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I heard that in 2008, when Obama was elected, people started stockpiling guns and ammunition. Seems like the spike is this buying has not stopped.

And I do wager that a lot of current military and ex-military will not let the government take their guns from them...

1 posted on 04/11/2013 11:28:33 AM PDT by topher
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And just wait until the ‘tards try to get ‘em back.


2 posted on 04/11/2013 11:31:24 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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A lot of "regular folks" too.
2A is more popular than I've ever seen it before.

3 posted on 04/11/2013 11:32:42 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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             .. a rifle behind every blade of grass

4 posted on 04/11/2013 11:34:40 AM PDT by tomkat (-liberty or death-)
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The news media and democrats have one goal to make the government more powerful so to be able to crack down on us more. as the government gains more power then our rights and freedoms are taken away one my one. they are after total control until we are all slaves. this is why they rabidly want to take away our gun rights.

They are passing a gun bill on a statistically nonexistent event. more people killed by lightning strikes than are by mass murderer shooters. real events the media doesn't cover are the 2.5 million home invasions per year in the USA , the 300,000 rapes of unarmed women etc.

yes practically anyone can grab a gun and start gunning people down in a government gun free zone( but not where people are armed because they will fire back). But practically no one does this as there are only hand-full of mass shooters and there are 330 million people in the U.S.A. people have always murdered and they don't need a gun to do it. but mass shooters is a fluke , a statistically non-existant event it is so rare that it really doesn't exist but the media and democrats make it seem like it is the only thing happening

The news media totally controls people's minds and the country

but even conservatives don't see this. that mass shooters are not really a threat ( it is so rare as to be statistically non-existant). the only thing we should say when the media brings this up to is to say this that it's a fluke that it's not representative of gun owners, that it is such a rare event that it is not worth talking about much less passing laws that restrict the freedom of all Americans and especially law abiding Americans. why don't people see this? send this to the stupid politicians and even the stupid conservative pundits that don't see how ridiculous this is. real events the media doesn't cover are the 2.5 million home invasions per year in the USA , the 300,000 rapes of unarmed women etc.

5 posted on 04/11/2013 11:34:55 AM PDT by Democrat_media (Mary Landrieu voted for the UN to take away our 2nd amendment rights)
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The peasants don't know what's good for them.

Thank God they have the feral government to keep them in line.

6 posted on 04/11/2013 11:35:14 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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“This isn’t a society stocking up on certain guns because they fear they may be banned. This is a society preparing for war.”


7 posted on 04/11/2013 11:36:06 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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And now we’ve got that idiot Joe Biden telling everyone that firing a good AR-15 is like driving a Ferrari...everyone’s gonna want one.


8 posted on 04/11/2013 11:36:17 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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The spike in checks ... comes amid concern by gun owners that new proposals at the state and federal level could limit access to firearms.

This is the party line promulgated by the MSM.
This is not shooters trying to get certain guns before they're banned; it is society arming itself for civil war.

11 posted on 04/11/2013 11:46:20 AM PDT by atomic_dog
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Well he did say he would have a laser like focus on creating jobs and in this case he did ... now he has to pass some legislation to kill it.


12 posted on 04/11/2013 11:50:32 AM PDT by crusadersoldier
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I'm oddly heartened by the fact that the government has been completely unsuccessful in disarming even a single inner city ghetto, so it's unlikely they can disarm the rest of America.
Unfortunately, a lot of law abiding gun owner will be crushed before CW2 starts in earnest.
We're not breaking the law, the law is out to break us.

Meanwhile in the ghetto, it's business as usual. With tacit government approval.

13 posted on 04/11/2013 11:50:48 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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I have never owned a gun nor have ever wanted one in the house. I'm not anti-gun, just how I've chosen to live.

I now see it as an absolute necessity to arm myself as it has become increasingly clear that our government has an adversarial relationship with it's electorate.

I'll be taking a handgun marksmanship class in a week and will likely seek a CCW at least for my wife.

That our nation has descended to this level is appalling. Christianity, self-defense and self-determination, among others, are currently not a principled portion of those we elect.

16 posted on 04/11/2013 12:09:19 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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"...mounting anecdotal claims that ammunition is hard to come by

Just because the internet ammo dealers are all backordered, the Big Box store shelves are bare, and the gun shops haven't had an ammo delivery in six months doesn't mean there is really an ammunition shortage or that ammunition is hard to come by.

It's all just anecdotal - don't you see?


23 posted on 04/11/2013 12:45:28 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Welcome to Obama-Land - EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY)
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Liberals have been the best gun salesmen ever!!!


25 posted on 04/11/2013 1:01:25 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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26 posted on 04/11/2013 1:03:41 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Used to be in the old days there were gunrunners, now we have all across the contry “ammo runners”. I swear it won’t be long before we see even good old boys racing out across the nation but instead of white lightning its a trunk full of ammo.


27 posted on 04/11/2013 1:05:20 PM PDT by Eye of Unk
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28 posted on 04/11/2013 1:09:24 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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Actually that spike in buying you’ve seen started way back in 1995 when Clinton did the Brady bill. It flattened out a little about the turn of the century but turned up again after 9-11. Gun makers have been setting records since the mid 90’s. The one aspect that’s different now is that EVERYTHING gun related, ammo, reloading components, mags, holsters, sights, EVERYTHING, is cleaned out in sporting goods stores-—the down side of this is that dealers who weren’t well stocked are in a tight spot now because makers/suppliers are backed up 6 months or more out. And that is going to hurt some small guys simply because they can’t get anything to sell.


29 posted on 04/11/2013 1:14:25 PM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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Obama -—Gun Salesmen of the decade.


31 posted on 04/11/2013 1:27:57 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen
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From the end of the linked article: "... and a great chance for unintended consequences. Tread carefully.
32 posted on 04/11/2013 1:30:44 PM PDT by William Tell
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...proposed gun-control legislation may be having the opposite effect.

Ah, that's just a rumor.

65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies

LOL

37 posted on 04/11/2013 2:13:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (The irresponsible should not be leading the responsible.)
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