Posted on 12/06/2015 6:40:13 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
PHOENIX — Some came for the vast selection of semiautomatic rifles, arrayed in glass display cases and atop folding tables. Others were shopping for handguns, including .38 Specials with pink handles, while still more showed up here Friday at the largest gun show in the West to buy ammunition for the guns they already owned.
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“What if someone comes after me or my family?†said Janet Winkler, a grandmother who was shopping for bullets to fill the revolver inside her purse. “I used to never carry it to Target or to Wal-Mart, but the way things are, after all that’s happened, now I do.â€
In the wake of mass shootings in Paris, Colorado Springs and San Bernardino, Calif., Americans are once again arming themselves — stocking up on guns and ammunition, bringing weapons into their daily routines and requesting refresher courses from firing ranges.
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The Obama administration has create a boom-time, “golden era” for the gun industry -a real American manufacturing success story! This has been one of the only bright spots in the economy.
How was the general pricing? I’ve seen few vendors giving actual discounts this season.
Dear NY Times, it’s not the call to arms, it’s the call to de-arm, dipsh*ts. As someone mentioned on Twitter, that front page editorial was the greatest marketing blitz for Smith and Wesson ever
50 bucks before cc fees and background check, something the left claims never happens at gun shows.
Amen to that...
The quickest way for a liberal to leave liberalism behind is to be mugged or facing an armed robber or home invader.
More pearl-clutching by these new York City faggots. ESADMFs
The New York Times front-page plea yesterday for gun confiscation is driving gun sales.
People are going to stock up and arm themselves. Americans are realizing the government is not here to protect us.
We have look after ourselves and this is the only way to preserve our lives and freedoms.
An armed society is also a polite society. We have nothing to fear from it and much to gain.
There is no doubt in my mind there will be a Constitutional Amendment repealing the Second and modifying the First Amendments before this century is over. Probably around 2050. If there is a constitution to amend in 2100.
Just the fact that Americans are afraid that the government is going to take their guns tells me that we no longer live in what was once our America. The Constitution and Bill or Rights prohibits the government from acting this way. Welcome to the communist police state.
Went to few stores last night, Cabella’s, Sports Authority and Bass Pro. The gun counters are usually busy this time of year but last night was insane. Longest lines I have ever seen for guns at these stores.
It may be anecdotal but I think it is actually representative.
They lie.
I went to gun shows for YEARS, decades......in truth, better deals can be had elsewhere. Never go to a gun show on the first day. Go on the last day in the afternoon and be ready with a wad of cash and an offer.
Proggies are so consistently ignorant of the unintended consequences of their words and actions, it is almost breathtaking.
They really are adult children, forever stuck in early adolescence.
When/if the American people have returned order and civility to the streets of our cities, the NY Times will not notice.
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