Snooze Button Ronin

I had a wonderful time at day one of January’s local gun show. This particular show was located on the state fair grounds – my preferred local site. The Illinois state fair grounds has many advantages over the local convention centers and hotels; two of which are highly important and worthy of special attention.

• It’s located very near the route I travel between home and work.
• No municipal sales tax is applied.

There were lots of familiar faces, many familiar tables, and a welcome decrease in extraneous vendors (though the ATF actually set up a table instead of just wandering around). I bring to you though, the highlights of today’s perusal.

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Picked it up at this past weekend’s gun show on a whim.

A .50 BMG is on the list of guns I want to own someday – mostly because bills to ban it keep cropping in up the General Assembly. I figure if they don’t want me to have one, it’s all the more reason to get one.