A few days ago, President Barack Obama issued an executive order allowing him to use the United States government agencies to restrict certain Russian assets in the US in retaliation for the annexation of Crimea. It was speculated by some gun publications that this executive order would only cover individual Russians and their companies, and leave the majority of Russia’s arms industry to operate as usual. In a speech today, Obama confirmed our interpretation that the executive order allows him broader powers . . .
As whitehouse.gov details, this includes, “named officials of the Russian government, any individual or entity that operates in the Russian arms industry, and any designated individual or entity that acts on behalf of, or that provides material or other support to, any senior Russian government official.” The order does not dictate any immediate actions, but we’re hearing reports from attendees at the Lone Wolf sponsored event that took place recently that ammunition shipments are already being cancelled. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.
If there is no “immediate action,” why are orders being cancelled?
If I were a Russian arms/ammo manufacturer, I would not want to put X thousands or tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars of inventory on a boat to the U.S. only to have the shipment seized or delayed for months or years in a port somewhere. If it’s true that orders are being cancelled, it’s because the situation is fluid and unknown and they don’t want to risk a massive loss. In the event that some of these orders are actually pre-paid by an importer based in the U.S., that importer may cancel their order for the exact same reasons.
And while I’m posting here, might as well add a link to a WT article http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/20/obama-sets-new-sanctions-against-russia-crimea-tak/
Aww, man. I almost bought an ak.
Ammo Armageddon II
Ammogeddon
“The order does not dictate any immediate actions, but reports are coming in that ammunitikn [sic] shipments are already being cancelled.” — from the article above.
Citations please!
If you read the news you’ll see that the guns most of us are carrying for self-defense aren’t very effective at causing death. There are stories all the time about some thug getting bagged up on the sidewalk and getting brought back to life again later in the ER. Shooting someone with a 9mm HP is probably MORE humane than bashing him with a baseball bat.
For most of my life, I was anti-gun. When I say “anti-gun”, I mean the type of person who thought that Moms Demand (Whatever) should be the only voice heard on firearms policy.
Then, I got married, and shortly thereafter, we had our first child. One day it hit me: “Holy f**k, they depend on ME for protection!”
Having firearms to protect your family ought to be no more controversial than working hard at your job to put food on the table. Responsible adults protect, and provide for, their families.
Tierney, like too many men today, refuses to grow up, man up, and accept the responsibilities of adulthood.
Denial is a powerful drug.
I think I heard that here on TTAG; my apologies to whoever said it first.
I think ARs just pulled ahead in the AR vs AK debate.
Most ubiquitous small arms in the world. Kits are plentiful. Flats are …. for the time being, just flats….
I’m more of a FAL fan myself. RIght arm of the free world.
Is this a striker fired gun?
Here we go again…
They are just going off the pulse of the populace. When the admin saw gun people flinch from the first sanction, they knew they had found a hot spot to exploit.
I don’t run Russian ammo through any of my firearms – however, this could affect people like me, because now people who normally run Russian ammo through their firearms, may get desperate and start buying up US/European ammo.
Though if these sanctions really pinch, it would be a good time for cheap ammo manufacturers like CBC/Magtech, PPU, S&B, and so on to step up production. They could replace the hole that the lack of Russian ammo created.
Not to disparage Magtech, in a pinch it’s fine. Just gotta be vigilant on the cleaning.
Do My Non-Gun Friends Think I’m Nuts? I don’t have ANY Non-Gun friends, and I like it that way.
In other news, sales of Russian firearms and munitions to Middle East, African and South American buyers are on the rise.
This administration is so flacid; and everything the POTUS does is so SOL.
Instead of being ‘leader of the free world’, he’s the ‘leader of the weak world’.
Obama is the freaking AR15 salemans of the century…
He must own stock in AR15 companies and he is probably laughing all the way to the bank.
Yup.
Here’s the one undeniable truth: Americans want to own guns. Americans buy lots of guns.
Dry up the cheap imported stuff and guess what?
Americans will make their own guns (again).
We in the “gun industry” should thank President Obama for this action. Send him little thank-you notes and such.
Gun Salesman of the year: Barry O’
Yup, that will teach those damn Russians!
