Who can find any decent amounts of ammunition locally? Around here, all of the gun stores are practically bare-shelved. Ever since Obama was voted in, everything has been flying off of the shelves!

Not to be rude, but I never understood the need for assault weapons. We don't have them in CA, and I don't feel the least bit unprepared.

First of all, without a special permit no one can own an assault weapon. There are sport-utility firearms that look and function similarly to assault weapons. These only fire in semi-auto and do not have a lot of the same parts as the armed forces use. An example is the M-16/AR15. They have different fire control groups that allow the M16 to fire full auto. The AR does not take the abuse of an M16 so a different bolt carrier is used as well. The Brady campaign is responsible for the misinterpretation about the difference between an assault rifle or a sport utility rifle. They placed this label on the sport utility versions trying to make it look like all of us gun owners who like the AR and other military based platforms are buying M16's, AK47's, etc. This is how they get otherwise gun neutral to friendly people to support them while they try to have our constitutional rights taken away.

Now, for the advantages of owning sport utility versions. They do have a higher ammo capacity than your normal bolt action hunting rifle. They are also lighter and easier to carry. With the increase in ammo capacity they do have an advantage if something happens that will require you to take care of yourself and your family so you will survive. The interchangeable magazines used to feed ammo are more convenient for carrying ammo, and allow faster reloads. If you would have a mob of people come after you to take your means of survival away from you, you will be able to defend yourself and family against this threat. A bolt action rifle may not help you, and handguns are only effective for a very short range.

Oh and BTW, Sport Utility rifles are still legal in some parts of California.

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I was about to call you on this one, but then I read what else you had to say. Sport Utility Firearm? Didn't I read that on some other website? Maybe ARFCOM?

That being said, I agree 100% with what you've posted- these semi-automatic rifles have a use in hunting, and in self defense. In fact, the AR-series of rifles is REALLY making some strong ground in prarie dog hunting, and in long range matches.

I'll second this- I was in my favorite store today (Sportsman's Warehouse), and their shelves were bare with .223 and .45!

Don't be an ass steve... of course we "assault weapons" in California. Point of fact, Dandy Don Perrata, (you know
the guy from Alameda county lead the charge to disarm you) has an AR-15.
Here is another bit of information for you steve....... None of the CA banned weapons are "ASSAULT WEAPONS"
DEF: an assault weapon is a firearm chambered in a sub caliber and capable of full automatic fire.
DEF: subcaliber is a caliber such as a pistol caliber or a shortened rifle caliber such as the .223 or 7.62x39.
NONE of the firearms leagally sold in CA are capable of full auto fire!

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