Eh I've seen legit people say that a PSA or Anderson will hold up for most usage. Would I drag one through the swamps in Vietnam? I'd prefer not to but the techs come a long way in the past few years. At this point if Biden wins the window for buying ARs may close rapidly, and even if he doesn't we might only have until 2024. 5 PSAs to arm your whole family will go a lot further than 1 really good rifle.
But yeah if you have the disposable income then obviously invest in a more robust rifle.
Honestly, get both (or at least a receiver for the one you don't want to build right now). The AR-15 you can still hit stuff out to 300-500 yards fatally. The AR-10 will blow through body armor and get you closer to 1000 yards. It's a much bigger gun with more expensive ammo and and bigger recoil. You can hunt with the AR10 though, a lot of states ban deer hunting with an AR-15.
Depending on your state an AR-15 pistol or 'other' (basically an SBR with a pistol brace instead of a stock) might be a good option for close-medium range. You can also make an AR-15 that shoots 9mm. There's a million different options, let me know if you have questions.
Yeah Anderson in my experience with their lowers and one upper are perfectly fine. I don't really know what you get from spending an extra $40+ on an AERO receiver, its a chunk of metal, never had a problem getting a tight fitting with an upper on the anderson receivers.
Yeah I wish. I used to be able to get them for about $40 before the big box stores left the area.
He needs to have a rally in some giant field like woodstock.
Yeah I mentioned theres a fee if you buy online, that's super regional though, all the big box stores where you can get them cheap closed and the local FFLs charge like $80 for an anderson, fucking sucks.
Everyone reading this who's mentally stable and can legally own a firearm should consider purchasing an AR-15. We are in the golden age of consumer firearms with reliable rifles being available to the masses for ~$500 or less.
I'm linking parts from Palmetto state armory because they have reliable reasonably priced parts, but there are dozens of manufactures out there to chose from:
The main parts you need are a receiver which have plenty of different designs, this is considered a gun and what you need to have a background check run on. They're only ~$50 and is your insurance policy to being grandfathered in future legislation. Some fancy ones will go for $100 but it really doesn't make much a difference. Keep in mind that if you buy one of these online it needs to be shipped to an FFL (Gun Store) which will cost a ~$30 fee, usually with the fee included it'll be the same price or more than just buying in the store. Big stores like Cabelas or Gander Outdoors are good for buying these. (I think Gander has free transfers).
Next you need a lower parts kit this is a bunch of small parts that assemble into your trigger, magazine release and a few other miscellaneous parts. These go for $30-$70 depending on the quality you want. Some people buy high quality drop in triggers for $100 but I don't think that's necessary for a casual shooter.
After this you'll need a buffer spring carbine length is probably your best bet for around $50. This just absorbs the recoil and provides a tube to put the stock on. You'll need to buy a stock if your lower parts kit didn't come with one, those are $15-$30.
Your "lower" is complete once this is all assembled. Next you'll need an upper which is primarily your barrel. Since this involves gas tubes and needs some machinery to assemble I recommend just buying a complete upper, 16" is the ideal size for an all around gun since its lighter and easier to manipulate indoors and still can reach out to 300 yards with enough velocity. This is the most expensive single piece for the gun. These range from $200-$2000. The PSA uppers are considered reliable and accurate. Some uppers come with sights, some don't and they need to be bought separately.
Finally you'll need a charging handle to load the gun and a bolt carrier group (BCG) to recycle rounds into the chamber and extract them. Sometimes the companies offer these two parts with the upper so don't accidentally buy these twice, as a combo they are usually around $100.
That's it, if you buy all these parts full priced you're probably in the $400-$600 range. Probably best to set another $100 aside for a cleaning kit, headphones, eye protection, an AR-15 wrench, punch kit, and 2-3 magazines. theres a lot of install videos out there, this ones okay, first time around it takes about 2-3 hours. Being part of the community is also important so I would consider joining a local gun/hunting club as they often do community events and will allow you to network with like minded people, as well as having a place to practice.
