Gun Salesman of the Year: Barack Obama

[elleflies]

Surprise winner of Obama stimulus spending: gun industry

I can attest to this first hand. After the election was finally over my dad celebrated Obama's victory by buying himself a new handgun and expanding his garden (Just in case).

I was with him at Academy Sports and a few Pawn Shops in February and I have never seen the gun counters so busy in my life. It was two people deep at the Pawn Shop and getting that way at Academy. I just hung out with the jewelry counter girls in the pawn shop and gawked at all the very serious, serious men drooling over weapons. There were constant PA's at Academy for so and so to come to the gun counter to assist. The rest of the place: empty.

Before the election guns were a fun little thing my Dad and I did as one of our few mutual interests. We'd take the Craig 30/40 and the AK-47 to the rifle range, fire off a few shots and have a good afternoon (I can't hit jack shit with the Craig 30/40, that thing kicks like an angry mule. And to think, that's the gun my grandfather fought with in WWI.)

After the election the gun frenzy has ratcheted up to a whole new level of WTF. I'm not sure how many weapons he has now, as every time I come home he's drooling over a new one. My father isn't crazy, he's just of the belief that he needs to have these now because who knows if they'll be available later. Which is pretty much the ethos of most of the men (and women) purchasing these weapons. They will not use them on anyone no matter how much they disagree, but they believe whole heartedly in the Second Amendment. In Texas, guns are serious bizness.

My Father Ladies and Gents. God Bless Him.

Plus, he lets me shoot them and it's fun. BANG BANG BANG.

I also save MRE's for him if the soldiers leave them behind on the planes. I brought him 2 once and he grumbled that 200 would be a more appropriate number. Sometimes, I don't even know what to do with this man.

ETA: I don't mean to imply that Obama will take away guns or overturn the 2nd Amendment. All I'm saying is that my dad is paranoid.

Comments

[jennem.livejournal.com]

My mind boggles over the rush to buy guns—for the most part, its being done by people who consider themselves to be law abiding citizens. On the off chance, that the 2d Amendment is magically repealed in some way, are these people *really* going to hang on to what are now illegal weapons? Some, I'm sure, but most? For some reason, I doubt that. So, really, they're just...buying guns that they think they'll have to give up. There's some kind of logical disconnect in there for me. :D

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

I REALLY don't know. I think they're buying guns that they think won't be available later but won't be considered illegal. From what I've been able to glean, I don't think they're worried about the 2nd Amendment just being overturned so much as stricter regulations that would prevent them from being able to own and purchase guns as they presently can. This is just me speculating. I'm not entirely sure. I may fall on the conservative side of the spectrum but I don't tend to inquire into my father's logic as I usually find it really hard to follow. God Bless the man, his heart's in the right place but I just don't get it.

And it's not just my dad. A bunch of pilots I work with have joined in on the gun hoarding.