Taurus .380 ACP
My friend Kathleen over at RightWingSparkle went gun shopping today. One of her commenters smartly notes:
It’s hilarious how now more people will have guns than ever after Obama is elected.
The irony is that Obama will be the most anti-gun President ever.
He not only supported gun bans while he was an Illinois state senator, he also supported prosecuting acts of self-defense by law-abiding Illinois citizens.
He’s made it very clear that he wants to ban all semi-automatic handguns and rifles. That’s the majority of handguns owned in America.
Much as Wall Street has reacted to the looming Obama Presidency (most anti-capitalism and free markets President ever), American citizens are reacting ahead of the anti-gun Obama Presidency by buying guns and ammo in record amounts.
As Kathleen noted about a gun show last week in my hometown of Conroe:
The guy who helped me said the gun show in Conroe last weekend was so packed that you were shoulder to shoulder with people as you tried to walk through. He said he has never seen anything like it. He said people were buying ammo by the cases.
I can’t imagine why that is…….*snort*
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MORE stories on the people reacting to the most anti-gun President ever (h/t to Ride Fast & Shoot Straight):
- Chicago Tribune - “Obama Win Triggers Run on Guns” Nov. 12
- Globe and Mail - “Obama Win Spurs U.S. Gun Sales Boom” Nov. 12
- CNN.com - “Gun Sales Surge After Obama’s Election” Nov. 11
- Fox News.com - “Gun Owners Stockpiling Over Fear of Democratic Weapon Bans” Nov. 11
- Anchorage Daily News - “Armed and Nervous in Alaska” Nov. 1
- Kansas City Star - “Election’s Outcome Triggers Record Sales at Gun Shops” Nov. 9
- Associated Press - “Fears of Democrat Crackdown Lead to Gun Sales Boom”
- Reuters - “Obama Win Triggers Run on Guns in Many Stores” Nov. 8
- New York Times - “On Concerns Over Gun Control, Gun Sales Are Up” Nov. 7
- Salt Lake Tribune - “Election Triggers Upsurge in Military-Like Firearms Sales” Nov. 6
- Washington Post - “Gun Sales Thriving in Uncertain Times,” Oct. 27
Every time I’ve visited my neighborhood gun shop, an Academy, or McBride’s Guns in Austin in the last month, the stores have been busier than ever. I try to pick up a couple of boxes of ammo each time, but haven’t gone to buying in cases yet.
Oh to have some extra cash for a pretty new M1…
Left by patrick on November 16th, 2008 at 8:52 pm