Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Bitter gun-clingers?

I wish I were making this up. I just read an article reporting that gun sales last week were up significantly from last year this time. The reason? Obama and a Democratic Congress. You know, the ones that want to take away your guns. I guess folks want to stock up, particularly on the "civilian version of the military's M-16." Awesome!

Remember this?
And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Well, listen to this:
"It's a fact that the liberal Democrats that now control all three branches of our government do not like guns. They want us out of business," Connecticut resident Scott Hoffman said. "They don't want the average American to have a right to defend themselves."

And New Hampshire gun owner Lloyd Clement said, "I think there's going to be an attack to some degree on the gun owners."

I guess the same thing happened when Clinton got elected, so Obama shouldn't take it personally, I guess.

So, go stock up before those liberal, elitist, effeminate Democrats take away your guns!!

2 comments:

UUpdater said...

I guess it's one way to stimulate the economy.

The Dark Knight said...

The second amendment is there for a reason, and despite the fact that many of us are very unhappy about the role that firearms have played in both our history and in our culture, the right to private gun ownership (the well-regulated militia issue notwithstanding) was considered ALMOST as important as freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to assemble and petition the government for the regress of grievances. So even though those rights come first, they also have to share an amendment; while the gun owners get one all to themselves.