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I saw this firsthand yesterday. Went to Cabelas to buy a gun, took a number at the gun counter only to find out that there were 115 people ahead of me just to be waited on. Was absolutely nuts.
1 posted on 03/04/2012 5:19:03 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
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Damn.. only to wait three days to get your prize..


2 posted on 03/04/2012 5:20:37 PM PST by goseminoles
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Panic mongers. If the number of gun owners and believers in the second amendment would vote against Obama, he would lose in a landslide.

I expect him to lose in November. His popularity is a myth.


3 posted on 03/04/2012 5:22:49 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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Pray that the Kenyan is defeated; Pray for America!


4 posted on 03/04/2012 5:24:03 PM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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As a father of young children, I truly fear for their future should the usurper cling to power.


5 posted on 03/04/2012 5:24:08 PM PST by montag813
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"...said people are worried that Obama's re-election would embolden a major gun control push."

No mention of the worry about the coming economic riots, eh?

That's what I'm hearing people say and worry about.

7 posted on 03/04/2012 5:25:43 PM PST by blam
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I did my share.


8 posted on 03/04/2012 5:27:58 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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I’m in Texas, bought a Ruger hand gun early last week - there I was, a woman having a good time with the Texas Red Necks who were there, too, only they were buying ammo. A man came in a little later to buy a gun.

I was surprised there were that many men at one time buying ammo.

It takes 30-45 min. for all the paperwork, then you get the gun. I couldn’t believe one of the questions I had to answer: “Are you a wanted felon?” Yes or No. I laughed out loud at that one.


9 posted on 03/04/2012 5:29:17 PM PST by Marcella (Newt will bash Hussein in debates - Newt needs money.)
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Gun sales will really really boom in expectation of Obama re-election defeat.

It's good these days to be in the firearms business.

11 posted on 03/04/2012 5:31:34 PM PST by shove_it (just undo it)
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I went to a show this weekend where you normally just pay and walk in. The parking lot was jammed and there was a line running for more than the length of the exhibition hall. Gun prices appeared to be ~$200 north of market on anything nice. There was a constant stream of people leaving with hand trucks and luggage carts stacked with ammo. Also noticed a lot of men looking to sell long guns and pistols. Most of the sales appeared to be handguns, though one guy did buy a mint sks before I got back to it. When entering the section of the hall where the big ammo dealer was, it was literally physical contact on all sides; it looked like one of those Japanese subway videos where they have “pusher” employees to cram the maximum number of riders into the cars. I go to just about every local show and I’ve never seen people buying ammo by the (multiple!) crate the way they were this weekend. It was actually a little spooky to see.


14 posted on 03/04/2012 5:50:16 PM PST by Trod Upon (Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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I went to my gun shop to see what they had in trade in, the rack (one) had nine rifles. The place was packed and the Henry 22 mangum I wanted isn’t to had, it way over ordered.


16 posted on 03/04/2012 5:53:42 PM PST by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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It’s spring. We saw the unwashed occupiers during the winter, and fully expect them to pop on back up as the push to re-elect Obama gets into full swing.

It will be the summer of I Wants, I betcha, with dueling priests of the Gimme religion going against each other. High gas prices, high food prices, and a budget so blown to pieces that 2 trillion in debt will likely be racked up before the election.

It’s going to get dirty.


18 posted on 03/04/2012 5:54:48 PM PST by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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Don’t forget to stock up on ammunition.... hollow points for varmints.


29 posted on 03/04/2012 6:26:30 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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Ive seen the same thing. I bought an ar15 last weekend from a small gun store that just opened up, in a town of 13,000. While I was there he sold two more ar15’s and was completely out of. 223 ammo. I went back in this weekend to buy a few extra clips, and he had two more guys there looking at ar’s. And another 4 guys looking at other stuff. As for people who don’t think obama can be re-elected, remember 50% of the country is on some kind of welfare, and pay no taxes, those people don’t want to lose uncle sugar. We have an attorney general who will turn a blind eye to votor fraud and a media that will ignore it. Gas prices will fall shortly before the election. If we take any action on Iran, it will be around October, you can count on it.


31 posted on 03/04/2012 6:44:51 PM PST by Husker24
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This weekend there was a local gun show, 1/2 line of cars to get into the parking lot a couple of hours after it opened, skipped that and went to gun store and walmart for ammo.

I got the last few boxes of 00 buck shot at both places.


34 posted on 03/04/2012 6:50:12 PM PST by Rebelbase
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Gun sales boom in expectation of Obama re-election,

Not expectation....FEAR.

35 posted on 03/04/2012 6:51:33 PM PST by digger48
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Gun sales boom in expectation of Obama re-election,

Not expectation....FEAR.

36 posted on 03/04/2012 6:51:51 PM PST by digger48
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Not just gun stores but ranges are busy as well. Went the other night to our local indoor range, over a one hour wait to get a lane.


45 posted on 03/04/2012 7:37:28 PM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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Furthermore, "it's bad politics to be on the wrong side of the Second Amendment at election time," said Wayne LaPierre, National Rifle Association executive vice president.

It's AFTER the election that we are worried about. BO is big on "If Congress won't act, we will". He might declare guns larger than .22 to be an "air pollution hazard" or "noise polluters", or some such twaddle, and ban 'em on his own hook. Ya never know with him. But I'm still well stocked from 2008. :) and since I was Obama-sized out of my job in Dec. '10, I can't afford anything new anyway. :) .. Although.. my wife has said she will get a gun and relearn to shoot if BO is re-elected. Not sure yet if she's thinking handgun, or rifle. I've got an M-1 Carbine that would fit her just fine, but I'd rather she get another AR. :) I'd even assemble it from a kit like I did mine. :) I guess she could shoot mine, while I use the Ugly Black Gun in 7.62 NATO.

My daughter is also talking about taking up shooting again. Regardless of who wins the Nov. 4 election.

54 posted on 03/04/2012 8:22:54 PM PST by El Gato ("The second amendment is the reset button of the US constitution"-Doug McKay)
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I think the same thing, because I am not only predicting an Obama win, but also the Dems retaking the House and gaining seats in the Senate, and picking up numerous governorships and state houses.


59 posted on 03/04/2012 8:49:49 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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63 posted on 03/04/2012 9:08:06 PM PST by mojitojoe (American by birth. Southern by the grace of God. Conservative by reason and logic.)
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