Americans Continue to Add More Than a Million Firearms to Their Arsenals Every Month

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[–]SMCAB 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I always thought it was weird that we have so many guns.

Please don't misunderstand, you'll have to remove my guns from my cold dead hands, but how many could I really need?

The liquid gold is the ammo, and I have a FUCKTON!

[–]Rah 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The simple answer is: there is never enough guns to supply a civilian batallion.

[–]SMCAB 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I hear that, I kind of just meant on a personal level.

I'd rather have three firearms and endless ammo than 17 firearms and ammo for two of them. A lot of my buddies came to mind when I saw the title.

[–]Rah 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The problem is that preserving a firearm for a hundred years is easier than a hoard of ammunition. Both arguments make a lot of sense, and its all about the two sides recognizing entropy is a thing, and despite things making a lot of sense, sometimes stuff go to a way that makes fiction look bland, and its at that time when things that dont make much sense save people. Such as the survival master from the Balkan wars who relied on selling lighter fluid during the conflict

[–]boston_blackie[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yep I know what you mean. In the book Bad Times Primer, he talks about each gun should be standard calibers (easy to find ammo) and have a mission; pistol 0-7 yards, shotgun 3-30 yards, rifle 30-300 yards. As long as you follow those guidelines you're in good shape. Standard calibers 22,38, 380, 9mm, 45 acp, 12ga., 223, 5.56mm 7.62x39 and .308 is a good basic mix.

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The submachine gun/SBR role is needed for 50-125 yards in urban combat.

Uncommon but widely used calibers are still a necessity for ammo preservation.

[–]SMCAB 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly, I have a lot of buddies that have a lot of guns and no ammo for them. It just always struck me as odd. Of course there are collectors, I get it.