If you could go back in time....when/where?

I would go back to the early 90s to invest every dime I had in starbucks and Apple computers.... that would dodge the problem I have now of still not having every gun I want... damn money
 
May 10, 1968.
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OK, I give up... why?

Oh yeah, my answer, assuming it's gun-related and I can change history:

I'd go back to 10am, August 1st, 1968, at the University of Texas administration building and try to stop Charles Whitman.

If there had been no tower shootings, perhaps Kip Kinkel, Eric Harris, Dylan Klebold, John Allen Muhammad, Lee Boyd Malvo, Seung-Hui Cho, and many others would have found a way to vent their frustrations without giving the 2A and RKBA such a bad name. :mad:
 
Back to the day of low-priced 1911s, Krags, '03s, 30 carbines ....... and the $$$$ and sense to take advantage of the situation. (Yes, sense.)
 
As a white male this time machine idea is great. Because no matter what time I go back to, I know things will be alright for me. :D (Louis CK, anyone?)

I'd head on back to the late 1890s. Maybe charge up San Juan Hill behind Colonel Roosevelt. Then head out west to make a living for myself, and save up to buy one of those brand new S&W K-frame revolvers.
 
Young.Gun said:
Hispaniola, November 1492 with enough guns and ammunition to hold off the invading Spaniards.
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How about a single Navy SEAL & spotter with an M107A1 & ample Mk211 rounds? They could probably keep the entire armada out of a port.

Like any evolutionary or revolutionary mismatch of weapons technology, imagine the power imbalance, and resulting political changes that could have happened in all the examples noted above... or actually have happened... such as the gun based event of August 6, 1945.
 
feb. 1836 at the battle of the alamo, but of course i'd like to have showed up up with 100 newly invented HENRY RIFLES AND 4 OR 5 Thousand rounds of ammo, might have rewrote history.
 
1800s spain to tell the first forbear of my name that his family turned out all right in spite of he being exiled for being jewish.

1900s nicaragua to kick the crap out of my greatgrandfather and warn him to leave my grandfather alone.

Old west,cuz i just love it. Maybe bring some ar's to give elfigo diaz a hand. ;)

1920s Shanghai to get self-defense lessons from Fairbairn himself.

Biblical era Israel to see Jesus.

January 2000 to tell younger me to go into the trades or join the military (or at least try).
 
Well goodness, wouldn’t a time machine be just awfully useful.

1. Stop the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and prevent World War One.
2. Eliminate Hitler (might not even be necessary if #1 worked out).
3. Head over to Dealey Plaza November 22, 1963. (Or maybe not, that place would be really, REALLY crowded!)
4. Get my investments in order.
5. Avoid a fender bender in the parking lot.
6. Prevent every broken bone, stubbed toe, scratch or burn I’ve ever had.
7. Find anything I’ve ever lost.
8. Take care of that really bad haircut I got in ’78.

There are no end of uses for a time machine.

However, unfortunately time travel is impossible.

Classified DARPA project code named ‘Project Purple’ run by the University of Minnesota immediately after Sunday January 14, 2001 provided circumstantial but convincing evidence that time travel is not possible.

A complete and thorough canvassing of all the sports bars in the St. Paul/Minneapolis area revealed not one single instance of ANYONE loudly offering, “I’ll give ya’ the Vikings and 40 points!”

Doubt me? Call up the U of M, ask them about DARPA ‘Project Purple’ and they will deny it even exists!
 
What would I like? Well, being the kind of person I am, I'd make a couple of stops....

(Don't know exact years, but I'll try anyway...)

1. First stop would be a year where I could purchase about three actual civilian production Walker Colts.

2. Next stop would be around 1909, and I would pay a visit to Herr Georg Luger. I would buy a few nice, minty Luger pistols and carbines.

3. Then, it's back to the US, in the 20's. I'd purchase some nice blued Colt-manufactured Thompsons, with a stack of L and C drums.

4. While I'm at it, some Single Action Army revolvers would be a good investment.

But if I could, I probably would go back to the year 1855, and stake a VERY large piece of property around Virginia City, Nevada. I'd take along some people with a background in mining and engineering as well. ;)
 
Hispaniola, November 1492 with enough guns and ammunition to hold off the invading Spaniards.
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As someone with a substantial amount of native blood in my veins, I'd have to say this one appeals to me the most so far. But then, we wouldn't have guns would we?

But I'd still rather be here and now ;)
 
May 10, 1968? The Paris Massacre? Or was that '66? I'm too lazy to Google.

Oh, let's see... Berlin, 1945 to see if my middle school history teacher Mr. Pitchford actually killed Hitler with his pocket knife like he always said:rolleyes:.

The Alamo, 1836 with my M1A and plenty of ammo to see how well the Mexican Army functioned without Santa Anna and several of his top generals.

Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, with a super carrier full of F-18 Super Hornets and about fifty revolving Vulcan cannons mounted on the deck...

With my imagination this could go on for awhile!
 
First, I'd take my trusty Ruger P-90 and go to the year 1920. From there, go find Adolph Hitler and promptly remove him from the gene pool, long before he had a chance to inflict his vile machinations upon the world. Next, to Miami, April 1, 1986. I'd do all I could to convince the FBI that Platt and Matix would better taken with an entire S.W.A.T. team.
 
Some time just before july 4 1776to shake the hands of the founding fathers and celebrate the birth of our country and tell the founding fathers to write some were in the constitution that any gun control is against the constitution.
 
Surplus Shooter beat me to it,,,

I want to travel back in time and have a small say in re-wording the language of the 2nd Amendment.

Aarond

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