Gun show: 'Some people can hardly walk they've got so much stuff'
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BOISE, Idaho - A gun show was held at Expo Idaho Saturday and the organizer says sales are through the roof.
"These guns and ammo are going out the door in arm loads. Some people can hardly walk they've got so much stuff," said organizer Paul Snider.
Snider attributes the gun show's success to the state of politics.
"I don't think they are panicking yet but they are very concerned about what might come down the line," Snider said.
All of the people we talked with say they are concerned about the future of their rights as gun owners.
"Its going to be an invasion of our 2nd Amendment rights," said Ted Cash. (Photos from the Gun Show >>>)
"I don't know what Obama is going to do and I am a little worried about our constitution and those guys back in Washington trashing it," said Marc Phillips.
Assault rifles were getting a lot of attention at the gun show and across the nation. (Watch the Report).
"If somebody wants to have it I think they should have the right to buy one," said Roscoe Uscola.
Others said they are OK with a ban on assault rifles.
"There is no reason to have an assault rifle to go out and go hunting with or for home defense," said Tim Cook.
Organizer Paul snider has been holding gun shows in Boise for 32 years and he says this is likely the biggest crowd they've ever had. The gun show will continue Sunday at Expo Idaho.
About two weeks ago, the Columbia High School wrestling team received some national attention when the squad held a 52 Guns in 52 minutes raffle.
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"These guns and ammo are going out the door in arm loads. Some people can hardly walk they've got so much stuff," said organizer Paul Snider.
Snider attributes the gun show's success to the state of politics.
"I don't think they are panicking yet but they are very concerned about what might come down the line," Snider said.
All of the people we talked with say they are concerned about the future of their rights as gun owners.
"Its going to be an invasion of our 2nd Amendment rights," said Ted Cash. (Photos from the Gun Show >>>)
"I don't know what Obama is going to do and I am a little worried about our constitution and those guys back in Washington trashing it," said Marc Phillips.
Assault rifles were getting a lot of attention at the gun show and across the nation. (Watch the Report).
"If somebody wants to have it I think they should have the right to buy one," said Roscoe Uscola.
Others said they are OK with a ban on assault rifles.
"There is no reason to have an assault rifle to go out and go hunting with or for home defense," said Tim Cook.
Organizer Paul snider has been holding gun shows in Boise for 32 years and he says this is likely the biggest crowd they've ever had. The gun show will continue Sunday at Expo Idaho.
About two weeks ago, the Columbia High School wrestling team received some national attention when the squad held a 52 Guns in 52 minutes raffle.
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Right now there isn't a single weapon on the market that could be considered a ASSAULT weapon. These poorly labeled assault weapons are no more able to fire off rounds rapidly then every handgun out there. The ONLY advantage a rifle has on a handgun is accuracy at a distance. The liberal media has labeled these weapons this way, so they can spark fear into the unaware. And it's a religion to them, gun control. These same people will be sitting on their hands when a robber breaks into their homes, just waiting to be at the mercy of the criminal. We already have laws regulating the sales of weapons. Gun crime is less now then anytime in history. The Liberals don't want that fact known. I want to keep my rights, and stop making more useless laws. Anyone else notice that there is a dozen or more new laws created daily in this country. Everything doesn't have to be controlled by our government. Our gun rights have nothing to do with hunting!!! The second amendment is there to protect our selfs from undo harm, and without guns in the hands of civilians who will protect us? The police that already over step their bounds? The military that is controlled by politics? They will be the only ones with guns, except lets not forget the criminals wont give up their guns, no matter what laws are created. So who does all this gun control hurt? The average person, looking for self protection, and to protect their hard earned property and the people they love.
J H. You say "If you live in an area where you need to carry a gun everywhere for protection, then you need to get a better job and move to a decent area." I say ... I live in a decent area. Somewhere where there's stuff to steal that's worth the trouble. Out in the country s bit, where police response time could be an hour. I carry all the time, everywhere. I'm not afraid. I'm prepared. You, on the other hand are the poster boy for victim hood. Unprepared, unaware, and blissfully ignorant of your total vulnerability ... Until it's too late. Like someone else said, have another glass of koolaid. Just be careful not to spill any on your lobotomy.
