Does anyone seriously want to go back to 1926?

[gejohnston]

by repealing all federal gun laws including the very limited "mailing of pistols act" that Harding signed? We have all seen the hyperbole about "complete deregulation". I find the "you are an extremist if you don't want it my way" kind of a debate stopper.

[rrneck]

1. Nah. nt

[holdencaufield]

2. Yes ...

I want to make a fortune off of prohibition, discover Greta Garbo, invent television and PEZ dispensers.

[Trunk Monkey]

4. All we need is a DeLorean and some plutonium NT

[holdencaufield]

5. Where we're going ...

... we don't need ROADS.

But, in my hurry to post, I neglected to list the most important reason to go back to 1928.

I will go to Germany and do whatever I can to make sure Hitler gets accepted into Art School.

[gejohnston]

6. or have the first

vehicular homicide with a DeLorean if he doesn't.

[oneshooter]

9. Do you think you could bring me back a commercial Luger?

with the stock/holster, 30 rd snail drum, and that 3 position safety?

I would gladly give you the $30 that it would cost.

[holdencaufield]

10. Unfortunately ...

... Jews were forbidden to buy or own firearms in Germany at the time.

So, there's that.

[gejohnston]

11. Even in 1928?

I'll go with you and we can B & E a gun store and be back in the 21st century before the polizi shows up.

[holdencaufield]

12. Maybe not '28

But, seriously -- why a Luger? The single most un-reliable military handgun ever produced (luckily for some of my relatives).

Of course, the Luger has a coolness factor that cannot be denied, but if you're going for cool, might I suggest the Mauser C96 "Broomhandle". Just as cool and much more reliable.

[gejohnston]

13. Partly the historical and collector or historical factor

but I always thought they were cool. The Swiss used them until the 1970s.

[holdencaufield]

14. I wonder ...

... how many C96's are out there.



I'm sure they are more rare than Lugers

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

15. In my best Australian accent...

...'at's not a pistol, this here's a pistol.

[holdencaufield]

16. Ah .... "Death Wish 3"

If I'm not mistaken that is Charles Bronson's weapon from that movie.

[GreenStormCloud]

22. Which "Death Wish" movie?

There were five in the series. In the first one he was given a .32 revolver. In the second he has what appears to be a couple of 9mm. I don't really remember what he had in the next three.

I liked the first two, the next three were poor.

[holdencaufield]

23. The Wildey .475 is a unique-looking weapon ...

... so it figured prominently in "Death Wish 3"

Originally designed to be a "hunting pistol ". It is a genuinely unique handgun, with a rotating bolt gas-blowback system (similar to an AK), interchangeable barrels (up to a ridiculous 18&quot , and an odd caliber (modified .45 magnum) designed to get .44 magnum muzzle velocity from a .45 cartridge.

[GreenStormCloud]

28. I saw DW3 at the theater in1985 and not since.

After enjoying the first two I was really disappointed in 3. So I don't remember the guns, except that on WWII veteran had an air-cooled variant of the M1919 machine gun. Probably an M1919A4.

Just looked it up on IMDB, and that gun is prominent in the poster art.

[gejohnston]

17. I have seen a few DWM

Lugers, but not one C96 lately. I found a .45ACP luger made by Mauser from the 1970s. Still out of my price and practicality range.
Just the ones made by Mauser or all of the copies? I don't think anyone really knows. Harrison Ford waved around a modified one playing Han Solo.

[holdencaufield]

18. See!

How cool does a gun get if Han Solo had one?!

Almost as cool as this ...

[GreenStormCloud]

26. My favorite scene from the series:

[holdencaufield]

27. There is a special circle of Hell ...

... reserved for the person who cancelled "Firefly"

The "Special Hell" as Shepard Book with say.

[GreenStormCloud]

29. I have the entire series on DVD plus "Serenity"

Morena Baccarin as Inara Serra is one of the most beautiful women on TV.

[holdencaufield]

30. Blu-Ray here ...

... she's even more beautiful in 1080P. She looks so good in "Firefly" I was almost disappointed to see her in "Homeland".

The best part about that show is the dialogue. One of the best-written TV shows ever.

[holdencaufield]

25. Original C96's

Can be found in good condition for $4,000 to 5,000. Over a million were made, in various calibers, however most of the later ones were made in China and quality is "inconsistent" at best.

[era veteran]

31. Walther P38

Much better than the Luger.

[holdencaufield]

32. You'll get no argument from me ...

... but it wasn't produced until 1938 -- we were discussing time-travel to 1928.

Of course, the finest handgun produced pre-1928 (in my humble opinion) was the Colt 1911. The gold-standard for semi-automatic handguns.

[era veteran]

33. It was about time travel, LOL

I am carrying a brand new, surplus P1/P38 so I'm a bit prejudiced.
I carried a 1911 for 4 years tanking. The best ever. No argument.

[oneshooter]

36. Because the last commercial 3switch luger sold for over $50,000 used.

A new unfired one could easily triple the price.

[Trunk Monkey]

21. I thought Hitler graduated from art school NT.

[holdencaufield]

24. The story goes ...

... that Hitler applied to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in October 1907 and failed his entrance exam.

We can only speculate how World History would have played out had he become a mediocre artist instead of Der Fuhrer.

[GreenStormCloud]

34. May have been worse.

The Nazis likely would have still come to power, but with someone who would not interfer with his Generals. If Hitler had left his generals alone to act as general he may have won WWII.

Alternate history is a fertile field for science fiction. Do you read any Harry Turtledove?

[Trunk Monkey]

38. Meant to get back to you on this and forgot.

I remember reading a book about Hitler in Middle School that said that on the night of his graduation he got drunk and in a black out used his diploma as toilet paper and sent it back to the school.

The story goes that he woke up the next morning, didn't remember the event, couldn't find the diploma and went back to the school to ask for a copy. The school, of course, refused to give him one.

I don't remember what he was graduating from but I always assumed it was art school

[Llewlladdwr]

3. Yes.

It's my sincere belief that all current Federal firearms laws are unconstitutional.

[gejohnston]

7. Other than one,

I'll take that as a group "no, we don't think little Johnny can use Mom's credit card, or Google wallet, to order an FN P-90 from Amazon."
I didn't know these guys were still in business
http://delorean.com/

[holdencaufield]

8. Demand for DeLoreans

plummeted when people found out the Flux Capacitor and Mr Fusion were expensive options.

[oneshooter]

37. Not to mention the production delays!

[SheilaT]

19. I realize this is intended to be about guns,

but really, when I saw the headline my first thought was, Not a bad idea. Get into the stock market for about a year or so, sell everything, and then in October of 1929 short everything in sight.

[holdencaufield]

20. I'm pretty sure ...

... that would be a violation of Time Enforcement Commission rules and regulations concerning the illicit use of time travel ... do you want Claude Van Damme all over you?

[jeepnstein]

35. We still have Prohibition.

Sure, we've changed the substance but the results are predictably bloody and violent.