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Originally Posted by Lester Burnham
I'm a Dem.
I voted for Obama.
I have a small arsenal at home (e.g., an FN SCAR-L, FN 5.7, Walther PPS, Ed Brown Kobra Carry 1911...you get the picture). I can't let all the right wingers have all the fun.
I'm not a "one issue" voter like many people. At the end of the day, the Dems don't have enough clout in the legislature or in the federal courts to do a whole lot IMHO. An AWB will likely get filibustered. The real issue is the state legislatures, but then the Supreme Court will eventually get involved, and it still leans right.
The bigger concern is, frankly, the private sector. Price gouging is completely insane. You can't find ammo anywhere, and when you do find it, it is priced at obscene levels. I stopped by Walmart a few days ago and they didn't have any .223, .308, .45 or 9mm ammo. It is just crazy. I bought my SCAR for $2,200 a few years ago. You can't find it for less than $5K now. Stores are selling crappy AR-15s for $2K+. People are panicking.
But the paranoia has its benefits. I bought Ruger after Obama was elected. Up 10% and they issued a HUGE dividend (9% or so).  |
This is pretty much the way I see it. The fed govt won't be able to ban guns as it will never make it through congress or the senate. It's the states that will do anything as far as banning goes, but most of that will get over turned as unconstitutional.
It's just like when the Right tries to push religion in schools or anti gay policies. It always gets over turned.
Meanwhile you have right wing retards running around with their hair on fire trying to buy everything that isn't bolted down at the gun shows & stores. These morons have likely maxed out their credit cards buying everything they can get their hands on.
All I'd like to see is better background checks and perhaps requiring a license to buy assault rifles. Essentially making it tougher for criminals to just walk into a store and buy a gun and giving them much stronger prison sentences if a gun is used in a crime.