{"id":119,"date":"2008-11-14T01:13:40","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T05:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=119"},"modified":"2008-11-14T01:13:40","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T05:13:40","slug":"the-current-run-on-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/the-current-run-on-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CURRENT RUN ON GUNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI hate to see people buying guns out of fear,\u201d Gary Ross told me yesterday at his Trail Boss Gun Shop in Sierra Vista, Arizona, a short walk from the gates of Fort Huachuca. His sales are up as much as 40%, mostly semiautomatic firearms and high capacity magazines, and ammunition.<\/p>\n

The national media has picked up on this. It\u2019s happening at every gun shop in the country. The explanation is pretty simple: the party that just ensconced itself in rock-solid power in Washington has long considered firearms restriction legislation to be one of its planks. Indeed, those at the pinnacle of power seem to consider it one of their priorities.<\/p>\n

The Obama administration transition website, “www.change.gov<\/a>” boldly and blatantly posted its intent to ban semiautomatic firearms and much, much more. Early this week, that particular page disappeared from the website. However, it has been archived and you can read it HERE<\/a> Scroll down to “Crime and Law Enforcement”.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve heard of \u201chidden agendas,\u201d but rarely do we catch politicians in the very act of literally \u201chiding their agenda.\u201d It\u2019s really worth it to go to the link and dig up what they\u2019re trying to hide.<\/p>\n

The term \u201cpanic buying\u201d has been used to describe this phenomenon, which began long before the election when Obama\u2019s lead in the polls was evident, and his history of being hostile to private ownership of firearms had long since become apparent. I think \u201cpanic\u201d may be a strong word. It\u2019s more a matter of reasonable fear.<\/p>\n

The strangest explanation <\/a>of the buying spurt comes from a sociologist type who says it\u2019s all about paranoid whites reacting in fear to a black President-elect who will now be Commander-in-Chief of mighty armed forces. An interesting exercise in sophomoric thought, but how does that explain all the black people I saw buying guns in the Trail Boss shop and elsewhere, all over the country? Gun dealers have spoken of the irony of how many folks buying guns right now are wearing Obama T-shirts. One observer asked, tongue only partly in cheek, \u201cDo they know something we don\u2019t?\u201d<\/p>\n

It seems like an excellent time to join the National Rifle Association, still the strongest collective voice in the nation for gun owners\u2019 civil rights, and Second Amendment Foundation, which in my opinion has long been the most effective of the small activist groups. I would also recommend joining your state level grass roots gun owners\u2019 organization.<\/p>\n

When then-President Bill Clinton triggered \u201cpanic-buying sprees\u201d with the Brady Bill and the Assault Weapons Ban, one gun industry group waggishly gave him a Gun Salesman of the Year Award. Barack Obama will clearly be in line for the next one. And, adds a friend of mine with a bullet business, \u201cNRA Recruiter of the Year\u201d is a possibility for Obama, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI hate to see people buying guns out of fear,\u201d Gary Ross told me yesterday at his Trail Boss Gun Shop in Sierra Vista, Arizona, a short walk from the gates of Fort Huachuca. His sales are up as much as 40%, mostly semiautomatic firearms and high capacity magazines, and ammunition. The national media has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}