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Perhaps the erosion of our other freedoms has made us vlue the ones we have left?
by chrisbennet 15y ago
Perhaps the erosion of our other freedoms has made us vlue the ones we have left?
- learc83 15y agoExcellent point.
- hga 15y agoIndeed; here are some related items about that: 9/11, both the attack and the perceived overreaction (or at least the security theater part of it) did result in many people changing their minds about self-defense and so on. The Katrina gun confiscations, some caught on video, also had an impact. For that matter, as more and more excesses of the police get caught on video ... you'll note that in the US Google got a lot of takedown requires for those and refused ... well, those don't make people feel more secure. Take your pick of the Great Recession and/or the election of Obama, who's history prior to 2008 was relentlessly anti-gun except for HR 5441 in 2007, that both outlawed Katrina style confiscations and critically provided a private right of action against those violating it. Non-hunting gun and ammo sales went way up and are still higher than before then, even after we've seen that Obama in action is no more anti-gun than George W. Bush. (Note that "W", like Obama, was in favor of a renewal of the "assault weapons" ban, which lapsed while he was in office, and again, no blood in the streets.) The fact that despite these hard times people are still, 3 years later, buying more guns and ammo is pretty amazing. I'll close with two factoids: The last time I checked we buy 9 billion rounds of ammo per year. Economically, the shooting sports are bigger than golf.