Gun sales skyrocket as Obama’s inauguration nears

WSLS-TV / The Lynchburg News & Advance ^ | December 29, 2008

[2ndDivisionVet]

If a "Constitutional lawyer, scholar and instructor" like President-elect Obama doesn't understand the 2nd Amendment, what does he get? What an empty suit! Oh, and Mike, the RTKBA is not just about self-defense and hunting.

[wastedyears]

It is about self-defense.

Said defense being against the government should the need arise.

It looks like it’s rising mighty fast.

[Prole]

[MurrietaMadman]

http://www.committeesofsafety.org/ has been updated

[InABunkerUnderSF]

“I feel like I’m being told one thing and once Obama gets into office, it will be different.”

With 0bama and the elites it's not really about the guns, it's about the control. Armed people are free people who they fear they may not be able to control as well as they are entitled to. And they do feel entitled to control us.

The part that the article doesn't mention is the entire ammo issue. Between the threat of outrageous higher taxes and microstamping I'm actually more concerned about my ammo than I am about my guns. Then again, even if there aren't severe restrictions in the future I figure that inflation will make the stockpile of anonymous, unstamped, cash purchased ammo I've been laying in is a good investment. And if it's not, I can always go to the range and shoot it up. Even paranoia has its rewards. :o)

[lentulusgracchus]

Between the threat of outrageous higher taxes and microstamping .....

Recently when I bought some pistol ammo, the seller made me give him ID and wrote down my driver's license number, to identify me as the buyer. (I asked him why he wanted the info, and he replied that that was his reason -- to positively identify me as the buyer of the ammunition.)

What purpose would that serve, other than data-collection for the police or ATF? Too, wouldn't that sort of data-collection be a necessary concomitant of a microstamping program -- knowing who every round was sold to?

No doubt, however, that it reflects totalitarian thinking -- that is what puts the "total" in "totalitarian". Every time a sparrow falls in the forest, "we" want to know who is responsible, so "we" can nail him to a tree. Not because we care about sparrows, but because we want to exercise our omnipotence and display omnipresence and omnicompetence. </barf>

[Tainan]

PEBO...He sure has been an economic stimulus for gun sales.

Great Job PEBO!

[GnL]

I suspect that more than a few of the people buying guns actually voted for Y’Obama.

[Joe Boucher]

looks like just another criminal from the hood.
Your typical Chicago politician criminal.

[STONEWALLS]

...one look at that picture tells me I did the right thing to pick up an extra piece in November....the Obama election will only embolden blacks to become more lawless.

[Islander7]

looks like just another criminal from the hood.
Your typical Chicago politician criminal.



Nothing typical about this thug.

[Concho]

Next time go to the internet, order a case of 1000, pay for it with a credit card, and have it shipped to any convenient address you wish. No ID required.

[Allegra]

Perhaps this information, which has been oft-repeated in the past few weeks, will send a message to those in Washington who may be considering pulling some stunt.

I can dream, can't I?

[The Sons of Liberty]

With 0bama, it’s not about gun control - it’s about PEOPLE CONTROL!

[Joe Boucher]

Ocean Springs heh?
How bad have you gotten hit by the hurricanes that have been coming your way?
Here in Port St. Lucie, Florida we’ve had the eye of three in the last 4 years.

[Islander7]

This was Ocean Springs Harbor when Ike passed just to our south.
We've been OK since Katrina. Hancock County on the western end of
the Coast has not been so lucky. They had extensive flooding from Ike.


East Beach Drive. This is as bad as it got. Tropical storm force winds for about 10 hours.

Thanks for asking.

[SLB]

There was a gun show in L’ville this past weekend. I did not make it, but the Courier Journal (one of the most liberal papers in the country) reported record attendance.

[meyer]

Look at what we’ve got for leadership in Washington and then ask yourself why people would NOT want to stock up on arms and ammo.

[antisocial]

I looked at your link and there are no Texans signed up.

LOL, Texans don’t need no stinkin’ committees of safety.

[TChris]

My next gun purchase will likely be one of these for concealed carry:

Anyone have experience with it? Pros/cons?