gun sales boom because of Obama

[gambit]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/...gun_sales#full
http://www.dailyinterlake.com/articl...ana/news01.txt

And people said Obama would be bad for the economy!

[chuck]

Stewart Wallin, owner of Get Some Guns in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray, Utah, said he sold nine assault weapons the day after Obama was elected. That same day, the gun store Cheaper Than Dirt! in Fort Worth, Texas, sold $101,000 worth of merchandise, shattering its single-day sales record, store owner DeWayne Irwin said.

Outstanding marketing!

[IsiliRunite]

break 'em off somethin', break 'em off somethin', break 'em off somethin'

[gambit]

Gun sellers are loving Obama right now.

[cacophony]

let them spend their money. it makes them feel empowered but we all know they're just chickenshits who will talk big on the shooting range and then stash the guns in their lockers when they get home. so it goes.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Originally Posted by cacophony

...stash the guns in their lockers when they get home. so it goes.

As should always be done.

[kagenaki koe]

from what i hear, gun lovers have been fearful of Obama's right to bear arms stance. some of them think that Obama will put a heavy tax on gun sales etc (and this is an exact quote: "making ammo hard to obtain").

they're just loading up on supplies before The End Of Days.

[IsiliRunite]

Originally Posted by cacophony

let them spend their money. it makes them feel empowered but we all know they're just chickenshits who will talk big on the shooting range and then stash the guns in their lockers when they get home. so it goes.

Riiight. I think the nation might be a little more diverse than your self-serving generalizations would lead you to believe.

Why shouldn't taking precautions to preserve you, your kin, and property be empowering? Would you rather the government keep you safe (from itself)?

Just because the 2nd amendment may stand outside your personal prejudices about society, government, and violence... limited foresight does not render any part of the constitution inappropriate or those who exercise their rights "chickenshits".

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by IsiliRunite

Would you rather the government keep you safe (from itself)?

Waco notwithstanding, I think that is a bit of a scary reason why one would want to keep a gun - the implication here is that the government are gonna getcha, unless I am reading this completely wrong. I thought all that stuff disappeared after 9/11 and now it was muslims who were gonna getcha (if one was of that paranoid frame of mind in the first place, that is.)

Maybe the reason why people are buying more guns is because the right-wing gun-nut branch of the Repubs has bought into the claptrap about Obama being The Beast and his election being the end of civilisation as they know it? Or maybe a more feral, purely racist view that they won't be safe with an African-American in power?

I really don't want to wade into the guns vs no guns debate because I can see it turning into 25 pages of increasingly polarised views. But I am not surprised that this has happened, given the complete rubbish that was being spouted by some real wingnuts over there about what an Obama win would mean .

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Originally Posted by IsiliRunite

Would you rather the government keep you safe (from itself)?

Just because the 2nd amendment may stand outside your personal prejudices about society, government, and violence... limited foresight does not render any part of the constitution inappropriate or those who exercise their rights "chickenshits".

our favourite resident marine's take on this issue is pretty enlightening. if you're against the government, then you and your 'militia' will have to get past the likes of sarcasmo and co - and they are way better-equipped to wipe you away than you are to have a go at them. if, however, the marines were of the opinion not be alongside the government; then you wouldn't be needing your guns anyway. either way; it's a nonsense excuse that's out of date.

there's also the fact that guns invariably end up killing people who aren't the scary government or even burglars - i mean; an 8 year-old killed his father today - that's fucking barking mad! your society ends up with stories like the young kid whose father took him to a shooting fair - he ended up taking his own head off and the father was 'surprised'. stupid, maybe; but if people who give uzi's to young children are 'surprised' when they end up dead, then maybe your society should be asking itself some questions?

and if you think that calling gun-owners out for their approach to shooting off their weapons as opposed to their mouths; just look at any forum where they gather...