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Post by lobster on May 2, 2009 7:19:16 GMT -6
I read that the President signed a treaty w/ mexico that includes gun registration, banning reloading , unless you get a special use permitt and banning gun clubs as well as other asaults on our constitution. I read it in the Human Events newspaper. Has any one heard about this,and the treaty the President signed w/ mexico ? I also read that this treaty needs to be ratified by the congress and senate before it becomes law. Sounds like the time to deluge our representatives with our opposition to this treaty.
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Post by Chaindriven on May 3, 2009 16:36:04 GMT -6
Lobster, I was unable to locate the artical you write of. I read the Human Events every day. I've search the site for information on the 'Mexican Treaty' and found nothing. However I did find the following.
Prius-driving 'Obama' people buying guns because they realize they picked the wrong man for Commander -In-Chief… even though they never admit it. I found old ladies and young liberals are buying guns. While there were spikes in gun buying during the Clinton administration, during the Rodney King riots, and even just before Y2K, I've never seen anything like this.
A customer I spoke with was buying ammunition because his wholesaler had run out. Customers are hoarding ammunition and, to a lesser extent, guns. He described a recent spectacle at a gun show where one vendor had a relatively large supply of ammunition and customers were swarming around him buying 50 boxes at a time…and not at a bargain price.
Every where and every place is out of ammunition within hours after having received a shipments. Not only are people buying as much ammunition as they can find and afford, they’re doing it during the work day rather than taking the chance that it will be gone by the weekend.
As if the message weren’t clear enough, a sign at a local WalMart said “Due to the increased demand from customers for ammunition, our suppliers are increasing production…” A salesman said that their ammunition supply is now infrequent and unpredictable: “We used to get shipments almost every day. Now we only know we’ll have it when we see it. I get at least a half-dozen calls a day asking for ammunition, especially for handguns, and when it arrives, the customers buy everything.”
“Now, it’s not what the ammo costs; it’s ‘do you have it?’”
Much of the demand for ammunition is due to an NRA advertising campaign during election season which described Barack Obama’s historical positions on gun issues, including having said that he would support a 500% federal tax on guns and ammunition. And while it is true that Obama has not made many anti-gun statements recently, gun rights expert David Kopel explains clearly that Barack Obama is easily the most anti-gun President in US history.
In his 2004 Senate campaign, Barack Obama said he would like to ban concealed carry permits. Now that Obama is President, Gunsmoke’s concealed carry courses are selling out class after class (50 people in each) in addition to their 3-day pistol classes, which are already sold out through June.
“People are petrified…afraid for their rights that Obama is going to attack. And while Obama says he doesn’t support banning guns, a 500% tax would effectively be a financial ban on both guns and ammunition. I think the left’s goal is that in 50 or 100 years, there are people who don’t even know that they could have bought guns or ammunition.”
Colorado is several months behind in processing concealed carry permits because of demand. Last month, it was reported that Florida “is buried under a backlog of 95,000 applications for concealed-weapons permits and it needs to hire a lot more people to handle the paperwork.” In Georgia, firearm permits were up 79% in 2008 over 2007. In Oklahoma, the number is around 90%. In Ohio, the number of concealed carry licenses issued in the 4th quarter of 2008 was 111% higher than the 4th quarter of 2007.
Since the election, the shares of gunmaker Smith & Wesson have more than doubled, with competitor Ruger’s shares up nearly as much. Two weeks ago a large gun and ammunition manufacturer, Olin Corp. raised its earnings guidance, anticipating a record quarterly profit for its Winchester ammunition division. The American public is speaking, and they’re saying in no uncertain terms that they don’t believe President Obama’s claims to support gun rights since his history says something very different.
As for me, I buying ammunition at any price now.
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