From the article:"There is no reason to have an assault rifle to go out and go hunting with or for home defense," said Tim Cook."
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The AR-15 is not an assault weapon designed to wreak havoc in battle. It's a semi-automatic commercial rifle. If we equipped our Army with it, we would lose to every third-world, tin-pot dictator because military assault weapons are full automatic machine guns.
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So what happens is you create a caricature and then you sell it and pretty soon even people who think they're being fair accept it and you're dealing in mythology rather than reality.
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Typical of the rabid anti-gun crowd...easier to promote a false myth than deal with the underlying problem of a broken social structure created by progressives seeking some kind of Utopia that can only fail.
"Assault Rifle" it's too vague to be Constitutional. This has been before the courts numerous times and the term is always declared vague and unconstitutional. The Second amandment has never been about hunting, shhesh!! The Second amendment protects the First Amendment. The Second Amendment is about the "Free State" and they are not talking about the State you live in it's about the "State of mind". Free people give powers to the Government not the other way around.
"There is no reason to have an assault rifle to go out and go hunting with or for home defense," said Tim Cook.
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Then why is Ofailure surrounded by goons carrying them?
jkBack in 1993 the Government murdered 21 children some they shot and the rest they burned alive to disarm some God fearing people who never bothered anyone in Waco Tex. My question is how many children will the Government murder trying to disarm the whole country and how many murdered children will CNN,NBC,CBS AND FOX be willing to cover up as they did with the Waco massacre? List of 21 Children Murdered by the ATF and FBI at Waco Tex. 1993 Lisa Martin     13           Sheila Martin, Jr.     15  Rachel Sylvia     12           Hollywood Sylvia     1  Joseph Martinez     8           Abigail Martinez     11  Crystal Martinez     3           Isaiah Martinez     4  Audrey Martinez     13           Melissa Morrison     6  Chanel Andrade     1           Cyrus Koresh     8  Star Koresh     6           Bobbie Lane Koresh     2  Dayland Gent     3           Page Gent     1  Mayanah Schneider     2           Startle Summers     1  Serenity Jones     4           Chica Jones     2  Little One Jones     2                    Â
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I'm done posting comments to this article. I'm going to go walk my dog in my perfectly safe area now, where I don't need to carry a gun. Besides, my wallet and cellphone is cumbersome enough. I don't know how you people walk around with your guns too. So have fun in your crappy neighborhoods were you apparantly could be shot at any moment. And have fun with your backyard forts and 5 year food supplies which you will never need. Some of you need mental help. You are irrationally paranoid.
JH has been effectively 'lobotomized' by the Left. We all know what our future holds when the parasites are cut off from food, housing and govt. checks. It's going to get ugly. We need to be prepared. Obama's policies are unsustainable. By 2016 the govt. will effectively be broke. Do the math.  Poor JH and his/her clueless ilk will be thrown under the bus by the govt. they rely on. I wouldn't want to live in Chicago when the feral masses take revenge. "Modern society is beyond that stage." REALLY? Are you serious? Poor, poor naïve, pitiful dunce. This kind of thinking is irresponsible and dangerous. " If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." Â
There was a time in Mexico when private citizens could own firearms for protection. in the 1960's the government, for the peoples' protection of course, changed all that. Look at them now. Gun violence has been eliminated...................Oh wait.
Gun control, yet another violation of our rights. The govât constantly violates our rights.
They violate the 1st Amendment by caging protesters and banning books like "America Deceived II".
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by allowing TSA to grope you.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars.
Impeach Obama.
Last link of "America Deceived II" before it is completely banned:
http://www.amazon.com/America-Deceived-II-Possession-interrogation/dp/1450257437
If you live in an area where you need to carry a gun everywhere for protection, then you need to get a better job and move to a decent area.
