There is also this pesky group of people trying to ban them all the time....
If the last thing alone isn't enough of an incentive, then I don't know what is.
When the Fed AWB passed, I was one of the first to know due to the MA FIREARMS mailing list. I ran into Four Seasons, Collectors Coin Gallery and AAA Police supply and bought hi cap mags for guns I didn't own but wanted in the future. It turned out to be a very good decision.
Because of threats to ban mags and hopes that pre-ban (for the next ban) will be allowed.
Because idiot AGs threaten dealers who sell to MA so buying "when I need it" is very difficult, thus if traveling or you see a deal, you snap it up.
I wish I could find more mags.
Finding reasonably priced, lawful capacity mags for my pistol is damn near impossible
I also don't think there is such a thing as "too many mags" nor have I ever seen them lose value over the years.
Hell, if I could get pre-ban HK USP 40 mags for less than 50 bucks a pop from the few MA stores that might actually have them, I'd have at least 10. Even finding them at $50 can be a challenge.
For the most part, it's what these folks said.
I used to live in MA, and I remember the agony I had to go through to find pre-ban mags for guns I owned. If you don't care about price, condition or other features (capacity, finish of the metal, OEM vs. after market, etc.) then you can probably find whatever you need in MA. If you want something to operate in your gun reliably enough to trust your life to, you need to be picky.
I was a wee lad when the 94 AWB passed, but I remember the frustration of older family members who were stuck with some arbitrary limit. From everything I've read and heard about those years for US gun owners, it was very likely that you were stuck with whatever you had.
I watched several videos of the LA riots, and tried to imagine myself facing a crowd of violent looters with not nearly enough immediately available ammo.
I survived the New England ice storm where we were out of power for more than a week, knowing help was far off but the people kicking in doors to rob weren't.
I read many accounts on internet forums of people who survived southern hurricanes, one in particular that I still remember. The guy spent a month and a half living in a tent in his front yard after Katrina, with a hunting shotgun and 1/2 a box of shells. He did a great job conveying the sickening feeling he had as he saw just how helpless he would really be if any of the roaming gangs wanted to have their way with him & his family. In his area it was so bad that the cops weren't patrolling at night, but lots of other people were.
In the hundreds of OIS videos I've seen, post-shooting debriefings/reviews I've read, and candid conversations I've had with BTDT gunfighters, I have never found an instance where someone said "I shouldn't have had those extra magazines." I have read and heard of several where what they had wasn't enough. I recently heard someone say "The guy who carries 6 or 7 mags probably ran out of ammo once, and decided that he never wanted to know that feeling again."
Oh, and I moved out of Mass. to a state where "high capacity" means the magazine doesn't fit flush with the mag well.
So defensive for such a simple question...perhaps we have some SHORTcomings elsewhere we're trying to make up for?
Thank you Sarah Brady.
damn I left the door open
Actually, that's a picture of one of the safes of an NES forum member.