In a way I am relieved...

[Silent Bob]

I have to say, I am relieved that things have to come to a head here the way they have in the past several days. No, I am not glad twenty kindergardners died in CT to achieve this. I am sickened, horrified, and brimming with rage at the subhuman spoiled manchild that felt the need to exponentially add to this nation's turmoil to satisfy some perverse imagined rage he felt, and the gun grabbers who became sexually excited upon the news of this tragedy. No, I am relieved that we can finally stop waiting for when Obama and the gun grabbers were going to begin their long-anticipated push for disarmament. Instead of dreading when the day would come, it has come and now we can begin plan how to fight it. As for me, I plan to do everything I can. Really, it's not like I have anything better to do at the moment anyway.

I spent the last several days in horror and depression over the ramifications of this sick goth nerd's sick final need for posthumous recognition and the desperately-needed launchpad it provided the gun-grabbing elitists after a decade of setbacks. Now, I am filled with a desire to fight this with everything I have. I spent the evening convincing every friend and family member I know who owns at least one gun to join the NRA, offering to make it their Christmas present for me for this year. For myself, I think will join GOA and even JPFO if they will take this Gentile. I am drawing a line in the sand. I hope some here are with me.

Good luck, and good night.

 

[Silent Bob]

Oh and Cheaper than Dirt will never see another cent from me.

 

[wow6599]

Oh and Cheaper than Dirt will never see another cent from me.

+1 ..... they pulled the same crap after '08.

Sorry to go off track.

 

[OilyPablo]

I personally still want to vomit that a certain major political party would use the death of young children to further their viewpoint and attempt to control the rights of innocent citizens.

I am relieved the drunk Biden is charge of certain segments. He will choke. What a fool.

 

[Old Fuff]

Well welcome to the fight. I started well before 1968, and I can tell you we are in much better shape then we ever were. Over the last decade literally millions of tactical firearms have been made or imported and sold, and very few of the owners will give up what they have without a fight. One common denominator among those buyers is that they are all old enough to vote.

No less an authority then the Supreme Court has decided that the Second Amendment - like the other nine - represent a right of the people, in this case to keep and bare arms, and as such the Obama Administration would be on a very shaky ground trying to institute a ban.

Who in 1968 would have thought that a day would come when all but one state would have some procedure where ordinary people would be allowed to legally carry concealed weapons for self-protection? If one of them had been present at the school in CT. we might be reading a different story today.

In 1994 president Clinton and his leftist party passed an AWB before the above had come about, and in 1996 gun owners moved control of both the House and Senate over to the other party. Al Gore never got to be president because in a close election the “gun vote” prevented him from carrying his own home state.

If we don’t cave in we can do it again.

Legislators’ most pressing concern is getting reelected and collecting campaign contributions to facilitate it. Anything else is secondary. Therefore they specialize in kicking the can down a road for some future decision rather then solve hot-button issues.

The so-called fiscal cliff is a good example. They kicked the can down the road, but here they are – down the road – and it is probable that they’ll do it again.

What our gun owner community needs to do is flood them with enough communications (letters, FAX’s, emails, phone calls, etc) to make it clear to those who are not from “safe” districts that a wrong move could endanger reelection prospects.

As time passes the general public will tend to lose interest as other matters, (mostly economic in nature) will grasp they’re attention. Very few will make this the absolute deal-breaker in deciding whom to vote for. On the other hand those who have a lot to lose will tend to watch what lawmakers are doing and vote accordingly.

Any attempt to push Obama’s proposals through congress will take time, and time is likely to work in our favor if we don’t panic and make concessions we don’t have to. Meanwhile sales of tactical firearms will continue to set records, and that alone will be a deterrent against future gun control statutes.

Hopefully everyone understands that most of the pounding we’re taking is coming from the mostly liberal/leftist mainstream media at a time when other news is in short supply. What they can’t get around (and likely won’t mention except in a negative context) is the past and current – and likely future – sale of tactical firearms will give our side ever increasing leveraging where it counts – in legislatures, voting booths and court rooms when 2nd. Amendment rights are under consideration.

 

[Ranger Roberts]

Oh and Cheaper than Dirt will never see another cent from me.

Sorry to go off topic, but what happened with Cheaper than Dirt?

 

[KMatch]

+1 ..... they pulled the same crap after '08.

Sorry to go off track.

I sent CTD a personal message last night letting them know the same from me. Who else bothered? It's one thing to turn away - another to let them know how many sales they really lost and why. Vote with your wallets, but ALWAYS let those you voted against know about it.

 

[KMatch]

Sorry to go off topic, but what happened with Cheaper than Dirt?

They took advantage of the situation and raised prices through the roof. Last I heard, $12.95 magazines were going for $60, for instance. Plus they pulled firearms sales. Some argue it's supply and demand on the pricing. I argue it's bad business and will never shop there again, plus regret ever doing so in the first place.

 

[19-3Ben]

even JPFO if they will take this Gentile.

They will. They accept anyone as members.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I am relieved that we can finally stop waiting for when Obama and the gun grabbers were going to begin their long-anticipated push for disarmament.

I can appreciate the sentiment, but I don't share the feeling. They needed this tragedy to gain enough momentum and capital to have a real chance of pulling it off. Prior to this over-seansationalized and very emotionally charged incident, they were just pi$$ing in the wind, and they knew it.

So no, I'm not relieved. I'm very concerned. Not for me so much, as I could certainly make do with what I already have. No, I'm worried for later generations. Poor kids who are just about to come of age and were very excited to exercise their rights may well find those rights curtailed. Not to mention those younger and those yet unborn.

Sorry to go off topic, but what happened with Cheaper than Dirt?

Suspending gun sales while engaging in serious profiteering on ammo and accessories. $60 Pmags and $900 cases of 5.56 FMJ.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I know how you feel. I kind of agree.
It's just sick how they are exploiting the deaths of innocent children to further their anti-freedom agenda.

 

[KansasPaul]

Had never heard of the JPFO until this morning. Googled the acronym and found the web site - wow, I was surprised at what I found. There is more information regarding firearms data, legalities, etc. than I have observed in one place. This will certainly take some time to glean through.

Paul

 

[dogrunner]

And ain't it just a despicable thing being done in large part to deflect attention away from the real issues facing us economically and culturally!................Must be a special place in hell for the likes in DC we now have.

 

[Derek Zeanah]

Had never heard of the JPFO until this morning. Googled the acronym and found the web site - wow, I was surprised at what I found. There is more information regarding firearms data, legalities, etc. than I have observed in one place. This will certainly take some time to glean through.

I'm looking at an ad for them right now. We provide groups like that with free ads, assuming they respond to my inquiries.