Obama should just take his purse and hit Putin with it. It’ll have about as much of an effect on reigning in Russia as his sanctions.
WWIII here we come!
James Yeager is going to be unbearable after posting two weeks ago that AK ammo was finished
This may put a damper on supplies for now, but (like I’ve said before) where there is a demand, there will be a supply (I hope 🙁 )
All this should affect is Tula and Wolf. Bear and Red Army Standard should now get ahead in Ammo Shipments.
this administration is so crooked they have a massive foreign policy blunder then use it as an excuse for more gun control
The question is, how do these people reach adulthood without realizing how many threats there are out there? Do they read about the family in Des Moines who were raped, robbed and murdered by a deranged home invader and think, “How unfortunate. Glad those things can’t happen to me?” I just don’t get it.
The question is, how do these people reach adulthood without realizing how many threats there are out there?
Who says they’ve reached adulthood? Being an adult is as much a state of mind and maturity as it is a date on a calendar.
Little Frankie said, in effect, “I don’t need a gun because daddy (the government) will protect me.” That’s not an adult position.
Too bad we already covered how the ammo will STILL get here…
Ah but who am I kidding, people will still panic buy for no reason..
My non-gun friends don’t know I own guns (amazingly since I run a gun blog which posts to my Facebook page), I don’t discuss it with them or have any visible when they are over. If they are not people of the gun then they don’t get to share in that part of my life.
Concealed means concealed.
Kent:So, professor: would you say it’s time for everyone to panic?
Professor: Yes I would,
My Maadi isn’t happy when it goes hungry
This can’t be! Obama isn’t coming for our guns and he’s not coming for our ammunition either. Our dear leader would never do such a thing.
Three years, people. Three more years and our long national nightmare will be over. Until then, keep fighting and throw the bastards out.
ammo import sanctions have never been reversed.
tried to buy any Chinese ammo lately? not since Clinton’s EO banned it.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a84_1395261848
These guns are shit and dangerous.
Come on guys! Obama is not coming for your guns.
Woah, woah, hold on there, don’t use reason on this matter, what we need now is another panic.
So… did you find the guy who attempted the car theft later, or what?
lol right
OK, buy her something that fits a “clutch” (a small purse without a handle, right, Mina?) But keep that Mak! I would suggest a P-64 (configured similarly to a Mak, but much smaller, also uses 9×18) but the triggers tend to be really stout, as is the recoil.
It’s funny, but, non-gun people tend to think gun people are crazy, yet, seem to have no problem screwing with people they think are crazy.
Heck, there was story a few years ago where an unarmed patron got in the face of a person for open carry in a restaurant. (happened in Arizona, if memory serves, where open carry is common) Yeah, the unarmed patron was freaked out at the sight of a gun, but didn’t even blink at the idea of confronting a person who was armed.
So, I think it’s safe to say we know is crazy, and it generally isn’t the people of the gun.
More distressing than the chatterings of the Capuchin monkey is the fact that so many fall in line with them. A law broadly ignored is not enforceable…..
Just when I was about to get my Mosin back from the smith too.
I,
Home Carry therefore I am nuts
Won’t go to an establishment that denies my 2nd amendment therefore I am nuts
Own NFA items therefore I am nuts
Hand loaded firearms to my children therefore I am nuts
Have “way too many guns” therefore I am nuts
Have “an excessive amount” of ammo therefore I am nuts
Would rather drop a few grand on a new firearm/optic than put it in savings/stock portfolio therefore I am nuts
Would buy a full auto lower if I had 20k to spare therefore I am nuts
All the reasons above and more are just a few reasons family and friends have called me “nuts” this year.
First mistake, stopping at 7-11.
Did you look in the men’s room for him? Only description needed is brown stained pants.
TTAG: thank you for posting these! When I was younger I was shopping and saw an old man pull a gun on a young dude in front of the mall. The young guy just ran off, and the old man just got in his car and calmly drove away. I’ve always wondered what it was that actually happened that day, now I see it is actually a pretty common thing.
Thanks for the tale. I just traded my carry SIG for a Glock, not bc I like Glocks more, but because my wife, who doesn’t carry, knows the Glock. Glad that incident turned out well.
