The National Rifle Association and the assorted far-right gun nuts who make up the gun lobby, as we recently pointed out, really are creating an extremely problematic environment for any post-election America in which Barack Obama has won re-election -- because, thanks to their fact-free and irresponsibly inflammatory attacks on Obama, they've once again convinced a significant segment of the American populace that Obama is secretly plotting to take their guns and their freedoms away.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Gun Boom of 2012 is in Full Swing
The National Rifle Association and the assorted far-right gun nuts who make up the gun lobby, as we recently pointed out, really are creating an extremely problematic environment for any post-election America in which Barack Obama has won re-election -- because, thanks to their fact-free and irresponsibly inflammatory attacks on Obama, they've once again convinced a significant segment of the American populace that Obama is secretly plotting to take their guns and their freedoms away.
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But you keep telling us that gun ownership is on the decline. Could you be wrong?
ReplyDeleteGreg, I don't keep telling you any such thing. I have pointed out a few times that the use of background checks to determine gun sales is bullshit.
DeleteMikeb, don't backpedal. You love to suggest things by hints and innuendoes, then deny that the obvious implication is what you meant, but we're not stupid.
DeleteNo backpedaling. I call you guys on the bullshit of implying that a million background checks means a million gun sales, or worse, a million new gun owners.
DeleteAll we've said is that it indicates a trend of a lot of new gun owners. And what's worse about that? The more gun owners, the better.
DeleteI don't get you, Mike. You (as in you personally) keep telling us that Obama will be a threat to gun owners in his second term. But then you also make posts like this. Can you please explain?
ReplyDeleteI hope Obama gets off his ass in the second term as far as gun control goes, but that does not mean he'll be a threat to anyone who is qualified and responsible. For millions of gun owners to be stocking up as if gun confiscation is around the corner only proves how gullible you are and out of touch with reality. I blame Wayne La Pierre.
DeleteBut Mikeb, you refuse to understand the full spectrum of gun rights. We don't want only the right to have a disassembled firearm of approved design locked in a safe. You keep trying to reassure us, but that scenario is your vision of acceptable gun ownership, and it is likely Obama's as well.
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