Posted on 06/13/2020 10:13:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
Editor's note: This column was co-authored by Jim McCoy.
Progressives inhabiting the mainstream media, the Democratic Party and Hollywood continue to herald how the Covid-19 virus, tainted economy, condemnation from China, the racist police beating of innocent demonstrators, and the disunifying editorial from four star General James “Chaos” Mattis about our president, are harbingers of doom for the Trump administration and Republican candidates come election time. There is at least one strong indicator that may prove these liberal naysayers wrong about the effects the current schiff-storm may have at the ballot box in November.
John R. Lott, Jr. wrote in National Review that the “Police have stopped responding to many 911 calls, and massive numbers of inmates are being released early from prison.” During the past 14 days people have been rioting and vandalizing in the streets of America, including unlikely places like Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, the Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Fifth Avenue in New York City and even Whitefish, Montana. From Florida to Utah and elsewhere around the country, something very interesting is happening in gun stores. Most gun stores receive new product orders on Friday afternoons. For the past month people have been lining up outside gun stores to purchase new weapons and ammunition first thing Saturday morning. Many, many more citizens are purchasing guns and ammo online, provided they have a carry permit, and the online seller then ships the purchase to the gun store of their choice. Delvin Brown, of USA Today, recently detailed this phenomenon of gun purchases by many citizens, "Americans are loading up on guns and ammo in the wake of race riots."
If gun sales are any indication of how people might vote in the 2020 Election, there is good reason for liberals and social progressives to be concerned. With calls for defunding police departments and thuggish “Black Lives Matter” protests, many citizens, out of the immediate chaos of these events, are assessing what America’s future may look like in the light of the last three weeks. This large uptick in the purchase of guns and ammo would suggest those quietly acquiescing to looters, those destroying property and assaulting innocent citizens, even killing police officers to court political approbation, are not highly esteemed by normal Americans.
The Mainstream Media, Democrats, and leftists may try to characterize those buying guns and ammo as white supremacists, Klansmen, or part of the 10-15 percent of the population that Joe Biden refers to as bad people.
They would be wrong. Citizens purchasing guns and ammunition are from all backgrounds, many are professional women. They are also store and homeowners, physicians, businesspeople and attorneys. There are even a few academics in this vast group. They want to protect their property and their families when law and order show signs of breaking down. They have seen what real civil chaos looks like, especially in cities and states hued blue, on their televisions and smart phones and they want no part in it.
Every media story that paints leftist portraits of all police, national guard and Secret Service agents trying to protect law-abiding citizens as racist murderers of innocent black people while police cars are burned, stores and restaurants looted and destroyed, may engender many more votes against such glaring hypocrisy. Countless citizens on the sidelines observing such mayhem, don’t have bully pulpits from which to call rubbish on conservative denouncements. But if counting gun sales is akin to reading tea leaves, there is a good probability they will bide their time until November 3rd and vote against candidates who support this mayhem.
As one of us has written in these pages, you simply can’t believe most of the political polling that transpires these days. Up until the morning of the election we will be indoctrinated to believe that the polls prove that Joe Biden and his seven dwarfs of progressivism have a distinct, if not overwhelming, election lead.
Back in 2017, a study by Pew Research shows that 41% of Republicans, 16% of Democrats and 38% of Independents have a gun in their home. After the recent Covid-19 epidemic and the George Floyd riots, that number is likely much, much higher. As the NRA’s Charles Cooke argued recently, freedom is an issue that is stirring most Americans. There are thousands of protestors. There are many millions who watch in abhorrence.
You are simply not paying attention or stuck in progressive La-La land if you believe this won’t make a decisive difference come November 3rd.
How Deep Is the
Swamp?
Even Generals.
With no cops, who will carry out Red Flag confiscations?
;^)
Don’t be Depressed,,,
.
We had a Good run
.
Had some Real Fun
.
But it’s obvious we’ve
Entered
the
“Season of the Gun.”
If elected, the first thing the Dems will do is TRY TO take away the guns. There, I fixed it.
Many of the Demwit enforcers will leave the houses of patriots in body bags if they attempt to do this.
