Gun Sales Booming: Doomsday, Obama or Zombies?

Good Morning America ^ | 4/5/12 | ALAN FARNHAM

[Kartographer]

Buyers in record numbers are flooding into gun stores, retailers say. Ammo, too, is flying off the shelves. The reasons for the spike, last seen in 2009, include fears that a second Obama administration might restrict gun ownership and the popularity of TV shows devoted to doomsday preparation and killing zombies.

"He's never been pro-gun," says Cris Parsons of President Obama. Parsons, 31, owns a Texas gun purveyor called the Houston Armory. So far, Parsons insists, Obama has been "pretty coy" about his antipathy toward guns--and he likely will remain so during the campaign. To do otherwise would "upset a lot of people."

[CatherineofAragon]

I wonder if the zombie herd could be directed toward Washington. Anybody know how to fly a helicopter?

[GladesGuru]

From the article: “Zombies, which, last we heard, don’t actually exist”.

They manage to arise early every election day, vote often, and go back where they usually stay.

[Signalman]

Since the GOP is going to have control of Congress, could Obama outlaw private gun ownership through an executive order? I don’t think so since it would violate the 2nd Amendment and, thus, be unconstitutional.

[Kartographer]

[MtBaldy]

I guess he’s talking about me. I just bought two AR-15s Monday and my buddy and I shot them for the first time today. I’ve also got 400 rounds of ammo coming for them in the mail. Last one on my shopping list is a Remington 700P in .308 with a really good scope on it. That’s going to have to wait until the bank account recovers from the ARs.

[tickedoffnow]

I carry a Ruger LCP 380 solely due to it’s size. My Kahr CW9mm was still a tad too big for me to carry comfortably everyday.

Yep, time to buy another piece (you see, this is what starts happening :)).

Shoot the 380 enough to stay familiar with it, but pick up something else to shoot at the range regularly.

[Godzilla]

As with many of my preps, they are incrimental. My SP101 is my current goto for immediate bump in the night defense. I have many other arms to fall back on.

[Godzilla]

My .357 SP101 takes .38 as well - great for practice fire.

[goseminoles]

Yeah, I used to have a gp 100.

[RandallFlagg]

My money's on, "All of the above."

[RandallFlagg]

Where’d you get your ammo? My usual place is all out of .45 ACP FMJ.

[RandallFlagg]

From the article: “Zombies, which, last we heard, don’t actually exist”.

They manage to arise early every election day, vote often, and go back where they usually stay.

[Noumenon]

Lead and brass are truly precious metals.

And learning to reload is a precious, as well as money saving skill.

[VeniVidiVici]

I wish I would have known how much. 380 ammo was before I bought one.

LOL! Didn't used to be as much. Sell it and buy a .38 or a 9mm. Some dumb husband will snatch it up for his wife without asking her first.

Or add to your collection.

[Joe Brower]

[Silentgypsy]

That is a very good idea, thanks.

[piroque]

Since the GOP is going to have control of Congress, could Obama outlaw private gun ownership through an executive order? I don’t think so since it would violate the 2nd Amendment and, thus, be unconstitutional.

Then how many years would it take to work its way though the courts ?

[goseminoles]

I have the S&w bodyguard. I really like the little gun. Built in laser and all.

[backwoods-engineer]

That threat for which ‘zombies’ are the socially acceptable euphemism.

Yes. They are otherwise known as "Trayvons."

[Mad Dawgg]

"Gun Sales Booming: Doomsday, Obama or Zombies?"

What is redundancy.

I'll take Headlines from the Department of Redundancy Department for 400 next Alex...