Posted by
Dave in Nevada on Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:00:00 AM
WI: Obama election triggers 82% jump in state
handgun sales
WA: Change already has come to gun stores
WV: Gun sales surge after Obama presidential
victory
NV: Guns are 'flying off the shelf'
The run on guns
Obama election triggers
national gun rush
Gun Sales On The Rise Over Obama Gun Control
Fears
These are
just a few of the headlines for the last couple of days about the up tick in
firearms purchases since O bama was elected ruler of the country. The FBI has
reported that gun purchase background checks are up 49%.
I
attended a gun show in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday where I spoke to several
vendors that I have known for several years. They told me about their inability
to maintain in stock rifles, magazines, powder and primers and loaded
ammunition.
At 9:00 Saturday morning the line to get
into the gun show extended the length of the building and around the corner.
When I arrived the line wasn’t much shorter and was just as long when I finally
paid for my ticket and went inside.
As I was
waiting in line to get in I saw dozens of people leaving with boxes of ammo. I
don’t mean a couple of 50 round boxes. These were 500 round boxes.
I have
never seen so many people leaving the show with new rifles. The rifles people
are buying are the EBR (Evil Black Rifle) variety (I use the phrase EBR because
I despise the phrase “assault weapon” as there is no such critter, and to mock intolerant,
irrational, hopolophobes in this country).
Just 3 or
4 months ago I spoke to a friend who usually has a table at this gun show and
he told me that he was probably going to stop selling at the shows because
people were just not buying guns. He told me that people just didn’t have money
for guns. That situation appears to have changed.
You may
also be interested to know that the cost of entry to the gun show was $14.00
and parking was an additional $3.00. While I heard many complaints about the
rising cost of admission, the room where the show was held was packed.
Based on
the headlines I have seen during the last eleven days it is no secret that We,The
People are buying firearms in greater numbers since the election which has been
directly attributed to the concerns people have about O bama’s past comments and
actions in the Illinois State Senate about gun control. Further, we are all to
well aware of the Socialist Party’s desire to:
limit the number of firearms we can own and/or purchase;
define the type of firearms we can possess;
how many rounds a magazine may hold;
limit the caliber of firearms we may be allowed to
possess;
require owners to be registered;
require firearms to be registered;
ban firearms;
confiscate firearms
Clearly,
gun owners are sending a message to the Socialist Party. The message is obviously
a challenge to anyone who is considering confiscating firearms. I hope they
take note of this. I am certain that they haven’t missed it.
The
people stocking up on firearms and related items surely wouldn’t be buying all
these guns to just meekly submit to confiscation, especially after all the
expense involved during these trying economic times.
Just to
make certain that these people haven’t missed all this, I plan to e-mail Harry
Reid (S-Searchlight) and bring it to his attention that gun owners are
passionate about their God-given right to own firearms.
As an
aside, did you know that approximately one half of all automatic firearms in
the United States are owned by civilians? It’s
true. If you would like to see some people having a lot of fun you might want
to consider attending a machine gun match in Las Vegas. Or you might want to go to one
of several gun stores in Las Vegas where you can rent and shoot
(after some instruction and under a watchful eye) a sub-machine gun.