Beware the M1 garand & M1 Carbine..they are bad..so sayeth the obama administration

[rudder]

very bad. Criminals like getting guns that hold only 8 rounds and are fairly bulky. And the m-1 carbine can hold a lot of bullets... this makes them bad.

South Korea has a large surplus of these Korean war era rifles that they would like to sell to U.S. collectors... but not so fast!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...orbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/?test=latestnews

sorry obama, these are collectibles. Criminals can spend a couple of hundred getting a knock off ak47 and put a 50 round magazine and do what they need to do. And these are a lot more powerful that the pistol caliber m-1 carbines.

I have always wanted an M1 garand to go with my m-1 carbine... these 87,000+ garands would have dropped the price.

Henigan disagrees.

"They clearly were used as military guns, and the fact that they likely can take high-capacity magazines makes them a special safety concern," he said.

This Henigan fellow is quite the idiot.

 

[KB]

I welcome a criminal who tries to rob a bank with an M1, you could see him carrying it a mile away. Hah, the administration truly is blind when it comes to guns.

 

[rudder]

Or sticking a garand out the window while doing a drive by. Maybe someone in the obama administration watched Grand Turino and decided this sale was a bad idea.

 

[Double Trouble]

Amazing how government and sound logic rarely go together -- whether it's this administration or any other.

 

[Zargon]

Henigan disagrees.

"They clearly were used as military guns, and the fact that they likely can take high-capacity magazines makes them a special safety concern," he said.

This Henigan fellow is quite the idiot.

I would love one of each to hang on the wall in the basement and shoot annually

they do NOTHING you cant already do better with other current hardware like AR's and AK's that are also semi automatic....

 

[Fear No Evil]

More ignorance by the gun haters.. in this case.. our President and his Administration.

 

[nick1985]

Wow. Those are some raging retarded anti-gun nuts. Who the fuck would use a Garand in a crime?

That Brady campaign is just stupid.

 

[Orignal Earl]

Yep, pretty useless for criminals.
On the other hand, 87,000 tea baggers and mosque protesters armed with these is another story.

 

[PeshakJang]

I welcome a criminal who tries to rob a bank with an M1

What if they try to rob France? worked once..

 

[Lanyap]

I've always wanted a M1 garand. I wonder what type of shape they are in.

 

[boomerang]

Yep, pretty useless for criminals.
On the other hand, 87,000 tea baggers and mosque protesters armed with these is another story.

Or enviro kooks hell bent on bringing the Discovery Channel to justice - eh?

 

[Orignal Earl]

Or enviro kooks hell bent on bringing the Discovery Channel to justice - eh?

Ya, them too.

 

[Atreus21]

Nm.

 

[Atreus21]

What if they try to rob France? worked once..

Guess you've never seen Killing Zoe.

 

[OutHouse]

I've always wanted a M1 garand. I wonder what type of shape they are in.

same here

 

[OutHouse]

It seems a little odd that guns we paid for with our tax dollars, were given to Korea or left there after the war, must now be bought back by us? And of course we can't do that because big O thinks the boyz from the hood would be dragging a 9.5lb, gas operated.... rifle? yea right.. Face it libs and commies.. we will have thise guns after NOVEMBER! OOh the horror!!!!

 

[Cutterhead]

I too, have always wanted a Garand. This thread should have been originally posted in Hot Deals and updated: "*DEAL DEAD* Obama sucks."

 

[nick1985]

I too, have always wanted a Garand. This thread should have been originally posted in Hot Deals and updated: "*DEAL DEAD* Obama sucks."

lol

 

[ShawnD1]

Maybe Nobama is scared that people will try to shoot him at medium range. The M1 might suck for a lot of things, but it's a nice gun for shooting things like wolves or humans from a hundred yards away.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Damn this sucks, I would love to have an M1 Garand, maybe they can throw in some Springfield 03s as well. The prices on those two weapons are insanely high for the rifle you get, allowing these guns to be imported would have helped.

The reason for not importing them is indeed insane. I have never heard of a modern criminal using a Garand. You can pick up other weapons with cash at a gun show that will be a hell of a lot more effective and far cheaper. Criminals rarely use rifles to commit crimes anyway.

 

[nick1985]

The Garand is good for a lot more than 100 yards. The Carbine not so much, but the Garand is good for several hundred yards.

 

[Genx87]

Yep, pretty useless for criminals.
On the other hand, 87,000 tea baggers and mosque protesters armed with these is another story.

Why would they bother? Go get an AR-15 or AK knockoff and fire away.

 

[ShawnD1]

The Garand is good for a lot more than 100 yards. The Carbine not so much, but the Garand is good for several hundred yards.

The sight on them is only good for about 100 yards. Anything longer than that and you're basically guessing where the bullet will go.

 

[nick1985]

http://www.rt66.com/~korteng/SmallArms/m1rifle.html

 

[QuantumPion]

I've always wanted a M1 garand. I wonder what type of shape they are in.

Service grade. I went to camp Perry to pick mine out in person, if you get one mail-ordered the condition is luck-of-the-draw.