Texas gun sales rise on fear of 2nd Obama term

(AP) FORT WORTH, Texas - Gun sales are booming across Texas, and some buyers say their growing belief that President Barack Obama's re-election is inevitable is fueling their race to bear more arms.

Fort Worth gun shop owner DeWayne Irwin tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the rush is similar to one seen shortly after the president's 2008 election.

Book author Alan Korwin tells the Star-Telegram that some are worried that Obama's re-election would embolden a major gun control push. Korwin has written nine books on gun laws and operates a gun laws website.

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Korwin says people worry that if Obama wins "he will go after firearms in a way we have never seen before."

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All republicans who aren't rich are stupid, paranoid or racist. Texans, lead by their inimitable school board, are stupider than most.

Perry in 2030!

[jamesm0909]

CBS, why does this story have an image of Seuung-Hui Cho, that VA Tech shooter ******? What does that crazy idiot have to do gun sales in TX? Does the picture of govt. buildings in the foreground of Seuung-Hui Cho imply the govt. is going to save us from people like him?

It's a pretty pathetic job at showing your lib bias, actually very amateurish. It shows the quality of news we get from "big network organizations" these days. No wonder your ratings are what they are.

[Haw_Haw]

Texas, LMAO hardly counts as a state in the REAL US!! Why is it texas is the O N L Y state with its OWN POWER SUPPLY?!! When the other lower 47 SHARE 3?! Florida is the wang of the US and texas is the butt hole crapping out mexico. Texas lol good one.

[Bustervon]

Texans, generally speaking, are a strange bunch. Their stockpiling of firearms is in preparation for the war of secession from these United States. It all started with the Kennedy assassination......need I say more?

[SivisPacemParaBellum]

"Get your head out of the sand ---" was a rebuttal to Technocoffee.

[SivisPacemParaBellum]

Get your head out of the Texas sand! Do you not know that Obama, as Senator voted, every single time, against gun ownership? And when recently asked by the Brady Group to become vocal in his anti-gun stand he stated " we are working under the radar." Do you know what that means? You call gun owners rednecks? Does that include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason ( co-author of the 2nd Amendment), all pro-gun patriots? Put the coffee down and have another drink of kool aid! the only reason Obama has not initiated gun control is that he know sit won't go anywhere now AND it is an election year! Wake up.

And the killing of OBL under Obama's watch? The plan to bet OBL was initiated under Bush's watch, i.e., it was his plan, repeating, his plan!).

You demonstrate your foolish beliefs about Obama; beliefs that got him elected in the first place. I'm reminded of an appropriate statement about foolishness: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt!" ~ Abraham Lincoln.

[technocoffee]

An even bigger indication of foolishness is the inability to express oneself using more than 3-5 sentences. Again, AS PRESIDENT-what law has Obama introduced to take guns away? The last time I got near Texas sand was in Galveston Bay in 1990--we got oil on us from the Texas idiots who spilled it on the sly but didn't clean it up..I didn't say gun owners were rednecks-but only rednecks make such a big deal about buying 90 when they only need a few.

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In fact isn't Obamas administration being accused of letting people have guns left and right?

[Lindag10]

George: I believe he's referring to the "gunwalker" thing.

[chroniccomplainer]

Why write about Texas. Are all the other states just living in a dream world. Texas is being invaded everyday by people from the North. Are they looking for work to have a better life or setting up shop and creating another ghetto. I love the saying." This is Texas~ Dont bring the Ghetto Here.!!"

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The ghetto was there before you were, pally. I heard the other day that Jim Bowie was partner with a couple of pirates in the slave trade. Dunno for sure, haven't looked it up yet on PsychoState.com.

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Republicans living in the fact bubble again. Fact: The only gun law that Obama signed in his entire administration allowed guns in Federal parklands. Is that scaring you about losing your guns yet? That sounds pretty threatening to gun rights doesn't it.

[PeaceInPeaceOut]

Dems playing ostrich again. Fast and Furious? Anyone?

[Freepress1111]

President Barack Obama's re-election is inevitable. The alternative is one of a group of Republican paranoid lunatics, just like the people in this article.