A few years ago Ronnie Barrett, a prodigious and well respected firearms manufacturer laughed in the face of the corrupt government of California when they saw fit to ban firearms in the .50 caliber variety. The .50 caliber was Ronnie's bread and butter. So much so that he is credited with bringing a former heavy machine gun cartridge to the forefront of the long range shooting crowd (in my mind,the golfers of the firearms community, no disrespect meant to either party). Anyways, the small minds in control of California decided that their minions could not be trusted with such devastating .50 cal power and passed into unlawful law that such firearms would no longer be for sale in their domain. Mr Barrett , being a thinking man and one who supported a free and armed people, produced to the public a letter directed to the government of this sad state which I will summarize with less eloquence than he : Because of your actions all state owned Barrett Rifles will no longer be serviced by Barrett. I will also build a bullet and weapon that is sub .50 and will be superior to the .50 in accuracy, trajectory and transfer of energy. Take that!
And so Ronnie built the .416 ,Cali-legal, and at least as equal to the .50 in every way that would make some leftist gun grabber wet themselves.
Another story....
Recently in Colorado the pot smoking heads of the government decided that their minions would be to dangerous if they were capable of holding more than 15 rounds of ammo in their evil black rifles. Magpul,located in Colorado, is a prodigious and well respect.....are we seeing a theme here?....well respected producer of firearms related parts with a specialty in building the finest standard capacity AR-15 magazines (not clips,you bonehead) These Magpul magazines are often purchased by our soldiers out of their own pockets because the ones issued tend to work like everything else the government produces. And anyways, Magpul being run by a man of good conscience, could not see fit to remain in a state whose leadership spent most of their time hot boxing in cannabis filled rooms coming up with such daft drafts of illegal "law" like limiting their constituents to sub cap mags. So Magpul said; and I will summarize in my previous fashion, you know, less eloquence and such:
Hey! Potheads we're leaving if you pass this law.
So Colorado passed the law and as Magpul is now packing up their company (as well as 600 jobs and $85 million in revenue) to move to a free state they have also started Operation Boulder Drop. They are offering $5 flat rate shipping of unlimited quantities of 30 magazines anywhere in the state of Colorado until the law goes into effect.
These stories are old news if you are in the firearms world but they hint-with a bull horn- at the ever encroaching government power mongers. You might not be a gun nerd such as I and the millions these laws weigh down on but your hobbies,your rights, your freedom is next. And while these companies were able to briefly skirt the decrees thrown at them soon you will have to choose, not which laws to skirt but which laws to break. I want freedom. I want my son to grow up in freedom. Firearms are only a small part of that but a vital part. If you don't believe me its time you brushed up on your history. And after you do that and you say "It can't happen to us" then its time you went back and really studied.
