Posted on 04/04/2020 7:31:26 AM PDT by rktman
The coronavirus pandemic is so scary that even liberals are buying guns.
The blog Bearing Arms points to reports by the left-leaning New Yorker magazine, the New York Times and others indicating the record number of firearms sold in March "weren't all purchased by Trump-loving Republicans in red states, despite claims by gun control activists that the surge in sales is all due to fearmongering on the part of the NRA."
"As it turns out, the desire to protect yourself and your loved ones is non-partisan, and even the New Yorker is recognizing that many of the 1-million or more new gun owners around the country don’t fit neatly into the anti-gun stereotype of the typical Second Amendment supporter," wrote Bearing Arms writer Cam Edwards.
The New York Times reported this week that Americans bought some 2 million guns in March.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Certainly can't hurt.
Fingers crossed...
As you (if you) read the whole piece, you may have a chuckle or two at the comments. Or a SMDH moment.
Guns for me, but not for thee.
Libs would not confiscate guns from da hood, if they outlawed guns.
If so, we can only expect lots of negligent discharges and liberals in emergency rooms with gunshot wounds.
Expect several new emergency room visits with people with holes in their feet.
Great minds think alike.
The worst part is I can’t use my my gun to shoot Coronavirus.
I already went after a couple of flies with the Remington 870. It didn’t work out well, so I probably won’t try shooting at corona with it.
Probably.
Exactly! With guns they complete the commie red picture and use them against us.
Not all new guns bought last month were by libs.
Many of us purchased more as well.
Smells like they want a war maybe.
Well this dude thought you can start shooting people that you believe have Coronavirus.
If the disease spreads even more, I’m willing to be many insane folks will start shooting people who are just sneezing or coughing.
"Or just for snorin'!"
‘I hope it just turns them on to liking the Second Amendment’
Just another unrelated coincidence. Or was that an unintended consequence?
I sometimes get the two mixed up.
Yes, I saw that, and I have no doubt future similar incidents will occur.
Crazy people will get crazier.
I was joking about actually shooting the virus... while it’s outside of people.
But I’ll tell you, seeing that video of the dude walking up and down the grocery drink isle opening all the bottles and drinking from them made me made enough to...
Well never mind on that.
People sure do have low threshold for fright these days. Why weren't they afraid to drive to the store prior to all of this?
I’m all for any genuine US citizen for owning a gun, it just a simple basic right in this country.
The upside to this is lefties may start liking the 2A, even if closet 2A supporters.
The downside is lefties are more apt to have a few cards missing in their deck and use the gun for other than self defense, which will in turn give the MSM ammunition to use against the 2A.
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