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Gun Rush

July 26, 2009 4:50 PM

Americans are snapping up guns and ammo at an increasingly higher rate despite the economic downturn. But the recession, as well as the election of Barack Obama, may be the reason for the run on guns.

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by drive2cu November 12, 2009 5:20 AM EST
As Samuel Adams said in 1788 " The Constitution Shall Never Be Construed To Prevent The People Of The United States From Kepping Their Own Arms!!!
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by Danyboi787 September 8, 2009 5:29 AM EDT
Twenty years ago, I know that I would have been terribly saddened to hear this news about the horrendous flood of guns in America. However, twenty years later, with most of the U.S. manufacturing jobs exported to China, with the huge ascendancy of China as a world power, and with China holding most of the U.S. debt, there is a perverse comfort within me knowing that if China ever decided to invade the U.S. with its far superior number of ground troops, they would be up against this tidal wave of guns that have just thoroughly soaked American culture to such an outrageously ridiculous extent. They would probably decide not to invade.
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by Rabino13 August 9, 2009 3:39 AM EDT
It is a scary that the NRA has the guts to defend the terror that guns create. Yes terror, because truly there no other way to define the result of what that organization so shamelessly defends. They want us to know that their only concern is the right of citizens to bear arms, but it is clear that what they don?t really care about is the loss of life as they manipulate society and lawmakers with lies and intimidation into passing laws favorable to their agenda. Somebody will die because of the use of a gun, or at best remain crippled for the rest of his/her life. Guns kill people, and there is nothing else that can be said about them, so the moronic argument about the Second Amendment holds no water. The real culprits of one of the highest murder rates in the whole world are guns and the NRA. Whatever else those vampires may want us to believe is pure BS. And shame on those members of Congress who have sold their souls to those bullies.
Thanks CBS/60 Minutes for your honest reporting.
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by saneObserver August 4, 2009 10:46 AM EDT
The second ammendment & the NRA support the right to give away assault rifles on play grounds and for extremists to make dirty bombs.
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by averageguy54 August 2, 2009 7:47 PM EDT
Here are a few quotes you need to have a look at. The attitude by the reporter on the subject needs to changed.

"It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." - Teddy Roosevelt
But fortunately we have the nanny-state politicians who can step in to protect us poor stupid consumers, most of whom would not know a JVM from a frozen chicken. Bruce Pierson
If you've ever watched 6-year-olds playing soccer, that's what the mainstream media is like. -- Jon Stewart
"He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him, the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable an ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." - Albert Einstein
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation." -- George Washington ?United we Stand-Divided we Fall.?
" The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to let the subjected people carry arms." Adolph Hitler, Mar. 18, 1938
?When the people fear their government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.? ? Thomas Jefferson

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
4. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
5. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
6. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
7. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
8. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
9. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved.
10. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
11. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
12. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
13. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
14. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
15. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
16. 911: Government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
17. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
18. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
19. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
20. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
21. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
22. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.
23. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
24. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
"Calling an illegal alien an "undocumented immigrant" is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist."
The 2 most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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by 11-Bravo July 31, 2009 11:05 PM EDT
I came here from Ukraine 3 years ago. In Ukraine people do not have right to carry weapons. And it?s very sad. Because innocent people getting shot and robbed every day. Criminals do have a guns because they don?t give a **** about Laws. Police don?t help because they come to the scene when the crime already committed. That?s means victim already exist. Guess who is victims???? People like me. That me who getting shot, robbed, attacked, ets. Me and my family. Corrupted politicians in Ukraine don?t want us to have guns for protection, and in the same time they driving around in uparmored cars and with armed bodyguards. If I not mistaken, senators in US is under protection of armed Secret Service. It?s easy to vote against guns if you have personal bodyguards.
Anyway, I moved to US joined US Army, I got my Citizenship and concealed carry permit and I?m very happy about that. Because I have a right to protect myself and my family. Try to brake in my house now.
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by 11-Bravo July 31, 2009 11:02 PM EDT
I came here from Ukraine 3 years ago. In Ukraine people do not have right to carry weapons. And it?s very sad. Because innocent people getting shot and robbed every day. Criminals do have a guns because they don?t give a **** about Laws. Police don?t help because they come to the scene when the crime already committed. That?s means victim already exist. Guess who is victims???? People like me. That me who getting shot, robbed, attacked, ets. Me and my family. Corrupted politicians in Ukraine don?t want us to have guns for protection, and in the same time they driving around in uparmored cars and with armed bodyguards. If I not mistaken, senators in US is under protection of armed Secret Service. It?s easy to vote against guns if you have personal bodyguards.
Anyway, I moved to US joined US Army, I got my Citizenship and concealed carry permit and I?m very happy about that. Because I have a right to protect myself and my family. Try to brake in my house now.
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by gunownerdan July 30, 2009 12:23 PM EDT
A common falsehood is that AK-47's and other so-called "assault rifles" were not available during the 1994 "assault weapon ban".
That's not true at all!
I got my brand new AK-47 legally in 2003 during the useless ban and the only thing that was different about it is it didn't come with a bayonet lug, and folding stock, or a high capacity magazine.
You could also buy AR-15's during that stupid ban minus cartain cosmetic features.
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by gunownerdan July 30, 2009 12:16 PM EDT
"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms . . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes . . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
-- Thomas Jefferson, quoting criminologist Cesare Beccaria
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by robert1400 July 29, 2009 12:06 PM EDT
Your news report on Sunday concerned me, because not all the statements that you made in the segemnt were true and accurrate. You stated that at gun shows you sale fire arms without background checks. That is not true, California requires private and retails sales to be recorded and background checks conducted. Most states require private sales and retail sales to be recorded. Get your facts right. People should be able to carry a firearm to protect themselves. It is very appearant that your organization does not support the 2nd Admendment and you cannot give a fair and balanced report. Look at the statstics and the areas with the most gun control have the highest rate of crime. The states where gun control is less stringent have lesser crime rates. Why? Because the crimals know they are more likely to be shoot.
I will not allow my rights to personal protection to be eliminated, nor will other gun owners. We will continue to fight for them.
Many times the news media gives wrong information and it is not accurrate, because your organizations sensationalize the real story as you tried to do in your news report. The right to have firearms pre-dates the US Constitution. Washington needs to clenup there act, the Supreme Court neds to uphold the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Liberty, Justice, and Freedom are what this country is about.
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