...case and point...

I convinced my buddy to pick up an off-list lower.

Me: "They are ok to buy now but any day they will be listed and banned to AW status."

Buddy: "You mean this is a gun that I can't have later? I don't know what it is but I want two."

And so it goes, another off-list member. Here is the funny part. He is married, already has guns, hot rods and a Harley. His wife is into to all this (she even has an old Apache she's fixing up) and has never had a problem with the guns (357, P226, and a few rifles) before. He showed her a picture of what his new purchase would eventually be and she freaked. Didn't like it, thought it was scary, too menacing and meant for drive-by's.

I guess we can thank the media but is an AR-15 really that much scarier than a Kel-Tec or M1A or Mini-14?

[phish]

I brow-beated one of my co-workers into putting off his hunting rifle purchase and buy an off-lister instead. He was never really into the "black is beautiful" guns until I told him they make great varmint rifles: .223 & .204

[taloft]

He showed her a picture of what his new purchase would eventually be and she freaked. Didn't like it, thought it was scary, too menacing and meant for drive-by's.

Tell her we tried that but, the Gophers are just too hard to hit from a rolling Impala.

[Satex]

I hope they will never get listed. I don't want AW restrictions on my fixed mag rifle. I want to be able to enjoy it like a sportsman and not like felon on parole!
Yes, a fixed may isn't the ideal configuration but in my mind its better than the significant restrictions that come with the AW tag!

[50 Freak]

Oh my GAD!!!! gangbangers are going to start doing drive bys with two receivers in each hand.

I gotsa buy me some property outside of CA.

[ldivinag]

Tell her we tried that but, the Gophers are just too hard to hit from a rolling Impala.

then you need the mancia drive-by shooting school... lol...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFlV-WBeifI&search=drive%20by%20shooting%20school

[thomyt]

ldivinag LMAO

[kantstudien]

I don't want AW restrictions on my fixed mag rifle.

Ummm... you do realize that being forced to a "fixed-mag" is a restriction?

[Satex]

Everything is a cost/benefit analysis. When I weigh one restriction (AW) versus the other restriction (fixed mag), my super complicated secret formula tells me that I prefer the fixed mag restriction.
Yes, this is subjective and as a law abiding citizens I don't think we should have ANY restrictions, but this is reality!
All the best my friend!

Ummm... you do realize that being forced to a "fixed-mag" is a restriction?

[chickenfried]

That's my new excuse for not practicing. Can't pick up my rifle it's too scarrrrry

[taloft]

ldivinag, thanks for the link. LMAO.