Update on my mini-14...or potential mini-14:
My name not being on the wish-list was the result of a clerk with cross-eyes, but their buyers still claimed not to have access to what I want (Stainless/wood.)
We have a mountain lion prowling around again and the animals are acting weird, so I'd really like to get my mini-14 which is, in my opinion, about the best weapon for taking care of one of these creatures if the dogs can tree the thing. More convenient than my elk rifle which is significant over-kill.
So, I put the feelers out to another gun dealer then told the first people that I had done so, but that I would take a blued carbine if they could get one right away. They called back and said that their buyer now all of a sudden has access to over 40 of the items I want. I went to town and paid them and now I have to wait for it to arrive. 1 to 2 weeks for special order guns.
I also noticed in a news search that there were a lot of articles about the evil mini-14 and how, while it looks benign is basically the same thing as the evil AR-15. The strong implication is that they too should be banned. Apparently Anders Brevik was a big fan of the mini-14 and few mainstream media articles fail to mention this.
The fact that the mainstream media, and more generally the tribe which owns most of the media and 'our' government, does not wish me to have a mini-14 is reason enough for me to get one. I'm funny like that. I was also loaned one one time when I was working in Dillingham since there were more bears than humans in town and they actually did try to break into structures from time to time. The day after I was loaned the thing, the lender killed a bear on his porch using a shotgun slug. He hoisted it with his forklift, sawed of it's paws with a chainsaw, then deposited it in the dumpster. I really liked the size and feel of the mini-14 that I was loaned and figured I'd get one someday.