If you want to know what's a good price and what's not I suggest subscribing and searching /r/gundeals to get an aggregate of prices. If your patient enough you'll be able to pull the price down significantly. I built a comically cheap AR-15 just to see how low I could go and came in at $330. (Prices have inflated from COVID/BLM panic buying)
They're attempting to replace the historical American nation with a post 1965 product of their own creation. Statues are usually torn down after a conflict is won, in this case the destruction of the statues is what is waking heritage American's up to the fact that there even is a conflict in the first place.
I get the line of attack but this I also think its completely ineffective. There's no black men in a Detroit ghetto that are looking at these and going "You know what, the Democrats are the real racists!".
I know someone who interfaces with the black community often and they said that black normies right now literally think that white people are trying to hunt them in the streets.
dystopian utopia.
Dystopia
For people in and around that district, how do you feel the long term prospects of the region are? The outskirts of the Pittsburgh metro area is one of the places on my list of potentials to move to in a decade or so, I can work remotely and want to build up a homestead.
I see the population of the region is shrinking but I should be somewhat insulated from the regional economy since I can work remote. I've read that the PA state government is set up similarly to the federal electoral college and that conservatives are generally able to hold onto the state government. Do you feel that the state will shift towards the north east in terms of attitudes and voting or towards the mid-west?
The first position they corrupt is the case workers, once they have control over who does and does not get welfare they move their pawns in on your dime.
White urban liberals will swarm into marginally conservative small cities. Make inroads with your local community now, churches, gun clubs, community gardens, athletic clubs, local political parties, etc. Complacency will get us all killed.
My understanding of this is that the conservative judges think that Roberts is going to cuck out on a gun ruling so they declined all 10 2A cases to run out the clock and wait for a Ginsberg/Breyer replacement. Pretty bullshit but the status quo is better than moving backwards federally.
There's about 700 miles between El Paso and San Diego, some of it is mountainous. You can see here that a good chunk of that is covered with new construction, maybe 100-200 miles where there is just vehicle barrier though.
After El Paso you have the Rio Grande which is not very wide is some parts. If you zoom in around here you can literally see dozens of trails.
Regardless they more or less claim that wall for the 450 mile stretch between El Paso and Del Rio is unnecessary. Then there's about 350 miles between Del Rio and the Gulf that should be fortified, about ~115 of that is funded and under construction.
From what I can tell border control basically is trying to shut down all cross border vehicle traffic, if Trump wins another term I'm sure that their goal will be to shut down all cross border pedestrian traffic and boat traffic in the populated areas.
Nah I get what your saying. I actually took one of Washington states universities gardening courses cause it was free online during the early COVID stuff and the growing season is definitely shorter than here despite the similar longitude.
The ones that would be taking advantage of asylum claims would be overwhelmingly conservative and fully understand why we own them.
I was mostly talking about seedlings, I was surprised when you said things can't go in the ground anymore.
Do you not have a summer crop over there? I'm in NE and people are just putting in Tomatoes and Cucumbers, summer squashes and such go in 2 weeks.
"...migrants who traveled through other countries to reach the U.S. could be denied asylum. Domestic abuse, personal feuds, endemic crime or gang violence would no longer be considered to be distinct social groups, and therefore would not be, on their face, a reason to claim asylum."
This basically shuts down those central american caravans (provided there is a wall to prevent entry). It also more or less shuts down most Mexican asylum claims. Why they didn't do this 3 years ago? Who knows.
Beyond that I am no longer in the "no asylum camp", we should be using demographics to combat the globalists the same that they are doing to us. We should be flying packed planes of white South Africans and resettling them strategically in swing states like North Carolina, Michigan, PA, etc.
Start a garden, join your local gun club and network.
If Trump doesn't manage to win 15% of the black vote it'll be catastrophic. The amount of political capital expended on blacks is insane, if even half of that capital was expended on immigration and guns the administration would be so much further ahead on things the base actually voted for.
I hope there's a plan to swarm reddit before the election.
No problem, I've found the biggest hurdle for people is making them understand the process, once most people read something like this it's no longer abstract and they feel they can act on it. The window to buy semi-auto shrinks every day unfortunately so now's the time to act if people can do so within their means.