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Financial crisis: Eat, spend and be merry
Topic Started: Oct 27 2008, 06:31 PM (642 Views)
Admiralbill_gomec
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RTW
Nov 11 2008, 02:35 PM
Pitbulls are the new white-trash status symbol. They're the pride of middle aged women who live in trailers and young guys with inadequacy issues.
Well, I wouldn't exactly say "new" :rotfl:
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Nov 7 2008, 04:44 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081107/ap_on_re_us/obama_gun_sales

The latest and greatest. This was on Yahoo's front page.

By the way, I'm stocking up on ammo this weekend and next weekend. ALL five calibers (.357, 9mm, .22long, .243, and 7.62x39mm). No, I'm not expecting a revolution and won't be fighting off hordes of criminals coming to "spread my wealth around." I expect taxes on ammunition to rise quite a bit. I also expect to see it tracked at some point or another, which is why I'll be paying cash.
Gun sales up!

http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/gun.sales.election.2.879513.html

Titled: Truth In Politics: Gun Sales Boom After Election

Up 50% in the Chicago suburbs.

I got my hair cut last night. My barber asked me if I knew where I could buy a Ruger Mini 14. I pointed him to a web site I knew of that conducts trades (they meet up at gun shows).
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Admiralbill_gomec
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Hey lookie lookie!

Obama tells us that he won't come after our guns!

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1318968,obama-gun-sales-up-120808.article

Titled: Obama: Don't stock up on guns


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As gun sales shoot up around the country, President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday that gun-owning Americans do not need to rush out and stock up before he is sworn in next month.
"I believe in common-sense gun safety laws, and I believe in the second amendment," Obama said at a news conference. "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear. I said that throughout the campaign. I haven't indicated anything different during the transition. I think people can take me at my word."

But National Rifle Association spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said it's not Obama's words — but his legislative track record — that has gun-buyers flocking to the stores.

"Prior to his campaign for president, his record as a state legislator and as a U.S. Senator shows he voted for the most stringent forms of gun control, the most Draconian legislation, gun bans, ammunition bans and even an increase in federal excise taxes up to 500 percent for every gun and firearm sold," Arulanandam said.

Obama answered "yes" in 1996 to a questionnaire from an Illinois group on whether he supported a handgun ban. But he later said a staffer filled out that answer and he did not support a ban.

Nationally, background checks for gun purchases jumped nearly 49 percent during the week Obama was elected, compared with the same time period last year, according to the FBI's National Instant Background Check System.

Anecdotally, gun dealers around the country have reported spikes in sales. The Illinois State Rifle Association Reports gun sales for November were 38 percent higher than last year.

"We don't dispute [the gun sales hike] because the numbers from the federal system certainly confirm that there is increased activity out there. We just think it's a bit stupid," said Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign against Gun Violence.

"Anyone who thinks they need to rush out and buy a firearm clearly has not been paying attention to how quickly we make progress on this issue. We don't think these are first-time buyers. We think they are people who already have more than enough guns at their homes to protect themselves and are buying more."



Deeds, not words, Mr. Obama.
Edited by Admiralbill_gomec, Dec 8 2008, 03:01 PM.
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