Gun sales up after election

So much for "I support the Second Amendment," and so much for the notion of "change." Media reports say President-elect Barack Obama has selected Eric Holder as his Attorney General, and that Holder may already have accepted the offer. Holder, as Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno during the Clinton Administration, said that the Second Amendment does NOT protect an individual right, but instead protects the right to have a firearm when serving with a militia. After leaving office, Holder stuck to that assertion when he signed Janet Reno's brief to the Supreme Court in the Heller case, which stated, "The Second Amendment does not protect firearms possession or use that is unrelated to participation in a well-regulated militia." Any doubt what's ahead?

Here's Obama's recipe for disarming America. Start with baby steps, such as banning "semi-automatic assault weapons." Why would a hunter object to that? (He will, if he realizes that there is no functional difference between and AK-47 and his Remington 742 which will be added as the list expands.) Go for "common sense" gun control, such as banning concealed weapons. Now, when you ask how that would be common sense, how the feds can overturn thirty-eight state laws with no constitutional authority to do so, or point out that crime rates against persons have dropped in those states, stand by for the ol' "brotherhood of man, we need a less violent society" lecture. They'll cherry-pick a few stories from the very few cases of licensed people committing crimes, but ignore the thousands of cases every year where a person defended their life. Use vague, technologically impossible terms such as "child-proofing guns" or "ballistic fingerprinting" to basically outlaw any firearm that can't meet these ridiculous goals. Redefine everything. A bolt action, scoped rifle is no longer a hunting rifle. As Senator Charles Schumer pointed out a few years ago, it's a "SNIPER rifle!" Make them unaffordable. As we can see from Obama's voting record, he likes the idea of a 500% excise tax on firearms and ammunition. Here's your worst case scenario - use the U.N. If you read the Constitution and review federal case law, you will note that a treaty with a foreign power carries a weight equal to a constitutional amendment. Fow the last twelve years or so, a treaty designed to restrict firearms has been floating around the U.N. If Obama and his Democratically controlled Senate sign onto this SALW treaty, they can incorporate any restrictions they want to to prevent the illegal transfer of weapons. That could mean registration...or it could mean that you have to store your own weapons at a centralized, "secure" armory that the government will maintain. For those of you who say that Obama will not do any of these things, remember this: The same old gang that has fought so hard to disarm law abiding Americans is still there. Diane Feinstein, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer, et al. Do you remember Feinstein sitting on Sixty Minutes saying, "If I could have gotten the votes for an outright ban - Mr. and Mrs. America turn them in, I would have done it in a minute." Guess what? She may now have the votes.

Regulations and laws are something criminals try to get around everday because there is something missing in their soul.The laws and regulations are there for them to follow just like the rest of us.It is up to the police to capture, the courts to prosecute and the prisons to house the criminals.Using criminal behavior as a means to take away the rights of law abiding citizens is not going to deter crime but just leaves those willing to follow the law without the right.

is a scary thought. Obama loves big goverment more than anyone I have ever seen. Taking away the country's right to bear arms will be a huge mistake. If this happens you will still see the criminals obtaining the guns just as easy as they are today. Take away the guns and they will find other means to kill. Meanwhile the law abiding citizens will be unable to defend themselves. I don't own a gun of any sort but I will stand beside my fellow Americans and fight for their right. Prohibition is the sole reason gangs and the mafia were formed all because the goverment wanted more control. EVERYONE loses when we have big goverment.

I own a gun and am responsible. I am also a doctor who has seen too many families lives altered in my 30+ years of practicing because of the loss of a loved one due to gun violence and/or negligence. The facts are indisputable. We must have more regulation. Among 26 industrialized nations, 86% of gun deaths among children under age 15 occurred in the United States. Every two years more Americans die from firearm injuries than the total number of American soldiers killed during the 8-year Vietnam War. In 2005 (the most recent year for which data is available), there were 30,694 gun deaths in the U.S: 12,352 homicides (40% of all U.S gun deaths), 17,002 suicides (55% of all U.S gun deaths), 789 unintentional shootings, 330 from legal intervention and 221 from undetermined intent (5% of all U.S gun deaths combined). These Numbers were obtained from CDC National Center for Health Statistics mortality report online, 2008 as well as independent studies. Do we need the right to bear arms? I say yes. But at the same time, we need real regulation.

I certainly do not agree with Obama's view on concealed weapons. If you can pass whatever application process is necessary to carry a concealed weapon, then that should be your right. It isn't the people who are legally carrying concealed weapons that are the problem. There are many cases where it is necessary depending on line of work, etc. Do you think the criminals are going to obey a ban on concealed weapons? Does that mean his security force will not be allowed to carry them? I doubt it, so why does he want to ban them for the law abiding public?

When Barack Hussein Obama leaves office, all sorts of roads, airports and comumunity centers will be named after him. Just think BHO Parkway...pronounced Buh-ho. Fitting for what he is getting ready to do.

There's your new president elect, people! He wants to make sure that you don't have the means to defend yourself against his buddies when they try to rob you. Thirty-eight states now allow concealed carry by law-abiding citizens, but Obama feels that the Ninth and Tenth Amendments don't exist. As imperial ruler, he wants law abiding citizens stripped of their rights, so that only criminals have guns. How long before the revolution starts?