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Sherri Strikes again!
I wasn’t aware of that about Morton Grove, IL. Now I know I’ll stay away.
Here’s to CCW permits everywhere!
I want to move to Kennesaw GA. Sounds like a nice place.
Gosh, is Kennesaw that dangerous?
Half the local news is taken up by the murders, robberies, muggings and mayhem in Decatur and surrounding DeKalb County (Cynthia McKinney’s old district) you never hear much about Kennesaw.
Hats off to Kennesaw Georgia where the citizens volley for Liberty.
Back in my coin collecting days, I frequently went to coin shows, they always were held in conjunction with gun shows and neither was ever robbed.
BOOKMARKED!
I was at a local gun show recently and was speaking to a woman on my phone while inside. I was going on and on about the wild volume of sales and the record number of guns and ammo being sold. She asked “are the vendors not afraid of being robbed, with all that cash and all those guns?” I started laughing and said “aside from in the presence of the president of the USA, this is probably the most safe place in the world. Anyone who tried to rob someone here would be dead in miliseconds. EVERYONE is armed!” She just said “oh, yeah, I guess so. I didn’t think about it that way.”
My guess is that this ordinance was pro forma only. I’m willing to bet that just about all head of households were packing already.
Something that’s puzzled me, is why the Kennesaw idea never seemed to spread beyond that one town.
That is, while they did it as a “statement”, the idea has very practical consequences that would be good for other towns and cities to adopt.
Why not turn it into a “movement”? There are probably lots of towns in America with close to 100% gun ownership, and of them a bunch have more than 50% of citizens as members of the NRA, so they *advocate* gun ownership, not just support it.
The anti-gun movement has adapted to the idea of Kennesaw, but only as long as it remains just *a* town. If other towns create the same or similar law, the anti-gun movement will panic—something they do easily.
And that’s important. For we no longer have the luxury of just “playing defense” with gun rights. As Napoleon pointed out, a “static defense” is just slow suicide.
So we have to push back, and demand more gun rights. Right now, Americans are buying a LOT of guns, and the anti-gun crowd is concentrating on “bullet control”. So it is a fine time to start pushing for more towns to follow Kennesaw’s lead.
I’m in Kennisaw today bttt.
Done!
YAY Eevil conserv! I can tell you that also the fact that Kennasaw is in COBB county (or Count On Being Busted)which might also help deter crime (though I have seen them being quite.. overzelous). It’s a great place other wise, espically parks and mountain. I rememeber hiking (well sitting on my dad’s shoulders while he hiked) when I was little. It was so much fun!
We beat my mom and grandmother by a mile :D
My son went to the indoor pistol range in Los Angeles last week to practice target shooting. He said it was the first time he has ever had to wait in line. The guy in front of him owns a gun shop, and said business has quadrupled since November 4.
Hmmmmmm. I wonder what that’s all about? /s
Who wants to bet the New York Times will have absolutely NO interest in this story?
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=52128@wbbm.dayport.com
Truth In Politics: Gun Sales Boom After Election Reporting Mike Flannery
CHICAGO (CBS) ― Gun sellers say the election of Barack Obama is helping them avoid the recession. Sales of new guns are booming - up an estimated 50 percent in the suburbs.
In Wednesday's Truth in Politics, CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports the gun lobby spent big trying to defeat Obama this year, outraged by his promise to reinstate a ban on military-style assault weapons. On talk radio, he was denounced as a "gun grabber." Now, as Obama heads to the White House, millions are rushing to reload.
Business has rarely been better for certified arms instructor Jan Gofron.
He's teaching a flood of new students about semi-automatic handguns as well as tactical shot guns some call "street sweepers."
The most powerful weapons are disappearing fastest from local gun shops. At Elmwood Park's Illinois Gun Works, sales started soaring as it became apparent Barack Obama would win the White House.
"Once people started to realize that the Democrats had a better chance, or seemed to have a better chance, they started getting nervous about certain gun regulations," said Illinois Gun Works' Owner Dan Mastrianni.
Recent gun sales are up nationally 42 percent. In Illinois, they are up 38 percent; and in Chicago's suburbs 50 percent.
"It's simply paranoia," said Thomas Mannard of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. "And it's irresponsible, from my point of view, to be touting how wonderful this is. More guns definitely equal more death."
Mannard worked with then-state Sen. Barack Obama to pass Illinois' ban on assault weapons. Obama also helped close a loophole that allowed gun shows to sell weapons without doing background checks on buyers. Mannard now hopes for a national law.
Gun dealers say the threat of new rules will keep their sales booming.
"I don't expect this to slow down anytime soon," Mastrianni said. "What happened during Prohibition? Whatever people can't have, that's what they want. They can't get enough of it."
Like many, Mastrianni does not believe gun issues are anywhere near top of the president-elect's political agenda. Senior Advisor David Axelrod declined to discuss what, if any, gun-related legislation the administration might propose, nor when. He noted they are busy picking people for top jobs.