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Cheesebeast Member Team Member Joined: May 2003  NH, USA Posts: 7556 Feedback: 0% (0)	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:46:16 PM THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT Greetings, The press loves to say someone had "an arsenal". They usually are stories where someone misbehaved and their firearms end up on display on a folding table. Is there a fixed number? Is it more than two? Greater than 25? 100?
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E-Mag Member Team Member Joined: Nov 2008  MN, USA Posts: 9726 Feedback: 100% (4) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:47:20 PM [Last Edit: 8/9/2012 1:49:41 PM by E-Mag] It seems like 3 sometimes and over a few hundred rounds of ammo EDIT now that I think about it that might be a cashe
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DaveE111 Member Joined: Jul 2009  GA, USA Posts: 378 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:47:22 PM It is always one more than I have.
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MACD Member Team Member Joined: Jun 2006  TX, USA Posts: 16973 Feedback: 100% (40) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:47:57 PM None. An arsenal is a place where weapons are manufactured or serviced.
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UKjohn 16/4/12 Team Member Joined: Aug 2007  GBR Posts: 9924 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:48:03 PM 87 ?
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johnnypantz 24/365FTSO! charter member Team Member Joined: Dec 2010  GEO Posts: 19215 Feedback: 100% (5) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:48:31 PM as soon as you have anything with a pistol grip, rail sections, light or shoulder thing that goes up, then you have an arsenal
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semgin Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives... MMMM Team Member Joined: Feb 2008  TX, USA Posts: 1596 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:48:52 PM Arsenal= Somewhere between your wife bitching about too many guns and a military armory! FTW
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Mall-Ninja ........"BANG"........ Team Member Joined: Dec 2003  CA, USA Posts: 16819 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:49:27 PM Im going to go with 3. People only have 2 hands, so a third gun, you could arm someone else. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile
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VBC Delighted Team Member Joined: Feb 2005  VA, USA Posts: 20311 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:52:27 PM The more the merrier, but I think you start getting arsenally around 15. I'm talking about long guns.
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Ohio_Bill Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2009  OH, USA Posts: 4509 Feedback: 100% (2) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:54:31 PM Anything more than 1 gun and a partial box of ammo is an arsenal, according to the popular press. No extra mags allowed either.
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AR-10 Eye don't know. Team Member Joined: Nov 2001  IA, USA Posts: 10231 Feedback: 100% (6) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:55:09 PM First post, and all that jazz. Two. Two firearms is an "arsenal". Any amount of ammunition is too much, and is evidence of mental instability. You buy a box when hunting season comes around. That is all you need.
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ceverett Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2008  ID, USA Posts: 10589 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:57:53 PM 5. After that the liberals run out of fingers to count on, so they just say "arsenal" You would think they would use the other hand, but that's too advanced for them.
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JeepCommando401 Member Joined: Nov 2010  ISR Posts: 2045 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 1:58:44 PM Originally Posted By UKjohn: 87 ? SEALS???
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Thayes66 Member Joined: Jan 2007  VA, USA Posts: 178 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:06:02 PM Once the police come into your home every firearm becomes and assualt weapon and part of a large arsenal and ammunition stockpile. Numbers are irrelevant
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M4-AK Member Team Member Joined: Apr 2001  FL, USA Posts: 15885 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:07:29 PM 2 boxes of ammo.
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turbowarp Member Team Member Joined: Nov 2010  TX, USA Posts: 907 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:08:42 PM More than 2 firearms and with over 25 rounds of ammunition makes up an arsenal.
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hoodonit00 Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2005  PA, USA Posts: 6235 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:12:11 PM I'm sure I'm not the first. 1!!!
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Taboot Bronzed Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2008  CT, USA Posts: 12502 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:12:55 PM In Connecticut, 1 is a weapons cache, 2 is an arsenal, 3 or more and you're described as being "ready for a war".
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freeride21a Desktop Managment Team Member Joined: Mar 2002  AZ, USA Posts: 10095 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:13:09 PM and a brick of 22!
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Strykewolf Member Joined: Mar 2009  AK, USA Posts: 23928 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:13:34 PM Anything over 5.
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rod727 corruptisima re publica plurimae leges Team Member Joined: Sep 2007  OH, USA Posts: 3548 Feedback: 100% (4) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:14:03 PM Originally Posted By turbowarp: More than 2 firearms and with over 25 rounds of ammunition makes up an arsenal. a load out constitutes carrying an arsenal.....
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Bhart89 Size 14 Carbon Footprint Team Member Joined: Jun 2002  LA, USA Posts: 12281 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:14:26 PM 1 if you have the tools to assemble it.
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TexasOutdoorsman Member Joined: May 2012  TX, USA Posts: 139 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:15:36 PM i had always heard it was 11.....but that wasn't an option so i voted 15....
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wikileaks Member Joined: Jul 2012  USA Posts: 61 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:20:48 PM In my mind when I read "arsenal" in the media I figure at minimum the person had 3 guns. In my mind a "small arsenal" would require at least 26 Battle rifles and 26 sidearms, along with around 15k rounds of ammo. In my mind if you cant outfit a platoon its at best a starters collection
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TeeRex Aspiring Stamp Collector Team Member Joined: Oct 2009  OH, USA Posts: 6944 Feedback: 100% (2) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:22:44 PM In the eyes of the media I'd say about 3, and more than 2 rounds per gun.
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TAP There's always free cheese in a mousetrap Team Member Joined: Jan 2008  VA, USA Posts: 3352 Feedback: 100% (8) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:23:36 PM It's however many YOU own when they want to portray you as a nutjob...
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Skibane Brown Marmorated Stinkbug Team Member Joined: Aug 2001  TX, USA Posts: 27343 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:23:58 PM Could be as few as one...
