Every American should be required to buy a revolver

Its true there are some people out there you absolutely cannot trust with firearms, but I can tell you there is a much larger pool of people you cant trust with either alcohol and/or automobiles. Ask any officer out there about stories of death and they will most always talk about that big accident they worked earlier on in the year. Obviously, the answer is not to ban driving or alcohol, but increase education and awareness. In any event, you do not have a right to drive whereas you do have a right to bear arms as clearly stated in the Constitution. If the people truely want to get rid of that right then they can through amending the document.

There are plenty of youtube videos of well trained officers shooting their leg with a Glock or other semi-auto. Those firearms require a lot more training and diligence. No one can simply pickup a 1911, for example, and start using it.

I start out all my young sons with a revolver and slowly graduate them to the semi-auto world. I know there are advantages to the semi-auto, but I truely believe the revolver represents a safer and more reliable firearm. There is a reason why the police carried it for so long despite having many other options. Its because its safe, reliable and did I mention stylish? In the world of Law Enforcement, style and grace used to be taken into consideration. Open carrying a revolver is a lot more stylish then open carrying the Glock.
 
I have a couple of older (no lock) S&W revolvers, but they are not my choice as defensive tools.
A revolver is a good choice for the novice & occasional shooter, but I don't think (not positive) any "good" new revolvers are manufactured.
New revolvers have internal locks, a feature I wouldn't use and refuse to have on my weapons.
People shouldnt be forced to buy anything, especially when it has an undesirable feature; if you like the IL great, but I don't.

Glock & Kahr make pistols that are simple to operate and are free of internal locks; Dan Wesson, Baer, & Brown 1911's are IL free too.
I have those (Glock / 1911) as a bedside gun, but they are in a quick access electronic safe.
No new revolvers for me unless they are IL free (if I wanted a revolver).
 
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I was thinking today while watching the Supreme Court that every American should be required to buy a revolver. We would call it the Affordable Firearm Act and have exchanges for people who couldnt afford one.

The revolver is the safest and easiest to use firearm out there. It is a firearm you can operate safely waking up from a deep slumber. It is the only firearm which I feel safe with by the nightstand. I certainly wouldnt put a Glock on that stand.

My best advice for the first timer is to get a revolver and stick with that a while. Its cheap, its safe and its also fun to shoot. Dont worry. The 38 Special was stopping people long before you were born. It was the main gun for officers for a long long time.

Dont get yourself a Glock...get yourself a revolver. Its safe fool resistant design will last the test of time...nope its not outdated and quite a few officers would still have the use of their legs had they been originally issued one. Put your trust in the American revolver.
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The more dumbing down of America, I see, and al because it meets CaptainObvious' warm and fuzzy bedside security feeling.

This sort of reminds me of the George Carlin bit where he talks about drivers. Anyone driving faster than him is an idiot and anyone driving slower is a moron.

What truly befuddles me is why CaptainObvious thinks his views are the right views for everyone else and why he does this without once considering to inquire about the wants and needs of the people he thinks should be required to own a revolver. Oh wait, that does sound like something the government would do...and it is part of the reason some many people don't like the government.
 
While I don't think anyone should be required to own anything, I also think that no handgun collection is quite complete without at least one good revolver.
 
Americans should do what they think best for their own situation. If you like govt interference you are right in line with the current rulers.
Jerry
 
NO,I'm capable of making discissions on my own. NO GOV needed.
I've been to the range some of those people have no business with a box of rocks little alone a handgun of any kind. Cant see where anyone could think thats a good idea.WOW really, cant imagin.
 
I would be okay with the gov subsidizing ANY of my gun purchases, and if the stipulation is that it must be a revo, I am totally okay with that!

I will never buy a Glock. I don't have a problem with them, and I've considered the G17, but I just can't get over the way they look and how bulky they feel in my hand. If they ever came out with a single stack line, I might consider.

This is pretty intriguing though. http://www.summitgunbroker.com/34_NIB.html

Big fan of full size guns. And "fuller" size is even better!
 