 @Carl Stevenson We are at least an hour away from police here as well (rural farm community) --far enough to have have no cell phone reception. Everyone carries here, and there is almost no violent crime beyond that of the city folk passing through. We DO have coyotes, feral pigs, and the occasional poacher (from the city).Â
 @Jim Wolfson They don't have assault rifles. They have sub-machine guns. We can't get those...
 @J H Violent people look for ignorant people like you. You have been lucky so-far. Please inform them they are breaking the law when they find you.
 @J H YOUR CELL PHONE CANNOT PROTECT YOU. IT MERELY ALERTS THE POLICE WHERE TO FIND THE BODY. I WAS A STUDENT AT SIUE IN EDWARDSVILLE IN 1991 WHEN A RIOT OF OVER 5,000 BLACK MALES STARTED TO RIOT. OVER 400 CARS WERE TOTALED. 40 IL STATE TROOPERS STOOD WATCHING AND MADE ZERO ARRESTS. I KEPT TWO GIRLS FROM BEING RAPED AND MURDERED AND MYSELF AND MY CAR FROM BEING TOUCHED. HOW? I PICKED OUT ONE OF THE GANG MEMBERS OUT AND SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO EXPOSE HIS BRAINS TO THE NIGHT AIR IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO ME, THE GIRLS OR OUR CARS. I TOLD HIM MINE WAS THE RED ONE WITH THE NRA STICKERS ON THE BACK GLASS. HE STATIONED 2 OF HIS GANGBANGERS BY OUR CARS FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT. SGT WILLIAMS TOLD ME THAT HE WASN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR MY SAFETY OR PROPERTY. I ASKED WHAT HIS JOB WAS AND HE SAID "IT IS TO WRITE CITATIONS AND ISSUE SUMMONS" I ASKED WHERE THE SERVE AND PROTECT PART COMES IN. HE SAID BY LAW HE ISN'T RESPONSIBLE! I PUT ON MY NRA HAT AND WENT BACK AND GOT THE GIRLS TO SAFETY. OUR CARS WEREN'T TOUCHED. OVER 400 OTHERS WERE TOTALED AND THEY WERE TOWING THEM OUT FOR WEEKS! EVERY PIECE OF GLASS BROKEN AND EVERY TIRE SLASHED! THE ONLY WAY TO STOP EVIL PEOPLE WITH GUNS IS A GOOD PERSON WILLING AND ABLE TO USE THE GUN AGAINST EVIL PEOPLE!
 @J H Make sure you take your grape Kool-Aid with you. You could always throw some at any monster conservative you come across. When you get home after letting your mangy mutt crap in someone's front yard, get out your Oblamer worship rug and say your 10 Hail Oblamers.
Hey J H, people get shot while sitting at Mc Donald's eating with their kids. They get shot while watching movies. The get abducted & killed while jogging in their safe, beautiful neighborhoods. If you don't want to carry a weapon that is fine, I respect your decision. I carry a gun, give me me the same respect.
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Spoken like a hypocritical elitist who is already "safe" in their own mind while ignoring the intent of gun registration by gun grabbers.
 @J H you cannot reason with animals, but you can put down a rabid oneÂ
@J H Hope no one ever kicks in your front door at night, or during the day, to rob, rape, or cause malicious damage.
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@J H I find your post lol worthy. It can safely be assumed you hate gun ownership and firearm owners to all be irrational and nutso preppers based on it. Tell me, if its paranoia to carry a firearm, what paranoia is driving you to wish them away? The implications of your post are logically inconsistent with themselves. Take care, you are not very smart.
Let me guess, you've got a fort in your backyard stocked with 3 years of food, a dozen guns and 10,000 rounds of ammo. Loon.
 @Tommy I live in Mexico and I own a legal firearm. The sizes are limited by I can get a pistol big enough to stop any home invasion. The Mexican constitution stated and still states that all "residents" have the right bear arms.
