Black Friday gun sales set another record

Enthusiastic Black Friday shoppers weren't just interested in picking up the latest electronics or appliances this year. Guns were also a relatively popular item.

According CBS Station KYW Philadelphia Wednesday, the number of potential gun buyers on Black Friday went up, setting a record for the second consecutive year.

The FBI said that its call centers were flooded with 154,873 calls from firearms dealers seeking background checks -- about a 20 percent increase from 129,166 on Black Friday 2011.

Don Gallardo of Phoenix's Shooter World told USA Today his store experienced a 10 percent rise in sales on Black Friday.

Shira Goodman of CeaseFirePa, a Philadelphia anti-gun violence group, told KPW that she thinks that gun-buying decisions were prompted by concerns over possible tougher gun laws in 2013: "There was a lot of advertisement about what the re-election of President Obama might mean, although no action has been taken yet, or in his prior term about limiting access to legal guns."

Goodman said CeaseFirePa is not concentrating on guns going to those who follow the law. "We're concerned about illegal guns, guns that are purchased or transferred illegally," she said

[Sax1031]

great news

[[oweghn]

The shot heard around the world was shot because the British were marching to Concord to take American guns.

Obama is the best gun salesman in America.

[tsafa1]

The purpose of the Second Amendment is to arm people in order to prevent future tyranny. They need the tools to do this. The term "Well Regulated" in the Second Amendment meant "Well Manned and Equipped " in 1791 as was determined in the 1939 United States v. Miller case after referencing the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. The concept of Government Regulation, as we understand it today, did not exist at the time. United States v. Miller also determined that the term "Arms" refers to "Ordinary Military Weapons". American Citizens have the right to Keep and Bear, which means Own and Carry, any weapons that a soldier carries into battle. That includes past, present and future weapons. A Militia consisted of armed volunteers willing to fight with their personal arms and not under government control. The American people still have a lot of work to do with regard to taking back their rights.

[BigMykul]

Excellent post, well explained.