Sunday, November 16, 2008

I Can Haz Moar Guns?



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There has been an increase in gun sales since Barack Obama has been elected President. While this is great news for guns manufacturers and sellers, it makes the rest of us wonder wtf people are thinking.

Apparently, there is a belief among 2nd Amendment advocates that Obama will not fight tooth-and-nail to protect the rights of gun owners. Clearly, that implies that he has an agenda to take away all guns from private ownership.

Huh?

Aside from the absurd leap of logic from that statement, how would he accomplish such a task? I mean, the 2nd Amendment is not going away anytime soon, is it?

Its not like any President in recent history has ignored the constitution in any major way, right?

Alright, that's not a very good example.

Still, it seems a bit paranoid to think that all guns will be banned the instant Obama takes office. The same thing happened when Clinton took office the first term, with gun sales going through the roof, yet there were no jack-booted storm troopers from the ATF going door-to-door to confiscate legally-owned firearms during his eight-year administration (don't laugh, that's precisely the scenario some people are afraid of).

More importantly, I would hope Obama has more important things on his plate for the first few months.

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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Gratz

Obama wins! - NY Times

Obama wins! - Guardian

Obama wins! - AP

Obama wins! - Reuters

Cool.

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