Gun Sales on the Rise: What's to Blame?

My grandmother went through war, murderous ideologies: communists/socialists & nazis & through 2 starvations, when millions starved to death.
She taught us to be prepared.
And as I seen hyperinflation (1400% per month), revolution & shortage of food in my country (to buy food you had to use monthly coupons that were used for food rationing - with your money) I can say that everything is possible. In US: hyperinflation & shortage of fuel can start real unrest & fuel class war & racial war. Imagine that there is not enough fuel to deliver food to supermarkets or hyperinflation so high that people can't afford food. Burglary will be like epidemy.

gut wrenching fear and pant pooping by scared neos who think they can shoot and kill without consequences

fox news scaring dumb hillbilly's

I'm neither conservative, liberal nor a Paul-bot. While I am a Combat Veteran and firmly believe in the 2nd Amendment rights, I'm going to keep this as objective as possible.

The price of a Semi-Auto AK went up 150-200 dollars this year. I only know this because I was set to buy one. By the time I acquired the "leftover funds", I could afford the AK (barely), but couldn't afford as much ammunition as I would have liked (240 vs 500+ rounds). For the price of ammunition I paid, I could have bought 4x as much in 2007 for the same price. The Firearms market is like any other market. Prices are based on speculation of supply/demand which is in turn based on speculation of current events and lawmaking. The economy, while admittedly improving in some aspects, still sucks.

Oh, and never bring skittles to a gunfight.

Cocked, locked, and ready to rock... plus you brought snacks ;)

What's wrong with gun sales again?

Morons who think guns are a good idea

na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey...

Good riddance?

Damn side easier to bring home venison with a gun than chase it for a mile or two or three and strangle it with your bare hands. Works well with duck, pheasant and moose too. We morons hunt.

Good for you

Wihthout guns we would all still be living in mud huts.

well that's not true at all is it. I'd say out advance in habitual dwellings is more to do with the invention of cement.

Without technologically equal or superior means to defend our sovereign from all threats both foreign and domestic, there would not be enough spare time to invent cement or anything else.

That's why the native Americans lost.

The inverse is why the colonials won the revolutionary war. Had they been armed with bows and arrows they would have either been bombed back to the sod age or utterly destroyed.

Just because your friends have neither been smart enough or honest enough to indicate how wrong you are regarding topics such as this, doesn't mean you are right.

Yes. And i'm suggesting that people should have advanced since then.

The people who have advanced are those with technologically equal or superior means of defending their territory.

If that is what you think, sir. Sure. I just see no need for people to be brandishing lethal weapons whilst about their daily business.

Perhaps you need to look up the definition of the term "brandishing" and the many ratified statutes prohibiting such behavior.

Let it go, sir. I don't agree that people need, or should have, guns in todays society. You aren't going to change my mind, in fact you'll probably strengthen it.

"Let it go, sir."

No.


Words have meaning and there are laws in every state prohibiting the "brandishing" of all weapons, not just firearms.

"I don't agree that people need, or should have, guns in todays society."

Amendment two states, "a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".

Note that is says the right of the people, not the right of the militia. That means me and you, not the police and not the armed forces.

Rights are not predicated on need.

Translation: For the sake of security, the governing body of a sovereign state needs a well armed militia. Since there will inherently be such a militia, the ability of the people to take up arms for the purpose of defending themselves from said governing body should never be infringed.

"You aren't going to change my mind, in fact you'll probably strengthen it."

Good... your mind is in serious need of strengthening.

I know full well what brandishing means. I'm English, we invented the language. Preaching to the choir. I was being hyperbolic. Much like you were when you suggested guns were the reason we dont live in mud huts anymore.

Amendment 2 means nothing to me. Less than nothing even. I don't come from America, fools with the right to own guns isn't my domain.

"Good... your mind is in serious need of strengthening."

Well, frankly, that was just rude. And yes, you have strengthened my opinions. The less people with guns in this world, the better. Especially those people such as yourself.

You invented nothing and I've been speaking the language far longer, and far better, than you.

I wasn't being hyperbolic. I supported my position with historical facts, whereas you rely on emotions to make your point.

Tolerating the suppression of one's rights at the hands of an oppressive government is far more foolish than fighting to preserve the right to defend oneself from such a government.

Rights don't come from the state, but rather from our ancestors. Whether a state chooses to reinforce our rights or infringe upon them is the distinction.

I would rather risk the perils of too much freedom than suffer the tyranny of too little freedom.

Just quite how you supported your position with fact, I don't know. You suggested that because of guns, we don't live in mud huts. That isn't true. It makes no sense whatsoever. I understand that our position in society has be garnered with advances in weaponry, but to say that where we live has changed because of it is silly.

'Rights' are an invention. We all have rights, but just who's rights do we go by. Everyone has different ideas of what a right is. You see guns as a right in your country, that's fair enough. But from my perspective, it'd be damn foolish for people to own guns. I feel safer without them, as do the majority. If it works for you, then fine. But you aren't going to change my mind as I truly despise the idea of it.

"I would rather risk the perils of too much freedom than suffer the tyranny of too little freedom."

Me too. Funnily enough.

Probably a little bit of everything

Personal protection against the rising tide of people who have no respect for others.

very well said

It's better to have an umbrella and not need it than to need an umbrella and not have it ;)

Fear

All of the above?

He plans to sell us out to the UN and make the 2nd amendment moot. Try to take my guns Barry.

Oh jeez! He's got a wet cat! Run!!

People are afraid of their government. We don't know what potus will do next. We hear of fema camps, people will fight if it comes down to it.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -Thomas Jefferson

"Never let a jihad go to waste."

people need to eat.

This is the worst poll ever! The choices were Obama and then stupid options. Not scientific! I hope Obama doesn't see this poll, I'm sure it would hurt his feelings. How would you like it if I made a poll asking what the worst poll in history was and added this poll as a choice and then put like, a peanut, a stingray, and a flag poll with the American flag on it? It bet that would hurt your feelings like crazy Sodahead News!

People enjoy having the opportunity to shoot one another.