while they lets the states fall one by one...
Posted on 02/08/2014 9:39:06 AM PST by neverdem
President Obama’s second-term effort to get Americans to hate guns has backfired. Not only did firearm sales in 2013 blow out all records, interest in learning more about Second Amendment issues has risen dramatically.
This is evidenced by the news that circulation for the magazine “American Rifleman” has broken into the top 25 magazines in the country, according to the Alliance for Audited Media.
The magazine, which is published by the National Rifle Association (NRA), surged 29 percent to 2.2 million readers in the second half of 2013 over the same period the previous year.
At the same time, circulation for all magazines was down 2 percent during that time frame. (The NRA publication took the place of the racy men’s magazine “Maxim” which fell from 2.5 million to 2 million subscribers.)
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam told me, “The jump in circulation is reflective of the increase in our membership, gun owners and the growing interest in firearms all across the country.”
There was a massive increase in NRA membership last year from 4 million to 5 million that mirrored Mr. Obama’s second-term gun grab.
The magazine is one of three publications (“American Hunter” and “America’s First Freedom”) that members can choose when signing up for the pro-Second Amendment organization.
“American Rifleman” reviews firearms and covers shooting events. One of the most popular features is the “Armed Citizen” that chronicles reports of regular citizens using firearms in self defense.
(Note to CNN’s Piers Morgan: This is the source for a sampling of the millions of times guns are used for defense every year that you told me never happens. Click here to watch that video.)
The president has used his executive powers over 20 times in the last year to infringe on Second Amendment rights. He believed that the public...
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while they lets the states fall one by one...
Way to go, Mr. Obama.
—and in retrospect, the Clinton-Brady -Feinstein attempt at banning of “assault weapons” had to be the greatest booster to manufacture and sale of semi-auto firearms possible—no marketing campaign could have topped it—
It is even more impressive when you realize that the NRA gives members a choice of either “Rifleman” or “Hunter”. I get the later.
The real issue is how we overcome/overturn the unconstitutional nightmare laws and policies enacted in states like California and Connecticut and Illinois. The Democrat-controlled legislatures have all but overturned the 2nd Amendment rights of the citizens. This has to be fought with everything we have and defeated.
I get “Rifleman” because it includes handguns and historic firearms.
Three ways to get rid of the California/New York/ type laws.
1. Have the Supreme Court do their job. Possible, might happen, long, slow, iffy.
2. Repeal the laws in the states directly. Possible, demographics look bad.. still the trend toward public understanding of the second amendment could have this happen.
3. Federal legislation that ties federal money to observance of the second amendment in fact. This could happen quite quickly, if we elect a conservative Senate and President.
The Rifleman
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I am proud to receive it. If it weren’t for the NRA and the Tea Party, we wouldn’t stand a chance. Excellent magazine.
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