You’re done when you’re dead. Until then, keep fighting.
At any given time a moving car is headed off the road. A driver continuously corrects the car’s direction.
“Every media story that paints leftist portraits …”
Also accurate:
“Every media story paints leftist portraits.”
It’s what the members of the media have been taught, and it’s what they make the most money from: a powerful combination!
So, there’s only one voice allowed in the public square.
A greedy, selfish one.
Maybe from a snubnose revolver. I've downed many full-grown hogs with a .22 rifle. I doubt a leather jacket is thicker than hog-hide.
A large segment of the public, including the Police and National Guard publicly expressed their sympathy and support for the rioters. To wit}BLM or Black Lives Matter. They indicated this and demonstrating this by publicly in broad daylight on public streets kneeling in front of members of BLM and giving them a symbolic blow job. This has never happened before until now. People need to face facts and get out of their denial.
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Ok: how large? 50%? And this took place where? In Oklahoma? In rural Kansas? Or was it more revolutionary theater in already occupied urban territory?
Huge rallies applauded every previous dictatorship, everywhere and every one of them, even with underlying civil & economic conditions favorable to the totalitarians, was eventually overthrown.
I read explanations and walkbacks from some police (& perhaps National Guard....I didn’t retain which branch or where): the one I recall said he felt he had a choice to take a knee or see his unarmed men with peace-keeping ROE jumped by the crowd. I can understand it as a de-escalation tactic in many situations.
It is the sort of optics that cuts both ways. For some, it is proof positive the military and LEO cannot protect them. Some of those will arm themselves and make plans accordingly. Others will move away. Some might capitulate, for the moment (the occupiers will never trust those people). Some might go postal in the moment, be jumped and get beaten, or worse.
Whatever the response, most people will take note and keep their own counsel. This is how counter-revolutions happen.
It is fluid and dynamic and when human emotions are in play, there is no way to predict the outcome.
As for the comment about ripping the fabric of American society....it’s ripped. But, something else will happen and, if the events of the last few months are any indication, it could be anything and fewer and fewer people are going to accept the MSM/DNC/minority blackshirt explanation. What they do with that distrust is still unknown.
Have you ever been done dirty by an old and trusted friend? That is what has happened. I think a lot of, maybe most, Americans are still processing the betrayal.
It isn’t that Americans are or aren’t frightened, it’s the responses they choose. Fewer and fewer people are going to share those, going forward. And, were I the totalitarians, I would not trust even the most obsequious of back-downs. And, I would make sure to watch my own back, because you just never know who’s planning what.
America has lost her innocence. This was a specific goal of the destructors, so they won that round. Their victory laps may be short and full of obstacles. This is no longer the same country.
Personally, I expect anything, at any time. I think the most important prep is mental, spiritual and emotional. Anyone who has killed anything, be it a deer or a rabbit or a beloved dog that needed to be put down, knows it irrevocably stains the soul. Those who have experienced this will wait as long as they can. But, if there is escalation of threat, it will not remain a deterrence.
I think such considerations are why people are so far slow to respond with violence. We are the bear being poked. At some point, bears will take no more.
I see you are familiar with Uri Bezmenov.
GET ARMED AND STAY ARMED. PROTECT YOUR FAMILY AND PROPERTY. YOU HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DO SO!! Lock and load.
Nice post, except I have to disagree with this part:
“......knows it irrevocably stains the soul.”
IMHO that is not a universal truth. Some people are natural killers.
.22 Long Rifle is the “normal” .22 cartridge.
Not any longer in WA State (except possibly for a non-semi auto).
Why are you asking me? I've already posted my internet purchase experience.........
You, sir, are a sage. America has been betrayed. We put our lives and our fortunes into this Country. And we were betrayed. Trust has become a nebulous word. It “depends” is the new untrusting mantra. I don’t see how this is reconciled any time soon. The TRUST is gone.
That's not quit accurate. All the CPL does is eliminate the need to acquire a purchase permit which was once mandatory in most states. The CPL does not take the place of a mandatory background check which is required at the point of purchase or transfer.
The site you posted addresses the background checks for carry permits, NOT the background checks required for firearm purchases..........
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