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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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guns, really?
how fast will be your draw with 1000oz of silver on you?
do you expect you'll be the only one with a piece?
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Valued Member
United States
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So since the bad guys are most likely packing you think it's a good idea not to? Sure just sit there and let them shoot you. That's brilliant. I personally don't attach any heavy objects, much less a silver bar to any of my weapons. So they wouldn't slow a draw at all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is not a political forum so please choose your words carefully. The Colt is an antique and may have served our troops in both WWI & WWII. I would never bring it along to buy silver. She's retired. I'd bring my Glock!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
648 Posts |
Interesting topic. Most shows here in Texas have armed police officers on site. As a courtesy, if you make large bullion transactions, they will walk you to your vehicle.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Most shows here in Texas have armed police officers on site. As a courtesy, if you make large bullion transactions, they will walk you to your vehicle. Im actually kind of surprised more stores dont seem to do that. Pretty much every pawn store seems to have them, heck the Ihop has them, yet coin stores could have 100s of thousands of dollars worth of stuff and not so much as a buzz in door |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I regularly see people just walk out of the local dealer with 100s of oz of silver
Lucky, I guess, that nobody feels the need to pack a piece here.
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Valued Member
United States
380 Posts |
Where is that? Narnia? Neverland? Superhappyfuntimesvillage? I would love to live in this magical place with no bad people.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm with you poboxw. Call it Narnia if you want but the places I go have not turned into the wild west yet. I have never felt the need to bring a weapon to a coin store to make a purchase. The day I do is the day I stop collecting.
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02/14/2013 08:18 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My first post of the Colt was meant as a 'tongue in cheek' satirical comment. Relax.
If a person is 'packing' correctly, you'd never know about it until it was too late. With all the customers you see going in and out with pounds of silver/gold how would you know if they were armed or not unless they were only wearing shorts and flip flops? When I (legally) carry a handgun, I don't feel powerful or act differently. Believe it or not, I walk away faster and do everything possible including run away to avoid ANY confrontation. I'm not a vigilante nor am I a tough guy. I will call the police and let them handle the situation. Once you pull a trigger the legal ramifications, lawsuits and paperwork are never worth the headaches and financial losses. However, if it saves my life, it's worth every penny.
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United States
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 I was just shaking the perspective tree.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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If a person is 'packing' correctly, you'd never know about it until it was too late. With all the customers you see going in and out with pounds of silver/gold how would you know if they were armed or not unless they were only wearing shorts and flip flops? When I (legally) carry a handgun, I don't feel powerful or act differently. Exactly, depending where you live guns are all around most people everyday and they just dont know it. Youre more than likely going to be fine making purchases at a coin shop, but just like everything in life there will be some people that do get robbed. For large bars of silver like that you would be safer having a box delivered to your home than walking out of a shop with it carrying it like a baby, but that doesn't mean youre going to get robbed every time or even a large percent of the time walking out of the shop |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@Arctic: Canada (not that there aren't places in the States as safe if not safer, as tpg22 pointed out) Re: If a person is "packing" correctly, you'd never know about it until it was too late.. Exactly. I'm just not confident my skills with a firearm will be enough to deter an armed and determined thief that is packing correctly. Either I won't see it coming or i'll turn into a somebody so paranoid that this happens: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dail...1104507.htmlFor now, keeping my collection locked in the office or bank safes and buying discretely and from safe neighbourhoods will do. Firearms are for zombie apocalypses :) |
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United States
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Firearms are for zombie apocalypses :)
Does this include the RCMP? Please don't turn this thread into personal attacks. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Po thats a good way to look at it. Nothing is ever a fail safe and the best defense is not getting into a situation in the first place. A gun at least gives you a fighting chance if it happens but no one should carry thats not confident or comfortable with it. Being smart about how you buy is the best line of defense  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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You can buy gold and silver bullion in any amount over the counter at the Perth Mint. Although I never saw any armed guards on the premises, they may have been present, but I don't think so. Same applies at every coin show I have ever attended in Australia. I certainly feel less threatened because of this. If they were obvious, I would probably never attend another coin show. It would be so easy to become an innocent victim with a missed shot in an enclosed space. When you are buying off site from the Perth Mint they now ask the buyer lots of intrusive questions. That has come about, because the Perth Mint gold bars have been faked at a very high quality. |
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