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<blockquote data-quote="bettingpython" data-source="post: 2149447" data-attributes="member: 4307"><p>Why because the Military Number seems so low? Not really. Why would the U.S. Military have a gross over abundance of firearms?</p><p></p><p>There are storage and inventory issues, why mess with an asset that you just don't need. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of those numbers how many are actually issued firearms and carry them on a daily basis? I also suspect that nothing larger than handguns and rifles are factored into that number. 3 million seems reasonable. </p><p></p><p>270 million is easily believable as well. Correlate that to a turn in/registration percentage lets say they get an 85% success rate, at that point you would still have 40,000,000 firearms unaccounted for in the hands of civilians, and that is likely to be largely comprised of evil black guns in the rifle/shotgun/handgun category.</p><p></p><p>I won't lie if registration happens I'll march right down and fill out the paperwork on grandpa's single action .22 revolver, the 30.30 Winchester 94 and the 6 shot Keltec and Ruger LCP we carry all the time, the Marlin model 60 and the cricket bolt action. . . read into that what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bettingpython, post: 2149447, member: 4307"] Why because the Military Number seems so low? Not really. Why would the U.S. Military have a gross over abundance of firearms? There are storage and inventory issues, why mess with an asset that you just don't need. Of those numbers how many are actually issued firearms and carry them on a daily basis? I also suspect that nothing larger than handguns and rifles are factored into that number. 3 million seems reasonable. 270 million is easily believable as well. Correlate that to a turn in/registration percentage lets say they get an 85% success rate, at that point you would still have 40,000,000 firearms unaccounted for in the hands of civilians, and that is likely to be largely comprised of evil black guns in the rifle/shotgun/handgun category. I won't lie if registration happens I'll march right down and fill out the paperwork on grandpa's single action .22 revolver, the 30.30 Winchester 94 and the 6 shot Keltec and Ruger LCP we carry all the time, the Marlin model 60 and the cricket bolt action. . . read into that what you want. [/QUOTE]
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