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smaddox Economic Darwinist Life Member Joined: Oct 2007  AL, USA Posts: 2793 Feedback: 100% (12) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:24:24 PM I guess it is subjective. 15 muzzle loaders are a lot different than 15 class 3 weapons.
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Gas-Operated Member Joined: May 2005  OH, USA Posts: 83 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:24:56 PM Originally Posted By MACD: None. An arsenal is a place where weapons are manufactured or serviced. The only correct answer.
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BM-ARM-DPMS-guns Member Team Member Joined: Jun 2004  NH, USA Posts: 1669 Feedback: 100% (2) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:25:35 PM Sometimes you have to go to battle with the arsenal you have, not the one you want.
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MotorMouth Highly evolved idiot Team Member Joined: Oct 2008  OH, USA Posts: 13549 Feedback: 100% (12) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:26:43 PM According to the MSM, based on what I see, if you have more than one gun or more rounds than will fit in one gun, you have an arsenal.
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Brohawk Dilettante-At-Large Team Member Joined: Apr 2003  SC, USA Posts: 22111 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:29:08 PM Originally Posted By MACD: None. An arsenal is a place where weapons are manufactured or serviced. This is correct.
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tc556guy Member Team Member Joined: Dec 2004  NY, USA Posts: 46928 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:29:40 PM There is no set number.
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Brohawk Dilettante-At-Large Team Member Joined: Apr 2003  SC, USA Posts: 22112 Feedback: 100% (3) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:30:19 PM Doesn't apply to me anyway, sicne firearms frighten me.
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hooligan223 Member Joined: Sep 2008  NC, USA Posts: 4209 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:31:12 PM Originally Posted By E-Mag: It seems like 3 sometimes and over a few hundred rounds of ammo EDIT now that I think about it that might be a cashe This.
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hoodonit00 Member Team Member Joined: Jul 2005  PA, USA Posts: 6236 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:32:19 PM Originally Posted By Gas-Operated: Originally Posted By MACD: None. An arsenal is a place where weapons are manufactured or serviced. The only correct answer. Really? Arsenal also means stock of weapons.
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TrojanMan Five foot, two, eyes of blue! Team Member Joined: May 2007  MD, USA Posts: 15164 Feedback: 100% (7) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:35:36 PM [Last Edit: 8/9/2012 2:36:25 PM by TrojanMan] 1 = assault weapon 2 = multiple assault weapons 3-4 = cache of assault weapons 5-8 = arsenal " " " 9-14 = stockpile " " " 15+ = massive stockpile " " "
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DixieAlpha929 Member Team Member Joined: Sep 2009  NC, USA Posts: 433 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:36:04 PM If you have an assault rifle, high capacity clips and/or high powered armor piercing ammo then you have an arsenal.
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callgood The babnanas or your brains will be on this table Team Member Joined: Oct 2004  AL, USA Posts: 31467 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:37:20 PM It helps if some of them look scary.
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midmo Member Team Member Joined: Sep 2009  MO, USA Posts: 2510 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:39:53 PM Originally Posted By AR-10: First post, and all that jazz. Two. Two firearms is an "arsenal". Any amount of ammunition is too much, and is evidence of mental instability. You buy a box round when hunting season comes around. That is all you need. FIFY
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Thurman_Murman_74 Member Team Member Joined: Sep 2006  NH, USA Posts: 772 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:40:20 PM Originally Posted By MACD: None. An arsenal is a place where weapons are manufactured or serviced. This
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Posted: 8/9/2012 2:43:02 PM Originally Posted By wikileaks: In my mind when I read "arsenal" in the media I figure at minimum the person had 3 guns. In my mind a "small arsenal" would require at least 26 Battle rifles and 26 sidearms, along with around 15k rounds of ammo. In my mind if you cant outfit a platoon its at best a starters collection Please that’s not even a full arms room, an arsenal is a place were weapons are manufactured or serviced. 500 guns would be the extreme low end of the number on hand at an arsenal An arsenal would have all the machinery to manufacture and refurbish, as well as thousands of parts. ARFCOM wet dream times 1000 = arsenal.

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KiowaCreekRaider Member Team Member Joined: Jan 2010  TX, USA Posts: 2741 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:46:23 PM I personally didn't feel like I had an arsenal til I passed 3 figures. Now I'm down to a 22 and a 38, what with the boating accident and all
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NickOfTime Member Joined: Nov 2007  USA Posts: 1874 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:49:07 PM Depends who you talk to. A lib, any number greater than one. An Arfcommer, Springfield Armory. YMMV...
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gearjammer351 The Ayatollah of rock-n-rollah Team Member Joined: Sep 2010  TX, USA Posts: 8984 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 2:50:45 PM One more gun than Sarah Brady owns = an arsenal.
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Gone_Shootin CAPATALIST Team Member Joined: Jun 2007  IA, USA Posts: 11364 Feedback: 100% (1) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 3:02:35 PM I'm sure some reporters think that someone who only has a Daisy BB gun has an arsenal.
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hkmp5s Member Team Member Joined: Mar 2008  TX, USA Posts: 3920 Feedback: 100% (2) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 3:16:30 PM To me an arsenal would be 10 or more of the exact same type of weapon with at least 25,000 rounds for said rifles. Everything else is a collection. Nothing wrong with a private citizen having either.
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J75player Peace through superior shot placment Team Member Joined: Dec 2005  MN, USA Posts: 3519 Feedback: 0% (0) Link To This Post	Posted: 8/9/2012 3:16:43 PM Originally Posted By MACD: None. An arsenal is a place where weapons are manufactured or serviced. you dont do that at home?
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