There has been much talk about the surge in gun sales since Obama was elected (yet another story here), but to actually see it in person was quite another thing. Your humble blogger went to a gun show yesterday in Gonzales, Louisiana, and was amazed at the amount of people in attendance - especially on a Sunday morning in church-going Louisiana. It was the first time ever to stand in a long line to get into a gun show there, and I have never seen business so brisk. (I went to the show looking for this Springfield Armory .45, which there are usually 5-10 at most gun shows, but they were sold out.) Several exhibitors said that it was be busiest show in memory.
Obama would do well to not go after guns. Firstly, there is no crisis right now - the Assault Weapons Ban faded away four years ago with no negative effect - and second, agitating the pro-Second Amendment crowd hurt Clinton in 1994, Gore in 2000, and could split Obama's fragile coalition (more than a few Democrats are pro-gun). A savvy politician would ignore the urge to "do something," and make all of us recent buyers look like fools. But then again, when have you ever known a Lefty Democrat to resist the urge to "do something"?
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Whether he does anything or not, two of my best friends are Mr Beretta and Mr Glock.
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