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As much as I would have liked to see tighter requirements on rifle and ammo sales, at least the majority have been disbursed to the public. We'd all have been crying if those requirements ended up getting thousands of Garands shredded by some A-hole politician who managed to halt sales. Do I dislike the clowns who buy purely to profit, yes. but at least the rifles are out of the governments reach for the most part.
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Yeah. The idea of having one garand in a lifetime never did not sound good to me. Thank the Lord I found out about the CMP in 1999. I have bought ten from the CMP since 2000 and have never sold any of them. Could I sell a few at a substantial return on my money? Yes of course. However I am blessed to own every one of them and when they throw dirt in my face for the long nap the guns will be in the hands of a bunch of young guys who will enjoy them as much as I have in the past and will after the Afghan war. ...and the young dudes will get every one of them for free.
Mtlucas0311 is right. The guns are in the correct hands, our hands, and not the government shredder.
Culpeper1."If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." - Rene Descartes
2. "The Right to Buy Weapons is the Right to be Free" From The Weapon Shop by A. E. van VogtComment
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CMP was never supposed to be about "collectors", it was supposed to promote rifle practice. Years ago the old DCM would only sell one of each type available to a person. I belonged to a local range/club few years back and we never got didally from CMP for our youth program. Had to purchase the 'white box' 22 ammo from them, same price anyone paid. It has become a fraud as far as 'promoting rifle practice', has been since they started selling M1's in unlimited numbers to "collectors", not to mention dealers. Oh yeh, you had to sign a form saying 'not for resale' but those were given out with a 'wink-wink'!You can never go home again.Comment
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We all knew the day would come when CMP would run out of Garands. There was always a finite quantity to be had, and now they are pretty much gone. Yes, it a good thing that the rifles are in the hands of shooters/collectors. Hopefully, CMP will continue to function as a support for matches and such.USMC 1969-1993 6333/8153/9999
USMC Combat Pistol & Shotgun Instructor
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What is the CMP fraudulent of?"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. UllmanComment
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Go back and read what I said, pretty clear what I meant!!You can never go home again.Comment
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Amen!Comment
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They changed their sales policies to get the rifles out before the politics got bad. Privatization dictated that they pack the endowment while they could.
That's not fraud.
They still run the matches.
PDLast edited by PeteDavis; 03-14-2015, 04:50.Comment
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I did, and the only conclusion I can come to is that you do not understand the mission of the CMP.
The mission of the Civilian Marksmanship Program is to Promote Firearm Safety and Marksmanship Training With an Emphasis on Youth. Our Vision is That Every Youth in America Has the Opportunity to Participate in Firearm Safety and Marksmanship Programs.
The CMP could not generate enough money to fund all thier programs if they limited sales to one per customer. Thier present policy is not intended to put M1 Garands into civilian hands to be used to shoot. Thier youth training program teaches kids way to young and small to shoot a Garand. Thier policy is to sell these rifles to generate the funds necessary to teach these youths. Our CMP affiliated club has eight or nine Garands they bought from the DCM years ago. I don't think they have been out of the safe in the last ten years, but during that time our youth program has taught hundreds of kids gun safety and shooting skills using 22's. No fraud, just good business sense, and thier programs have been successful in accomplishing thier mission.Comment
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