[fabsroman]

If I buy the lowers, what will prevent me from buying the rest of the parts for the AR's at a later date? I guess they could outlaw every single part to an AR, but don't you think every current AR owner would be pissed. Then again, maybe they will outlaw the mere possession of an AR, with no grandfather clause, so then I'll have actually have saved money because I'll have to turn in my AR's so I am not a criminal. I cannot risk losing my professional licenses and/or going to jail with a wife and 2 kids. The safe is full of plenty of other guns, including a mini-30, so I am not quite as worried about whether or not I have an AR. I'm just not quite as worried about losing AR's as most people are because I just don't think it is going to happen. Likewise, I'm not like the rest of these people that think everything is going to be fine in a year or two. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely opposed to an assault weapons ban, but if it happens even though I put plenty of effort toward defeating it, then it happens.

I am neither a pessimist nor an optimist. I don't look at the glass as being half full or half empty, but look at the status of the bottle and whether there are any more bottles after that. In essence, I am a big picture, long term, type of guy. There are other things to spend money on right now, like IRA's, 529 plans, and individual stocks and mutual funds outside of retirement accounts.

The bike frame and parts were paid for before September and the thereafter implosion of the economy, and I have just been waiting on getting the handle bars and saddle airbrushed to match the frame. Just like you guys do not understand the expenditure on the bike, neither do the bikes guys understand paying a couple thousand for a gun. Plus, with gas predicted to hit $5 a gallon this summer, imagine how much I can save by riding the bike places. LOL That will be enough to buy a couple AR's.