Gun Sales Boom Since Obama’s Election

 I have written before about the boom in gun sales since Barack Obama became the president-elect and now we have some numbers. According to this article gun sales are up 42% nationally since Obama won the presidency.

Recent gun sales are up nationally 42 percent. In Illinois, they are up 38 percent; and in Chicago’s suburbs 50 percent.

 And the more powerful the gun the harder gun shop owners are having keeping the weapons in stock. Law abiding, second amendment enthusiasts all across the country realize exactly how much contempt Obama has for the second amendment and they are still even a month after the election flocking to the gun dealers.

 42% nationally, that is a huge number, it shows you how strongly people feel about Obama’s stance on the second amendment as well as how strongly many Americans still feel about the second amendment. The left’s attempts to make law abiding people feel like criminals for practicing their second amendment rights hasn’t worked. People who make the decision to protect themselves and their families really don’t give a rats ass if linguine spined liberals think that we should be ashamed of ourselves. We are not paranoid, we are prepared.

 Needless to say I feel this surge in gun sales is a good thing. The more guns we have in the hands of responsible, law abiding citizens, the more the violent crime rate will fall. Not everyone sees it my way however.

“It’s simply paranoia,” said Thomas Mannard of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence. “And it’s irresponsible, from my point of view, to be touting how wonderful this is. More guns definitely equal more death.”

 Don’t you just love the way some on the far left claim that people exercising their rights under the constitution is a bad thing?  More guns does not equal more deaths. Fewer guns equal more deaths among law abiding citizens at the hands of violent criminals. More guns equals less deaths among law abiding citizens at the hands of  violent criminals. The only group that may see an increase in deaths is violent criminals who attack law abiding, gun toting citizens. Let that be a lesson to them.

 President-elect Obama’s stance on the second amendment is radical, people understand that and they are taking precautions against what they assume his policies on guns will be.

 Now that I think about it I think it is about time for me to make another trip to the local gun dealer before it is too late.