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Posted on 01/06/2009 12:09:51 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Vic Scuderi is loaded with weaponry. His booth is stocked full of customers who are looking to wipe out his arsenal of firearms. It's business he won't shoot down.
"I've probably seen a 25 percent increase in sales from last year," said Scuderi.
While the economy may be wounded, gun dealers say sales are exploding at the annual Arms Fair at the City Center in Saratoga Springs.
"This is my best show ever. I've sold more ammunition and more magazines than I've ever sold, so in that regard it's been a very good show for me," said gun dealer Richard Pelzer.
Vendors here in the Spa City aren't alone. Across the country gun dealers are reporting a huge spike in sales.
Paul Argento noticed the trend back in November.
"I've spoken to a couple of people and in fact right after Obama was elected president there was more less a run on the bank. I mean everybody was out running and buying guns and ammunition for fear that he was going to stop everything," said Argento
It's rumored, as part of his stimulus package, President-Elect Barak Obama may impose stricter regulations on the gun industry when he takes office.
It would include a tax hike on ammunition and the ban on semiautomatic weapons like hunting rifles.
That fear factor has these enthusiasts gobbling up guns.
"Guns are going out of here too but ammunition seems to be at a premium," said Pelzer.
"There's a lot of buzz about prices going up so people are buying now as their budget allows, probably more than they would have in the past," said gun collector Jeff Germain.
While tax talk and gun control are nothing new, this latest threat just means people will have to hunt around for those killer deals.
Yup. I take several training classes every year and burn up 1,500 rounds in each two day class. Due to soaring demand, the same ammo has gone up 45% in six months. And yes, I just ordered another 2,000 rounds for my upcoming March class.
And the liberal bastards know they don't have to necessarily ban firearms, just tax the crap out of ammunition and reloading components.
If we don't scream bloody murder, we're screwed.
Watch this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTq2NEUlhDE
It's one of the most effective presentations I've seen, and I'm a GOA member.
Thomas Jefferson said: “When the government fears the people, there is is freedom. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
Britain is plunging into tyranny. We are headed towards it. The Brits were disarmed in order for tyranny to gain a foothold. They will try to disarm us here, and they will get a fight they will not like.
Molon Labe!
Now why would That One want firearms restrictions and ammo taxes in a stimulus bill? The answer is a warning.
Can't have a NWO/NAU with an armed populous.
It’s power they crave ... dictatorial power. Never forget that.
“It’s power they crave”
Hiding behind the guise of their version of Utopia. (Hope and Change = stupidity)
Bang
Gee, what a suprise.
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We can’t just bow to this can we? The mfgrs and dealers
will just fall in line and that will be that.
This crappy article should come with a “nauseating metaphors” alert.
I had to correct several spelling mistakes before posting it: Don’t they have editors anymore?
I’ve heard some Democrats want to impose a “Windfall Weapons Tax”!!!
The stimulus bill will include:
1. An AWB much more restrictive than the Clinton one, and without a sunset, and possibly a “Turn them in now” provision. Possibly a handgun ban, and a restrictive ammo tax.
2. Massive cuts in defense expenditures and programs, including NMD, advanced weapons, and the F-22/F-35 programs, amd funding for replacing and repairing current systems. This could also include troop cutbacks, even though Obama doesn’t want this (Congress makes the laws)
3. Pork up to the hilt, especially for urban areas and feel-good transit projects
4. Cardcheck for the unions
5. Bailouts for the blue states
6. Gay marriage requirement for states to receive help.
Oh yeah, you can bet the stimulus bill will be used as title to push through a lot of disastrous legislation. Never waste a good crisis - or a manufactured one for that matter. The stimulus is a hoax and a scam.
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