That’s right. In one month alone Americans made themselves and this nation safer (from enemies foreign and domestic) by choosing to exercise one our most precious rights–the right to own a firearm.
I think Thomas Jefferson would be especially pleased with this news when we consider a letter he sent to one of his nephews:
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the Body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind . . . Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks.”
–Thomas Jefferson, Letter to his nephew Peter Carr, August 19, 1785
Another 1,000,000+ Guns Added to American Homes in August
Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,074,757 checks in August 2009, a 12.3 percent increase from the 956,872 reported in August 2008.
So far that is roughly 9,076,205 gun bought this year! The total is probably more as NICS background checks may cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time…The increased trend of Americans buying firearms at a record pace was once thought to be a one time fluke caused by fears of the new Obama administration expressed lust for more gun control. But now 10 months in and the wrongly named “fear buying” has now become the norm as law abiding US citizen exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear firearms by the millions every month with no sign of slowing down.
The bulk of the buying has been concentrated on the following types of guns or calibers:
* Semi Auto Handguns
* Revolvers
* Ar15s and all variants of the Black Rifle
* .50 Caliber
I feel safer already 🙂 But this post should be taken in the context of Maynard’s post regarding the efforts by the political class to make ammunition more difficult to get. They know they can’t outlaw firearms so this assault on ammunition is the next best thing for them. Most things politicians do these days needs to be stopped, AB 962 in California is one of them.
It’s ironic that, for all the failed and wasteful “stimulus” measures, the only sector of the private economy that has improved as a result of Obama’s policies is the gun business. The gun stores should all be posting big pictures of Obama, with the caption, “Thanks, Barry!”
Th pic of Tammy’s “Snuffy Bruce” would do just splendidly! LOVE it! Once again – nice call Maynard!
If anyone reading hasn’t already done so, anyone who chooses to own a gun should learn how to reload ammo (take your fired brass cartridges and re-prepare them to become a live rounds again by re-assembling the cartridge components of primer, bullet, and powder according to specifications) and keep a stockpile of needed components handy. Also one should buy guns they feel comfortable with repairing-I like Glocks for that reason; revolvers, on the other hand, are simpler for a new shooter to master, but if shot a lot for competition, you will be at the mercy of a gun company to repair it since most of the component parts of revolvers require company technicians to fix them-and very few gunsmiths keep the tools handy to say straighten out a bent ejector rod…
Plus, reloading is cheap and fun to do.
Years ago they made Monroe County (NY) a GUN FREE ZONE and not even Walmarts sell hunting guns.
Democrat Socialist Party influence.
ALL THE GUN SHOPS ARE SHUTTERED AND BARRED *CLOSED*.
Everyone here still has guns .
The Second Amendment is a Natural Right..just a thought….
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Yep on that Maynard. Have you been primer shopping lately? It’s like a Cabbage Patch doll frenzy.
yea, and I am one of those 1mil+. In fact, I brought a 12 ga. shotgun and a mini-14 rifle (223 cal.).
Count me in that 1 million too :-p I fired my brother’s AR15 out of state also this weekend, that was hot. No one was injured. I’m sure Boxer and Feinstein need new diapers after reading this comment, huh. By the way, how’s 2010 lookin?
I bought a new one (Glock 17RTF2 9mm) Saturday, went to the range today and happy to report no jam and very accurate at both 20 and 25 yards. The speed loader is nice also.
I’ve had my concealed permit for a year now, and have a S&W compact 9mm named Spike. Spike and I enjoy our visits to the range, and we are working on an NRA marksmanship program through the Women’s Outdoor Sports Association I belong to. Those gun totin’ librarians. . .
If gun crime is truly an issue with our lawmakers, they would figure out a way to deal with the black market dealers who sell illegal weapons in dark parking lots at midnight. That is the danger to society, not the legal firearm owner who has legally purchased and registered the firearm. I’d have to be a flippin’ idiot to use Spike for something illegal since I purchased him from a legal firearm store, and duly registered him. God and everybody (as my sainted mother used to say) knows I have him. It’d take a halfway decent cop all of 10 minutes to find me if I did anything illegal using Spike. No, the lawmakers just prey on the legal firearm owner because it’s easier than dealing with the real problem–then they get to say “look what we did! Are we not proactive to just nip this problem in the bud?”
I know. . .preaching to the choir. . .
I Love my cousins- Smith & Wesson!