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anygunanywhere wrote:Mr.72, if what you said was true the bailout would have never passed because IIRC over 60% of us did not want it.

Anygunanywhere

While I agree with what you say from a logical sense, you must remember that we are dealing with politicians. They are influenced by not only popular majorities but also by political action committees and contributors. Nancy "Sweet Thing" Pelosi certainly has her share of political debt, but has demonstrated her sensitivity to the popular majority in changing her position on off-shore drilling... so there is hope that given enough pressure, even she can be swayed.

BMO has now demonstrated that he is acutely aware of the sensitivity of the issue of 2A and I would suspect that he will someday use the increase in gun sales as a feather in his economic stimulus cap.

He will, no doubt, say that he knew all along that by using the fear of increased gun control on us commoners he could increase gun sales (and as a bonus, church attendance) while maintaining reasonable controls on firearms. He, of course, won't take this position until it seems most advantageous. But, given enough pressure, he has demonstrated that he will alter his view of what is proper to meet the current political crisis.

Much of this response is tongue-in-cheek but I wouldn't be surprised at anything this political animal does.

He would make a great car salesman - No offense to any of you guys that sell cars.

bdickens wrote:First: Osama - I mean Obama - is a liar. Let's get that out of the way first.

Second: "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear...." That's the key. Once the Obamessiah makes them into unlawful gun owners, things will be different.

I think that bdickens first point is the basis for my concern but it does identify a weakness. Even the Dems are now trying to figure out why he preached one thing and is now it's obvious that his intent is to do something different.

It is clear that this man is driven by a "a need to be respected and loved". From that perspective, he is not much different than most politicians (read, he'll say anything to get elected then do what ever is needed to get re-elected). I continue to be amazed at the naivete of those who voted for this guy thinking he had any chance of delivering on all that he promised.

We simply must continue to "respect and love" his hunger for political acceptance and apply "reasonable" and overwhelming pressure to make sure he understands the incorrectness of any decision to mess with 2A including "reasonable" restrictions.

"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."

Ok, I give up. Their logic is overwhelming and I, for one, intend to post on this forum, every gun I own that I believe is more than I need to protect my home and myself. You guys and gals keep your eyes open for the good deals to come.

Oh, by the way, I'm gonna keep those that I believe I have a "right" to own as well (even though they may be in excess of what the donkey's in Washington think are needed).

Come to think of it, I guess I won't be posting much in the "for sale" threads.