I noticed that a video clip is making the rounds from Youtube
regarding an increase in gun sales recently. The media, of course,
is showing it’s natural fear mongering bias by pointing out that
some people are, to be blunt, pissing their knickers over the fact
that Barack Obama has taking a strong lead in the presidential race
of late and are a afraid that another “gun grabbing liberal” is
about to be the next US president.
That may be so but the media is the problem here. Historically
speaking, gun grabs have only come after someone has gone nuts
and it made national news; Pearl,MS, Colombime,CO. I won’t say
that there isn’t a chance Obama may decide to try his hand at
gun control but right now some of the media are acting like this
is a key issue in the grand scheme of things. Usually gun grabs
are knee jerk crap designed to make soccer moms feel ’safe” instead
of actually deterring crime.
Personally, I have a hunch that more than a few people are buying
guns because right now, things look like crap from a financial
point of view for most of us. And thus some of them are buying
guns to ensure that they have a chance to retain what they have
from people that are desperate and stupid enough to try stealing
food and other essentials from their neighbors.
I won’t say that there are some that aren’t worried that their
rights to own firearms will be trimmed by the next administration.
Every new president poses that possibility. And it would be there
whether it is a “conservative” or a “liberal”. Under the current
(Conservative!) administration we saw a huge blow to our rights
and freedoms thanks to the U.S.A. PATRIOT act and other laws that
came to pass after 9/11/2001.
So if you watch TV news, take it with a huge grain of salt and
try to see through their load of biased crap.
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