Comments on: Paper advocates ammo sales restrictions

By: Jim W

Jim W — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:12:02 +0000

For 74 bucks a case, I would buy 5000 dollars worth too.

Cases currently go for over 200 bucks. Even if you don’t use it yourself, you can resell it and triple your money.

By: Terrapod

Terrapod — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:36:16 +0000

Man, a case of 7.62X9 is selling for about 230 bucks here in the midwest, where the heck are the deals at #74.00 Almost worth a drive down to TX!!!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:01:04 +0000

I note without surprise that the paper does not allow comments. Heaven forbid they let us peons tell them what we think about such stories, right?

Can’t have that. Might have their preconceived notions about firearms challenged by people who actually know what they are talking about…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:51:10 +0000

Reports are that purchasing at Academy made a minor oopise during the summer Instead of ordering 70,000 cases they ordered 700,000 cases. Hence the sale once the semis full of ammo started showing up at the Academy distribution center in September/October.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:42:33 +0000

Yesterday afternoon I was shopping at my local Academy Sporting Goods Store. While these stores are always a fine source of firearm bargains, I can state with great surety that mine has no such bargain ammunition, neither 7.62 for AKs, nor .223 for M-16s. Darn it.

However, they do always stock .303 British for my SMLE “assault bol- action rifle” with a 10 round magazine and a bayonet lug. What kind of person needs such a high powered rifle with a bayonet on it? Well, it was made in 1917 in what was then Great Britain – surely there was something going on the that made such a rifle useful….

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:47:46 +0000

workinwifdakids:

No, that was the “7.62 mm ammunition for AK-47 assault rifles” at $74 a case.

Remember to a reporter a case could mean – object containing ammo.

By: workinwifdakids

workinwifdakids — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:51:23 +0000

.223 at $75 a case? Is this like the other reporter who said he saw a fully automatic Glock at a gun show for $150?

By: chris

chris — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:14:15 +0000

So this is the reason that ammo and black rifle prices have been going up so rapidly.

We are apparently sending guns and ammo to Mexico that we need here.

This needs to stop.

The Texas dealers need to send their guns and ammo northeast, not across the border.

By: Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:26:17 +0000

I love the article’s great source of a clerk at Academy who thinks they might be taking the ammo to Mexico. You know, the country where they’ll throw someone in prison for having some old brass in the bed of your truck.

I love those umimpeachable sources that probably make 7 bucks and hour and have nothing better to do than bullshit with newspaper reporters.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:37:06 +0000

I wish I could find it for $74 a case.

By: ParatrooperJJ

ParatrooperJJ — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:36:08 +0000

My question why are we wasting time and money searching vehicles leaving the country when we don’t have enough manpower to search the ones coming into the country?

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:04:05 +0000

Whatever law he has in mind will work at least as well as the drug laws that keep our country safe and free.

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:00:01 +0000

I wonder if Todd would have an issue with his blood and semen being put on a federal database, and require him some manditory rape sensitivity training so he can properly own his penis.

I mean if all us gun-owners are running them into Mexic, all men must be rapists!

…if it saves just one life….

By: GrumpyUnk

GrumpyUnk — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:47:19 +0000

At $74/case I’d buy as much of it as I could too.
Much better investment than anything on Wall Street.

By: Yosemite Sam

Yosemite Sam — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:34:06 +0000

They’re running a series like this in TEXAS!?!?

No wonder newspapers are dying.

What is astounding is that several layers of managers and editors gave this series the green light and I suspect not once did they think that their readers might just find it offensive.

Yosemite Sam, proudly newspaper subscription free since 2003