Whenever I leave my car, whether my wife is in it or not, the car gets locked. When I leave my wife in the car, I always tell her to lock the door behind me. She rolls her eyes, but fortunately she does as I ask. We use locks to protect valuable things… My life and the lives of my family are far more valuable than all of my worldly possessions. So I keep my car doors locked when I/we are in the vehicle, and I keep the doors locked when I/we are in the house.
I’m glad to see so much support for CT. Hopefully no one backs down and we all stand together.
Nice. Have you put it on a scale to find out the final weight?
I see that the stock is heavier, but does the cut-down on the barrel counteract that?
History is turning in our favor! Take heart and be of good cheer.
After watching the video a second time it is sad I don’t have the free time or artistic skills to counter this video. First off a home invasion is about as serious as it gets to me and I don’t find anything funny about them. If I had the skills I would start the counter video very similar
Scene 1: Burglars invading home
Scene 2: Liberal home owner excitedly exclaims, “Whoo hoo a home invasion! Time to call 911 so they can save me with all those military vehicles they acquired
Scene 3: 911 operator asks, “Name and address?”
Scene 4: Liberal home owner, “There is someone breaking into my house!”
Scene 5: Kids screaming for help as burglars enter kids room
Scene 6: 911 operator, “Stay calm sir, may I have your address please?”
Scene 7: Burglar kicks down door and smacks home owner with his own 9 iron upside the head.
Scene 8: Home owner falls to the ground fading in and out as burglars drag his kids past the bedroom door.
Scene 9: Wife exclaims, “I will save the day! I am off to boil some water to throw at the burglars
Scene 10: Burglars assault and drag the wife away before homeowner finally succumbs to being unconscious
Scene 11: All black screen with white words “Censored for graphic violence” as we hear unthinkable things being done to family members
Scene 12: Homeowner awakes to police raiding home in full swat gear and the nothing left but a dead family. The option to make the final scene comical is completely up to you but again I don’t find home invasions funny in the slightest.
Furthermore the notion, “Nothing material is worth dying over” is complete BS and sheepish, I work hard for my money in a sh!tty economy and if anyone wants to try to come in my home and take anything from me they will be met with force.
Pro Tip: If you can’t pay cash for it and it isn’t a need (a defensive gun qualifies as a need in my book, though a lesser one than food, water, and shelter), don’t buy it.
I think the hard question most of us deal with is how we can justify to ourselves that the 10th gun is a need 🙂
You lose, ObeyMe! Check and Mate. You’ve traded your “legacy”, such as it is, for a mess of pottage. All in service to your masters, the international banksters, who want World War Three with Russia.
he’s all but secured a republican president next election. all he needs to do now is put a bow on the oval seat.
i can just hear the dems crying over it already. LOL
Never underestimate the stupidity of the average voter, who can’t wait to elect another Clinton. And she will be a lot worse than Obama or Slick Willie.
What a putz!
Not only has he lost “his” ATV, but I betcha he doesn’t own any guns anymore, either.
Oh joy….Everything I shoot is Russian. So much for shooting cheap Russian ammo out of my cheap Russian guns…. T_T
Where do you put the tree air freshener on an ATV?
This has fuckall to do with hurting the Russians.
You’re still misreading this. This authorizes the SecState to sanction anyone in the Russian arms industry. It does not automagically cover the entire Russian arms industry in sanctions. They need to be levied on specific individuals and companies.
As for “reports from an event”, that’s hardly confirmation, especially given how many blogs (like TTAG) have jumped the gun.
“If you can’t afford to pay cash, don’t buy it” is simplistic advice. Better advice is “don’t borrow to purchase a non-income producing asset or a depreciating personal asset. Be sensible and don’t over-leverage.”
Borrow to buy a home, but not the Taj Mahal when all you afford is a three bedroom ranch. Borrow to buy income properties, but make sure that the properties will debt service even in a downturn. Borrow to buy the equipment you need to run or grow your business. Borrow to buy a car if you need one to get to work — just don’t buy a Lexis when all you can really afford is a Chevy. And don’t borrow to buy toys.
