Obama Gun Ban: More People Buying Guns in New Hampshire

By Jim on March 10th, 2009

People are stocking up on weapons in New Hampshire:

Uncertainty over President Obama’s commitment to the Second Amendment or his stance on gun control has been feeding a frenzy among gun buyers who suspect the President may soon take steps to slow or stop the sale of semi-automatic weapons altogether, Bacon said.

“It’s hard keeping up already. I have to tell people I don’t know when I will be able to get them what they’re looking for. Companies right now are so backlogged with orders they probably will never catch up,” Bacon said.

Smaller handguns — particularly revolvers — are flying off the shelves, along with tactical shotguns — Bacon prefers to call them “home defense” shot guns.

“They are short-barreled shotguns, easier for a woman to handle,” he says.

The other big sellers are AR-15s, most often referred to as assault weapons.

“That word carries a lot of stigma. It irks me. A bat can be an assault weapon, for that matter. This is really just a semi-automatic rifle,” he said, as his salesman hands one of the black, military-style rifles over the counter to a customer, who’s ready to buy.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while,” said the customer, a former officer at the Chester Rod and Gun Club, who doesn’t want his name publicized. “I’m not trying to hide anything, but I don’t want everyone to know I have guns. It’s like an invitation to the bad guys. You understand.”

None of this is surprising given what a direct threat Obama is to the 2nd amendment.

FACT: Barack Obama opposes four of the five Supreme Court justices who affirmed an individual right to keep and bear arms. He voted against the confirmation of Alito and Roberts and he has stated he would not have appointed Thomas or Scalia.¹⁷

FACT: Barack Obama voted for an Illinois State Senate bill to ban and confiscate “assault weapons,” but the bill was so poorly crafted, it would have also banned most semi-auto and single and double barrel shotguns commonly used by sportsmen.¹⁸

FACT: Barack Obama voted to allow reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt the firearms industry.¹

FACT: Barack Obama wants to re-impose the failed and discredited Clinton Gun Ban.¹⁵

FACT: Barack Obama voted to ban almost all rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting.³

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a 500% increase in the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition.⁹

FACT: Barack Obama has endorsed a complete ban on handgun ownership.²

FACT: Barack Obama supports local gun bans in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and other cities.⁴

FACT: Barack Obama voted to uphold local gun bans and the criminal prosecution of people
who use firearms in self-defense.⁵

FACT: Barack Obama supports gun owner licensing and gun registration.⁶

FACT: Barack Obama refused to sign a friend-of-the-court Brief in support of individual Second Amendment rights in the Heller case.

FACT: Barack Obama opposes Right to Carry laws.⁷

FACT: Barack Obama was a member of the Board of Directors of the Joyce Foundation, the leading source of funds for anti-gun organizations and “research.”⁸

FACT: Barack Obama supported a proposal to ban gun stores within 5 miles of a school or park, which would eliminate almost every gun store in America.⁹

FACT: Barack Obama voted not to notify gun owners when the state of Illinois did records searches on them.¹⁰

FACT: Barack Obama voted against a measure to lower the Firearms Owners Identification card age minimum from 21 to 18, a measure designed to assist young people in the military.¹¹

FACT: Barack Obama favors a ban on standard capacity magazines.¹²

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory micro-stamping.¹³

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory waiting periods.²

FACT: Barack Obama supports repeal of the Tiahrt Amendment, which prohibits information on gun traces collected by the BATFE from being used in reckless lawsuits against firearm dealers and manufacturers.¹⁴

FACT: Barack Obama supports one-gun-a-month handgun purchase restrictions.¹⁶

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on inexpensive handguns.⁹

FACT: Barack Obama supports a ban on the resale of police issued firearms, even if the money is going to police departments for replacement equipment.⁹

FACT: Barack Obama supports mandatory firearm training requirements for all gun owners and a ban on gun ownership for persons under the age of 21.⁹

As soon as I get some cash, I may snag an AR-15 myself…assuming that there are any left to buy at that point and that they are still legal to purchase. Obama has been a fantastic boon to gun shops though, that much is clear and he’s only been in office for a very little while. I wonder where we’ll be by the end of his first (and hopefully last) term.

By the way if you’re a gun owner and you haven’t joined the NRA then please do so now. Please also consider joining the Gun Owners of America too if you can. The more people we have in both organizations, the better off we’ll be when it comes to fighting off Obama’s attacks on our civil rights.