I am an American citizen and that right applies to me!
Great post. See also: Cambodia, Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, etc., etc.
I am beginning to see that he will indeed by impeached and perhaps even go to prison (where all his friends are from Chi cess pool days). Benghazi is a nasty story and this man is not going to slip out of responsibility like re: Fast and Furious. I'm not a big John McCain fan, but this story is rather personal to him, considering he was in a hellhole for over 5 years and remembers what THAT was like. I think Hillary is going to get a pass because of her head boo boo, but I do believe that the Military wants this man removed from office for WHAT HE DID NOT DO and McCain is going to be their agent. Time will tell. I will do a jig when and if this fraud and his enormous beard, Moochelle, are nothing but a bad memory.Â
 @J H I live in a nice place and I am military. On 2 separate occasions, I had someone try and break into my car and someone actually broke into my home while I was getting ready for work. On both occasions they were met with a fully loaded AR15 being held by a man in full uniform. I have a great job and live in a very decent place. Bad guys dont care if you live in the hood or if youre poor. I have lived all across this country and I can promise you this, BAD GUYS DONT CARE WHO YOU ARE!! White, Black, Asian or Latino, Male or Female, they will rob you regardles.
 @J H I live in a very safe area where crime is almost nonexistent. One of the reasons, aside from keeping out ghetto trash, is that criminals know they're likely to be killed if they attack us.
I lived off Mulholland drive in LA. Not too shabby a neighborhood.Â
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The scumbags would sit in the parking lot of the fancy grocery store, see who got into what luxury auto then follow them up the hill and into their garage after the victim opened it with the opener. This happened A LOT. Some were raped or murdered, a few locked within the car trunk for hours, not knowing if they were going to be murdered. The creep then went into the house and had fun "shopping" for stuff they could sell or use themselves.
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I had a gun then and would have shot the guys head off and HAPPILY.
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You sound like a silly kid. If you are an adult....well how's that working out for you with that thought process? My guess...not so good.
Yeah, cuz criminals don't hit nice neighborhoods, eh? Idiot
 @dkw  @Jim Wolfson Yes you can. Educate yourself. If you have an extra $10,000 to spend, then yes can own one legally.
 @J H NO 12,000 RDS FOR ONE RIFLE. 5,000 FOR ONE HG AND MANY THOUSANDS FOR OTHERS. DO THE MATH AND THAT IS LESS THAN 4 RDS A DAY FOR 10 YEARS.
Brush up on your History - especially Poland 1937.
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I have a Free Sign for your yard stating that you do not own a gun - show your faith and please display.
 @J H Only 10,000 rounds ,not enough. You should that much in just 22cal. Then you nee some 12ga.ammo. Slugs, oobuck, #4 shot . 223 cal 5,000 or more rounds,  270 to reach out and talk 1000 rounds, 9mm 1000 rounds , 357mag 1000 rounds all just to piss people like you off. And to give All of this to my grand kids so they can kick a bunch of liberal blood suckers butt.
@gringolandia @Tommy -Â Not sure I understand the size limitation, gringo.
 @gringolandia  @Tommy I would support all Mexican households owning "protection", there would be far fewer drug traffickers in a few days.
Hitler actually had a near 100% approval rating. It's a misconception that he stole power and ruled with an iron fist. The people of Germany loved him right up until near the end of the war. This stems from his leadership turning Germany's economy around very, very quickly. That gave him the public support to do pretty much whatever he wanted, so he started invading bordering countries.
Benghazi is a non-issue. The underlaying issue is the failure of the safe room they took cover in. Going to the safe room and waiting for things to calm down rather than sending in a military force to save them was absoloutely the correct decision. But you won't see it covered from that angle on Fox News, who are trying to turn this into something that it's not.
Obviously it wasn't a good area if that was happening. Like I said, move.
It's extremely rare. I've lived everywhere from a welfare ghetto up to a $1 million+ home. If you can't walk your dog around the block at 2 am without feeling perfectly safe, it's time to take action in your life that allows you to move up.
