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Topic: Gun sales increase... Is it panic?
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Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-16-2008 05:34 PM
I think it's just a lot of people reacting to a stereotype attached to the party beginning with "D". Oklahoma's Governor is a member of that party, but is in favor of gun ownership. Lots of other members of that party are as well.
About the only thing I've seen attributed to the President-elect in relation to new gun legislation is raising taxes (possibly by a lot) on ammunition. IMHO, that ploy doesn't make any sense. It would just encourage a lot more gun owners to get reloading equipment.
I agree the act of drafting new gun control laws ranks way down on the list of priorities for the incoming administration. Chances are any new gun laws will be drafted by state governments, which is already the case. More conservative states (like Oklahoma) are far more gun-friendly while states like California have very restrictive laws already.
I'm going to get a conceal carry permit pretty soon, but not because of any change in political leadership. Times are getting tougher. City governments have less and less money to pay police officers, fund jails and prisons, etc. There's less money for programs in rehabilitating people addicted to harmful, illegal drugs. We may see a serious uptick in crime rates. Lawton, OK isn't all that dangerous a town, but it was a pretty rough place in the early 1970s when the local economy was in the toilet.
It's already up to any individual to protect himself. Through my own experience, I know cops aren't going to be there to prevent you from being robbed. They're going to be there to investigate the crime after it happened. At best, a strong police presence will only discourage crime. People have to make smart choices to avoid higher risk situations. With police departments being cash strapped those smart individual choices will be more important than ever.
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Randy Stankey
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From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 11-16-2008 11:19 PM
I have been planning to buy a new rifle like an AR-15 for some time, now. I have finished my 10-22 and, as much as I like to shoot it, I want to build another gun.
Recent events have only spurred me on to buy it sooner rather than later.
No, I don't think the new President will immediately move to outlaw guns. He's got bigger fish to fry, just like others have already said.
However, I do see a more liberal-leaning government ahead which is more willing to dabble in "social engineering", promote its own agenda over the will of others and, generally, create a whole series of laws which, by themselves, do not outlaw guns or anything else but, overall, tend to restrict people's freedoms in the name of "The Good of the Many."
The problem is twofold. First, once the government takes freedom away from the people it rarely gives it back without some sort of upheaval. Second, changes like that often happen gradually so that, by the time people realize their freedom is gone, it's too late.
In short, it's a slippery slope. Once we start down that path, it will be very hard to return.
To be honest, I don't see EITHER major American political party, Democrat OR Republican, as looking out for my interests. They are BOTH suspect and I don't trust either party to take care of the country's problems in an effective way. The government looks out, purely, for its own interests.
That's why I'm moving my time line forward.
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