In the year 2020

[Mp7]

Hmm.....

1. The US will have overcome it´s 2-party system.
2. The production of ammo will have been outlawed.
3. All americans will work for the chinese.
4. The war in iraq will still be ongoing.


i call that optimisitc pessimism.

 

[Lichter]

In 2020, I'll be kicking myself for not buying a truck load of Garand's when they were cheap.

 

[Cliff47]

I figure that by the year 2020:
1. The anti-gunners are still trying to close the "gun-show loophole"
2. Gun shows are still going strong
3. I'm still shooting the ammunition I laid in for the Y2K disaster that never appeared
4. Ronald Reagan has been cloned, and is on the Republican ticket with a clone of Charlton Heston.

 

[eric.cartman]

1. I'll be 40-yo.
2. Glock will still be sexy in the ugly way.
3. 9mm will still be for sissies.
4. Streets will not run in blood when all 50 states adopt CCW laws.
5. Gecko45 will look like a joke compared to 2nd generation mall-ninjas.
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And the THR mandatory keyboard adapter will zap you with million volts before starting another thread like this

 

[Wopasaurus]

1. Ammo will be so expensive, it will cost $50 for a 550 bulk case of .22's
2. There will be another, more harsh form of AWB, like they won't let you sell them or give them to family
3. Zombies still will not have happened (God I hope I'm wrong about this one)

 

[GEM]

Global warming will have flooded most of the USA, so we will see new threads about whether you can shoot a Glock underwater.

Chelsea will be President with the Capitol in Missouri.

 

[Funderb]

cheese,
do you think the 7.62 vs 5.56 debate will be over?

 

[foghornl]

Senator Ted "Where are my pants, my car, and my pregnant secretary?" Kennedy will still be trying to ban Armor Piercing .30/30 ammunition, and standing next to Sen (up)Chuck Schumer shooting a Tec-9, while Diane Fienstein stands guard and sweeps the crowd with an AK-xx

 

[Darthbauer]

I dont plan on making it that far.

 

[Big45]

This thread while certainly amusing is on the whole rather disheartening. I like to think that 12 years from now it will be more or less about the same. The civilian gun market is huge. Companies are making billions and billions of dollars. I wouldn't expect a radical change in 12 short years. 50 years maybe but not in a decade.

So I'll predict that ammo will be cheaper. Gun ownership will be at all time highs. Shooting sports will take off and become made for tv events. And the battle between pro and anti will be raging as always. I see a positive short term future.

Or...the Fed Gov will outlaw all ownership and there will be a lot of one eyed voting in the 2020 election.

 

[General Geoff]

In 2020, we'll be too busy fighting WWIII with China to care about domestic policy.

 

[Heartless_Conservative]

In 2020, we'll be too busy fighting WWIII with China to care about domestic policy.

I'm not sure a nation that relies on the US for markets is gonna go for a war with us. I'm thinking it'll be more along the lines of the proxies wars we had with the Soviets.

 

[HatFried]

I predict that by 2020:

1. I'll be in my 40's;
2. My business will expand to evil WalMart proportions ;
3. The next big step in firearms development should occur (I've noticed it happens once every 100 years or so);
4. The debates over what's better the old arms or the new will still be around;
5. We'll get results on the longitivity of polymer weapons.

 

[Scanr]

What a bunch of pessimists!

I agree, the SCOUS is going our way on Heller, there will be more suits coming. Gun bans will be overturned one after the other.

 

[SuperNaut]

 

[.cheese.]

cheese,
do you think the 7.62 vs 5.56 debate will be over?

Depends. 7.62x39 vs 5.56x45 debates will go on forever as AK collectors try to figure out whether they want an AK-47 or an AK-74.

The 7.62x51 vs 5.56x45 debate will end in the year 2015 when ATK introduces the .244 Federal Magnum, which outperforms both cartridges. It has .338 Lapua Magnum ballistics with .223 recoil and utilizes a Kyma-Interstellar-Cold-Kore-Atomic-Super-Strength (AKA: KiCKASS™) bullet designed by Extreme Shock. LMT and FN will both introduce competing rifle platforms chambered for it. Keltec will introduce the first pistol chambered for it at the 2018 Shot & Defensive Electronics Show. It will ship in 2020.

 

[jackstinson]

2020 - not 2040. It was a typo - my mistake.
By 2040, we will have moved to plasma ray guns, all projectile firing guns will be antiques and looked at with curiosity, just as we look at ancient spears. So we'll predict only 12 years into the future.

Hmmm...plasma ray guns in only 12 years? Our military has used the .223 in some form of AR platform since 1964 (4 decades). Doubtful there will be much of a change in a mere 12 years. But you never know.
I don't expect 12 years to bring much change in anything...except increasing oil prices and the domino effect which comes with that.
When I was a kid watching Rocky Jones Space Ranger, I figured we'd at least be on Mars by now....You see how that turned out.
But hey, I'm old and jaded.
Jack

 

[.cheese.]

no - that was 2040 - 32 years away.

 

[IfYouOnlyKnew]

My THR post count will be rapidly approaching 100.

 

[everallm]

The T-Virus and the 28 Days Later "fast zombie" virus will have merged and the 97.25% of all THR threads will be on "what caliber for humans"......


Hey, 69 posts and no zombie thread......

 

[Cosmoline]

I suspect by that time we'll have a new way of moving projectiles. Smokeless powder still dominates, and beacuse of that there can't be any major changes in firearm design. But smokeless has been dominant now since the 1890's so it's high time for a change. Possibly some kind of liquid or gas mixture of greater power with little or no debris.

 

[jackstinson]

no - that was 2040 - 32 years away.

Viable self-contained cartridges have been around about 150 years. Military use of cartridge arms has been around since the Civil War. I'm not sure a paltry 32 more years will have a great impact on that part of firearms technology.
Maybe someone will reintroduce the GyroJet?
Jack

 

[blackcash88]

Kel-Tec and Crossbreed will be outta bidnezz!

 

[physics]

I am not currently making predictions, because I don't have patents yet...

 

[Sato Ord]

4) The 9mm vs .45 debate will have been resolved.

You're much more optimistic than I am. I don't think that debate will ever be settled unless both calibers fade away completely. Even then the debate will rage on in nursing homes across the nation.