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Just a reminder: after Obama was elected, there was panic buying of assault weapons and ammo (Original Post) jpak Dec 2012 OP
And alot of these same people are waiting to use them. wendylaroux Dec 2012 #1
There will always be those ready to profit from stupid people. politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2012 #3
And they're rushing to buy them now neverforget Dec 2012 #2
Most of these people are pissed Va Lefty Dec 2012 #4
This is an ongoing thing. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #5
Just another reminder NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #6

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
3. There will always be those ready to profit from stupid people.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:03 PM
Dec 2012

After Obama was elected in 2008, there was a shortage of bullets which drove up the price of bullets to a dollar each. Poor dummies, another manufactured crisis for the gun shop owners to profit from. This is just one more.

neverforget

(9,436 posts)
2. And they're rushing to buy them now
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:51 PM
Dec 2012
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Gun-store-sees-boom-in-business-after-deadly-week-183660551.html

Gun store sees boom in business after deadly week

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the wake of two deadly shootings at an elementary school in Connecticut and a mall here in Oregon, many families are turning to guns for protection.

At one of Oregon’s largest gun sellers the owner told us that business has been booming.

Karl Durkheimer, the owner of Northwest Armory in Southeast Portland, said that in 20 years of business, this week has been his busiest week in sales, with Saturday being the single busiest day, and it’s not holiday shopping bringing in the customers.

Durkheimer said smaller handguns that can be concealed have been the biggest sellers.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
4. Most of these people are pissed
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:21 PM
Dec 2012

and are feed a daily dose of vitriol by faux news and rw radio. Not a good combination

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
5. This is an ongoing thing.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:23 PM
Dec 2012

If you look at online seller's sites, you'll find that the majority of listings for para-military semi-automatics will be marked "sold out" or "back ordered." It's been that way for quite a while. I suspect that right now, it would be difficult if not impossible to find certain models available for purchase.

NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
6. Just another reminder
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:50 PM
Dec 2012

This is the reason that law enforcement began purchasing drones by the thousands. There aren't enough uniformed officers to surveil all these crazies with manpower alone. They can probably do it with enough unmanned drones in operation 24/7 though.

Don

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