Posted on 11/12/2008 6:59:16 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
SALINAS, Calif- Gun sales are through the roof all over the nation and the Central Coast is no exception.
Ever since Barack Obama became President Elect many are buying up guns. Worried that the majority of Congress who are Democrats will move forward on restricting firearm ownership.
It's a family tradition for owner Mike Handley he is a fifth generation hunter and has been raised around firearms. His passion inspired him to open up a hunting supply store in Salinas.
Handley reports that sales are up in his store "We defiantly have seen more foot traffic in the store. We have people coming in and purchasing firearms in the past couple of weeks because of the uncertainty and what gun bans Obama may present."
Handley thinks that there is a lot of uncertainty that is causing the firearm buying craze but thinks that gun enthusiast in California do not have much to worry about.
"California has stringent gun laws then the rest of nation already. So I doubt we will have any more gun bans in California because of Obama."
Gun owners who declined to be on camera said that they are worried about their right to bare arms but thinks that it will be a long time before the second amendment is overturned.
Barack Obama's Advisers say that gun legislation is not a high priority right now and that they are focused on the economy.
According to the F.B.I for the week of November 3rd - 9th they recieved over three hundred and seventy thousand request, for background checks on gun buyers. A forty nine percent jump since this same time last year.
Glad I live in a state where you can shoot in short sleeves.
That's all the govt. needs.
No problem. Obama will just tax ammo out of existence.
Yeah your right, the guns are registered, but guess what else, when a law gets passed to take away firearms, there are going to be alot of calls to the local police departments of theft! I know mine will get stolen.
Defiantly......bare arms.....then the rest of the nation
Somebody needs to go to editing school
Glad it wasn’t just me that was bothered by that.
Yee Haw!!! Take that K'wanza...
Well, I feel soooo much better.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to make out my grocery list for this week.
Let's see...
2+ lbs. Reloader 15
500 large rifle primers
1-2 lbs. H110
500 small rifle primers
Bread
Milk
ROTFL!! That’s why I enjoy FR so much, people really do watch their syntax, spelling, punctuation and DOUBLE ENTENDRES!! LOL!!
I remember about a month ago I was really down and then someone started the thread on lose/loose, their/there, your/you’re, etc., it went forever, I was rolling on the floor, forgot all about what even had me down.
Well, except when we are all in a rage about something or frothing at the mouth trying to type fast enough to keep pace with our thoughts. Good stuff.
I ordered a barrel from Bushmaster on October 15 - well before the election - and was told by them tonight it would still be another 4 weeks or more. I asked the guy about the wait on lowers and he told me it would be about 12 weeks.
I've seen runs on guns before, after 9-11 for instance, but I've never seen anything like this.
Considering how pissed the gays are about Prop 8, it seems a wise precaution.
Defiantly.
****Barack Obama’s Advisers say that gun legislation is not a high priority right now and that they are focused on the economy. ****
It was not high priority item in 1967 either till they saw a chance and passed that travesty the 1968 Gun control Act into law.
Rifle bans were not a priority till they saw a chance in the early 1980’s. In fact, Before Handgun Control Inc became the Brady Center they issued a policy statement claiming that they ONLY wanted to “control” handguns. Long guns would not be affected. Within ten years we saw an assault and ban on our rights to own semi-auto rifles.
When the ban comes it will be in the form of an “anti-crime” package which will throw huge amounts of money at the states for “crime control”. This is how the 1968 GCA came into being and also the 1993 assault rifle ban.
Naked gun?
They should be
There’s guns in California?
370k Background checks doesn’t reflect the sales for those with CHL/CCW permits that just have to show their license instead of a background check due ATF’s ruling that the permits exceed the requirements for a background check so are not required. At least that is way it is in Texas. I show my permit and walk with my purchase, no background check. Just my permit number on the 4473...
Add 150k plus more buys in that category as well....minimum estimate IMO.
I understand this is CA. but in TN when a handgun check is passed the information by law is destroyed after one year. It took 3 minutes for a check to the TBI over the phone the other day. This is just the check to purchase BTW.
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