Posted on 11/29/2012 5:47:05 PM PST by Perseverando
Gun sales hit an all-time, one-day record one week ago, driving Black Friday retail sales and actually overwhelming the FBIs background check center twice.
Whats causing the gun-buying zeal?
The answer is simple the actions of a man who hates private ownership of guns, Barack Obama.
Hes been doing it for a long time.
His election in 2008 drove gun sales through the roof.
And now its happening, again, because he is supporting the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that requires member states unable to disarm their populaces to be placed under the jurisdiction of the U.N. Office of Disarmament Affairs.
Theres a lot of irony here to digest.
On the one hand, it would be accurate to say that Obama has been and continues to be gun dealers best friend.
As someone very fond of guns and the First Amendment, I believe that is Obamas very best achievement since taking office.
Its also an illustration of how counterproductive modern liberalism is. The goal of people like Obama is, quite clearly, to ban private ownership of firearms. He has made it abundantly clear he has nothing but contempt for people who cling to guns and religion. Were just not his kind of people.
Neither were the Founding Fathers the people who fired up the brightest torch of liberty in the history of the world.
Yet, each and every time Obama makes a move to accomplish his objective, he effectively decreases the likelihood of ever achieving it.
This is what you might call the silver lining under the dark cloud of Obama.
Its also ironic that gun sales are actually one of the brightest spots in Obamas efforts at economic recovery stalled as it has been ever since he took office. Try
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Why would I want to come halfway across the country to show y'all how it's done? I'm a Texan!
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