 @J H YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR HISTORY. HE PERSONALLY BURNED DOWN THE GOVT BUILDING. HIS BROWN SHIRTS THEN KILLED THOSE GOVT OFFICIALS THAT LEGISLATED IN THAT BUILDING.
 @J H Right, and Oblamer has a 95% approval rating from blacks in our country. So what? Your man Hitler was lawfully elected (with some dirty tricks) and he was popular with the long-suffering Germans. He did use his power to threaten, murder and otherwise get rid of anyone that opposed him. And the largest reason for his approval was the fear of what would happen to them if they did not swear allegiance. Have another glass of Kool-Aid.
@foemill @J H - or you could say that the unemployment rate is now 0% because all of those who were unemployed disappeared.
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Yeah sure.. approve or be hauled out and shot!
 @J H I'm not so sure the Jews, blacks, and gays like him a whole lot. OR the couple million people he had put to death for not agreeing with his political views Eh? That's like saying "Obama has a 100% approval rating since he made all the conservatives 'go away'"  JH.. you are obviously a product of the current American schooling machine. The only history you learned is revisionist history!
 @J H SAFE ROOMS IN A RIOT DO NO ONE ANY GOOD! ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BUILDING IS BEING BURNED DOWN! BRNGHAZI IS ANOTHER ONE OF OSOMA OBAMA CREATED CRISES. SAME AS THESE MALL AND SCHOOL SHOOTERS. THEY FOUND PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS IN THEIR SYSTEM IN EVERY CASE. IT ONLY TAKES 5 DAYS TO BRAINWASH SOMEONE INTO BECOMING A KILLER AND THEN COMMITTING SUICIDE TO COMPLETE THE COVER UP! IT'S FAILED TWICE, BUT THERE IN PSYCHE WARDS IN STRAIGHT JACKETS!
@J H Oh, yeah the Soviet Union, that's still around. The socialist economies in Europe are a basket case. When the USA comes apart, so do they because there is nothing left to prop them up. Just a matter of time until you run out of our money.
 @J H THAT'S WHAT SODDOM AND GOMMARAH TOLD GOD. GOD DESTROYED THOSE CITIES AND NO TRACE OF THEM HAS EVER BEEN FOUND!
 @J H GO TO EAST ST. LOUIS, NORTH ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO AND SEE IF YOU SURVIVE. WALK AROUND WITH A SIGN SAYING I'M RICH AND UNARMED!
JH...why don't you just try to take my guns away?....you are a coward and deserve to enslaved by your masters....
 @J H Gee! What a stellar job the liberals are doing in Britain. And how wonderfully they put to death millions in Russia! Great Jack Hass
@J H Sodom and Gomorah were very liberal. They won ... huh?
@J H Wow. You are quite the snob. I have all the money I could want and live in a nice area and would never tell someone who lives in an area with high crime "Well, that's really your fault for underachieving now isn't it? You don't need a firearm, you just need to start earning six figures. Make more money and it probably won't matter that you're defenseless" You are pathetic, the rest of your posts are not even worth replying to. It is clear you are just uncomfortable with the idea that the world is an inherently violent place and that by association you are uncomfortable with the idea of ever having to defend yourself. The idea of you simply complying with a home invasion, LOL. You are amazingly cowardly. Take care, I am saddened that there are people as weak willed and nose-upturned as you roaming this world. I have more respect for criminals who at least have the balls to risk something than an upstanding citizen who would rather lie down for anyone.
We believe you and everything.
Learn to love it, because that's exactly what we ARE doing. The bottom line is that over the course of human history, liberals always win. Always. There is not one conservative issue that hasn't fallen to the liberal movement. Your guns are next.
 @J H That is beside the point. It is my right to have guns. I don't need peeps like you looking down their nose telling me what I need to do!
@J H By that reasoning, Chicago & Manhattan should be a ghost towns!