Well I did put a bit of humor in my initial post I thought most people would catch quickly but I do mean every word of what I said about revolvers and that everyone should have one. It is simply the ultimate defensive system for the home which anyone can operate. No firearms owner is complete without one plus its a stylish addition. An officer looks worlds better with a revolver then the Sig or Glock.
 
Obviously governments don't make you guns of any sort and anyway if they did, they'd probably want you to buy just a certain kind. However, the last three handguns I bought had locks in the box. They didn't used to do that.
 
I can see some inexperienced revolver haters already in this thread
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Hahhaa, I am a revolver nut myself. I want another 22lr revolver and possible 9mm revolver, hoping Ruger will make one in LCR style.
 
Every American should be required to buy a revolver
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No, you cannot require people to purchase something that they may not agree with. We live in a Republic, not a dictatorship. Our nation is supposedly based on personal freedoms, not government coercion.
We would call it the Affordable Firearm Act
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Maybe you meant "The National Socialist Affordable Firearms Act".
 
im all for buyin a revolver they are GREAT guns!! but my GLOCK does just fine on the nightstand and as my cc. over 1000 rounds and no misfires and never magically went off by itself:p
 
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How many guys at the range are having malfunctions with their revolver? If your revolver is malfunctioning then I think you failed the test. Im not sure what test you failed but its obvious you failed something if you cant get that revolver to work correctly.
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I've had a revolver completely lock up on me after the first two shots because of poor quality control. It had nothing to do with anything I did, the only "failure" was on behalf of the manufacture. Speaking of failures, this thread seems to be heading that way.
 
It is simply the ultimate defensive system for the home which anyone can operate. No firearms owner is complete without one plus its a stylish addition.
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Captainobvious has no grasp of the obvious... that his opinion is just that, an opinion, and is not necessarily shared by others. I feel totally complete without a single revolver in the house, thank you very much
 
I have read op-ed pieces whereby the author argues that every American Citizen should be "morally" obligated to CCW (not necessarily a revolver, just a handgun of some sort). The point being that if we are all in a public facility that comes under fire (similar to McDonalds or some other business that has experienced serial massacres in the past for example) we can protect innocent human-life which according to their argument renders this to be our "religious" duty. That is different, however, than the OP position I believe...?

-Cheers
 
How About Voting First

I am not against some government mandates like liability auto insurance. That is a case where your actions can adversely affect another's ability to support his/her family or live their life as they see fit. But before we start something like requiring the purchase of firearms, the only thing that should be compulsory is the action of voting. Nuff said.
 
I was serious about the Sig, which was a P225. It had a failure of some sort that I was unable to deal with on the spot at the range. However, I did not take that to be a characteristic of automatics in general nor of Sigs in particular. I've also had a failure of sorts with a revolver, which was in this case a S&W Model 29. That was in my I-wanna-be-like-Elmer Keith days. This revolver had been amateurized a little and the cylinder gap was tight. After about one cylinder full of shooting, it because impossible to turn the cylinder. The timing may have been off enough to cause excessive leading but that was a while ago. Partly because of that and also for other reasons, I do not think firearms should be altered from the way they come from the manufacturer. Now and then I thought handloading was also a bad idea but it is really an activity in itself that justifies shooting, which is the opposite of the way it's supposed to be, I know.

There was a time and a place when every male citizen had to own a revolver. Only it wasn't in this country. If memory serves, it was in Montenegro before WWI. The revolver had to be one of those large bore Belgiun made revolvers. Something interesting to run down. It didn't help make the Balkans peaceful, however.

Being a citizen is supposed to mean having civic obligations or public duties. If you're rich, it's sometimes called noblisse oblige, or something like that. You know, to serve on juries, pay your taxes, stop when you seen someone in trouble or who has been injured, vote, and so on. You even are supposed to do some of those things if you aren't a citizen and sometimes, even if you don't even live there.

By the way, if we buy this here revolver, what are we supposed to do next?
 
You guys are sounding a bit too complex. What are you supposed to do with it? You go down to the range and shoot it. Next you take it home, shine it up, admire it and feel proud to own one. Revolvers are a big part of American history.
 
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