Posted on 09/12/2009 2:19:46 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Many gun-loving Americans are convinved that President Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress are bent on ripping rifles from their "cold, dead hands," as actor Charlton Heston once declared at a National Rifle Association meeting.
But from the perspective of police departments – not to mention gunmakers – the Obama administration may go down as one of the most gun-friendly in history. Across America, police departments are using the taxpayer-funded stimulus bill to boost their arsenals with shotguns, handguns, and assault rifles.
Among the general public, a record 1 million guns were sold across the United States in August alone, rebuffing expectations that, after 10 months, the post-Obama election gun-buying spree would abate. US gunmaker Smith & Wesson on Wednesday reported a 30 percent rise in sales in the first quarter, leading to unexpected profits and a rising stock price.
But as police departments order new firearms using stimulus funds, there's more than a little irony in the fact that a president whom the gun industry looked upon with suspicion has put forward a federal program from which gunmakers are benefiting.
"Gun culture magazines in the '90s named [President] Clinton 'gun salesman of the year,' but I think Obama, without even trying, has become gun salesman of the century," says Brian Anse Patrick, a gun culture expert at the University of Toledo, and author of the forthcoming book "Rise of the Anti-Media."
"One of the largest concerns has been that consumer firearms demand might slow dramatically from Obama-led frenzy levels," Eric Wold, a Merriman Curhan Ford analyst, told the Associated Press this week. "However, not only did consumer sales increase 29 percent, but law-enforcement and international sales jumped 32 percent and 12 percent, respectively."
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This article doesn’t clearly distinguish the two, but private gun sales have been booming (ok, terrible pun) on their own.
Has there been polling as to “why.” Do more people fear a society descended into crime under ultra-liberal policies, or do more people anticipate a face-off with a government run out of control?
It doesn’t have to be one or the other - it can be ‘both’. :P
We’re supposed to rejoice that “swat teams” are bulking up on the arms they use to invade the wrong houses and shoot dogs?
She’s brave!!!
Don’t know but I did buy a pretty cool key chain/bottle opener yesterday. The round part says, “Obama: Gun Salesman of the Year”. LOL!
“...or do more people anticipate a face-off with a government run out of control?”
Perhaps the Obamaloons should also consider the fact that 1) they want to eliminate military health care as a separate entity, 2) they’ve actively tried to stop military votes from being counted (see Frankenstein’s state records), 3) they are slaughtering military budgets, and 4) the military - being honorable (look it up, Obamaloon), might even obey their oath of protecting the Constitution (not the Assident) from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC.
The individual States need to be encouraged to follow Montana’s lead and encourage the in-State production of both guns and ammunition, for in-State use, and *not* under federal jurisdiction.
This is another important part of the new federalism movement.
http://www.federalismamendment.com/
Written by a Professor of Law at Georgetown University. One of the better, but far from the only, version of what is happening out there.
Read this and see what you think it means now ...
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
This attempted take over by the commies is only hardening and strengthening the resistance.
Funny, we don’t hear of any Obama-inspired spate of shot dogs.
Yeah, they’re buying guns as if they’re about to become illegal...
Gee, I wonder why?
In-your-face to the Bammies
My local gunsmith was telling me Obama won the “gun salesman of the year” award.
returned from a small gun show today - lots of stuff plus plenty of ammo at somewhat reasonable prices ($2/3 up from a Walmart) ....
I'm buying my dog a tiny bullet proof vest.
No tank?
No, I’m thinking more of a tee or maybe even a turtleneck. ;-)
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