AND THE GUY IS A GUN OWNER…
…AND A CWP HOLDER!
http://www.foxcarolina.com/video?clipId=9961541
I am NJ born and bred, 33 years now. I have a very nice gun collection but have of course made many sacrifices in both gun type, specific model, features, and magazines because of living in NJ. And , oh you know, no carry whatsoever. (And many people who claim to have permits in NJ are actually lying, the amount is so miniscule small because you need to go before a judge, (after your local Chief LEO signs off, no small feat) and convince the judge of your urgent need to carry- THEN IT IS RECORDED, so if anything happens, it is brought up like, “Judge Smith, you said John Doe had an urgent need because of his -yada-yada-yada… And then he robbed and murdered….” so you just do not get one unless you have SIGNIFICANT political connections or are an armed guard as a career, and then your permit spells out hours and days you can carry.) … and after all this BS, finally me and my family said F It! We’re gettin out of here, on our way to FL in FEW WEEKS BABY!!!. NJ can go suck a lemon!
Guam is under the 9th Circuit, so it could happen anytime. The Virgin Islands are not.
Don’t borrow money to buy something that goes down in value as you own it.
That said, I used to repo cars and a lot of times folks were really happy to see us.
Where’s the part about Ares being thieves and stealing from many Calgunners, taking months, if not almost a year to pay back customers?
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=738579
They should have been raided for being a terrible business and charged with fraud.
But why care now, now they’re at the forefront for fighting for a freedom, bwaaahhhaaaa. Everyone get behind them and support them… an absolute disgrace, no better than CTD.
Attention local MDA chapter – emergency protest time!
“Stop the Barista Bullies!”
“Greber then went into his trailer”
Was he towing it with his ATV?
Guns like this are a lot like masturbation. I am aware that people do it, but I don’t need to see it.
Rococo Baroque, pimp extraordinaire at your service.
Now I was not expecting this to happen. If anything i’m glad for the citizens of that state. I think the people of Hawaii need to follow up this victory by repealing alot of those laws they have for firearms.
You guy’s have got it all wrong!
Your supposed to get your wife to go in the store, not the other way around!
Oh the gun-control advocates have got to be pulling out their hair. This fun watching all their efforts go up in smoke. Great day for America.
It’s weird to see the 9th Circus actually in favor of gun rights… And with the 9th Circus being the most overturned in the nation, a little troubling.
I don’t get it, it just looks dirty to me.
I assume that if the City required membership in the ACLU to be a member of the club there would not be an issue. The NRA has changed drastically over the years. It is a radically conservative organization now bearing only a fading resemblance to what it once was.
So, NYC taxpayers paying for MAIG/Milfs Against Pistols isn’t an improper use of public funds?
Note to Durango Gun Club:
You might want to consider raising your membership fees from $55 to something that will keep your outfit afloat.
How the hell does a place like Durango CO become a nest of worthless commie scumbags? Amazing.
Here is a thought…
Drop the requirement per the towns request.
Then let every member know if they can get 100% of the members to be NRA members they can qualify for NRA funds for range improvements.
Open carry works better in groups. The deterrent is proportional to the size of the armed group.
I agree that the NRA has become too much of a GOP convention than a second ammendment supporter. All of their keynote speakers are the GOP foxnews spokespeople.
They alone are more responsible for ammo spikes as early as 2008. They were campaigning hard well before any inkling of Obama doing anything against 2nd ammendment and when he finally did after a shocking mass shooting they screamed how they were vindicated for saying it for four years.
Still a lifetime member. Just wish I could influence them to focus on the second ammendment and safety again
My PT111 G2 is on the way from GrabAGun. Can’t wait. I understand that taurus 9mm mil pro mags will fit too. My Academy has them in stock so will get at least a third mag. Anyone know if other higher capacity Taurus 9mm magazines will fit?
Looks like 12+1 in a small 9mm at this price point is fantastic!
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There. Fixed it for them.
Wonderful! An outstanding revolver. Closer to a K frame than L. So very comfortable to carry. As accurate as the best.
Delbert: not every one can carry a 48 oz. Large frame.
MoveableDO: the barrels are interchanable. The use to offer from a 2 inch to 15(!) Inches. Grips interchange too.
Well at least he is doing something, better then what ol’W did when the russians invaided a US “Ally”
Nothing.