Topic: Obama´s drive to increase gun sales has been a resounding success story (Read 1315 times)
March 08, 2016, 11:37:37 PM
I have heard that when a democrat is in office (presidency), gun sales increase because of the fear that they will take away guns. It's kind of ironic that it works that way.
March 08, 2016, 04:30:01 AM
About 33,000 die by guns in the U.S., about the same number as in car accidents.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
When compares to other death causses, motor accidents is slightly more.Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Heart disease, cancer and diabetes are the biggest killers in the US.
March 08, 2016, 02:52:59 AM
ATF: Gun Production More Than Doubled Since Obama Took Office
by AWR HAWKINS7 Mar 2016
The production of guns has more than doubled since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, amid his frequent demands for more gun-control and fewer guns.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has released its annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report, which shows that nine million firearms were built and sold in 2014, that’s up from 4.3 million firearms in 2008.
The March 7 report covers production figures from 2014, and shows that 3,633,454 pistols, 744,047 revolvers, 3,379,549 rifles, 935,411 shotguns, and 358,165 miscellaneous firearms were manufactured that year. That adds up to a total of 9,050,626 firearms.
And the 2014 figures, as high as they appear, were down slightly from the 2013 manufacturing total of 10,844,792.
To really grasp how great a surge the figures from 2014 and 2013 represent, consider the ATF’s report for 2008, when a total of 4,298,187 firearms were manufactured.
Or the figures from 2007, when a total of 3,922,613 guns were manufactured.
There is simply no comparison between the two pre-Obama years and what are the last two years of record for gun manufacturing during Obama’s second term.
Breitbart News previously reported that this surge was being fed in late 2015 via the huge growth in demand for guns.
According to CNN Money, Smith & Wesson’s sales for the quarter ending January 31, 2016, were up “61.5%” over the where they were at the end of the same quarter a year before. More broadly, on Black Friday 2015 the FBI conducted 185,345 background checks, not only breaking the previous record for background checks on a given Black Friday but also breaking the single-day record for background checks, period.
And on March 2 Breitbart News reported FBI figures showing that February 2016 was the tenth straight month of record background checks.
So firearm manufacturing continues to surge, but it does so because demand is through the roof.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/07/atf-gun-production-surging-during/
by AWR HAWKINS7 Mar 2016
The production of guns has more than doubled since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, amid his frequent demands for more gun-control and fewer guns.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has released its annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report, which shows that nine million firearms were built and sold in 2014, that’s up from 4.3 million firearms in 2008.
The March 7 report covers production figures from 2014, and shows that 3,633,454 pistols, 744,047 revolvers, 3,379,549 rifles, 935,411 shotguns, and 358,165 miscellaneous firearms were manufactured that year. That adds up to a total of 9,050,626 firearms.
And the 2014 figures, as high as they appear, were down slightly from the 2013 manufacturing total of 10,844,792.
To really grasp how great a surge the figures from 2014 and 2013 represent, consider the ATF’s report for 2008, when a total of 4,298,187 firearms were manufactured.
Or the figures from 2007, when a total of 3,922,613 guns were manufactured.
There is simply no comparison between the two pre-Obama years and what are the last two years of record for gun manufacturing during Obama’s second term.
Breitbart News previously reported that this surge was being fed in late 2015 via the huge growth in demand for guns.
According to CNN Money, Smith & Wesson’s sales for the quarter ending January 31, 2016, were up “61.5%” over the where they were at the end of the same quarter a year before. More broadly, on Black Friday 2015 the FBI conducted 185,345 background checks, not only breaking the previous record for background checks on a given Black Friday but also breaking the single-day record for background checks, period.
And on March 2 Breitbart News reported FBI figures showing that February 2016 was the tenth straight month of record background checks.
So firearm manufacturing continues to surge, but it does so because demand is through the roof.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/07/atf-gun-production-surging-during/
January 06, 2016, 03:03:59 PM
The police are killing too many black people with guns. Why can't Obama realise this?
Bad cops should be out of the force, or sent to jail, same with bad dentists or bad lawyers
What about blacks killing blacks?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/28/5-devastating-facts-black-black-crime/
January 06, 2016, 02:29:40 PM
The murder rate has dropped by 15-20% during Obama´s reign, in spite of those ballooning gun sales (or maybe because of that?) so that´s definitely nothing to cry about.
January 06, 2016, 01:23:21 PM
Well, guns are extremely dangerous of course and need to be handled very carefully and responsibly. Idiots will always manage to shoot themselves in the foot especially if trained by other idiots.
January 06, 2016, 01:16:44 PM
About 33,000 die by guns in the U.S., about the same number as in car accidents.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP6UvNgbqIA
He better be on that list.
January 06, 2016, 01:14:12 PM
About 33,000 die by guns in the U.S., about the same number as in car accidents.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP6UvNgbqIA
January 06, 2016, 01:11:17 PM
About 33,000 die by guns in the U.S., about the same number as in car accidents.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
Homicides account for about a third, the rest is suicides, accidents and other.
I guess many times more are injured, some seriously, others less so.
It´s a pretty high number but you have a huge number of firearms in circulation and very widespread so viewed in that light I don´t really see it as an overwhelming crisis. In any event it´s obvious that only a tiny minority of the population uses guns for unlawful and harmful purposes. So, the objective should be to weed out those individuals and make it harder for others that have no business or mental capacity to have guns,
to join that small minority.
January 06, 2016, 12:21:12 PM
Gun Store Owner Expects Gun Sales To Shoot Up After Obama’s Speech
A north Texas gun seller is praising the presidents speech, not because of the message… but because of what it will do to his bottom line.
Adam McGuffy is a manager at Mister Guns in Plano and says President Obama has always been good for business.
“Obama is the best gun salesman since Samuel Colt. Every time he opens his mouth and tries to limit gun purchase, it has the complete opposite effect.”
He says many get worried about more restrictions and flock to his and other gun stores to stock up.
“The last time he made a speech after the San Bernardino incident, our sales that day had doubled.”
He says it’s not just gun owners buying more guns, but first time buyers, trying to get one or more ahead of possible new laws.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/01/05/north-texas-gun-sales-shoot-up-after-obamas-speech/
January 06, 2016, 09:36:31 AM
Tuesday morning feel good stories
Jonn Lilyea | January 5, 2016
The police have had better luck shooting bad guys than citizens this week. Either that or the media quit reporting on citizens taking out criminals for some reason.
In Jacksonville, Florida, 16-year-old Dominion Bradshaw decided to rob a Jimmy John’s restaurant. he was spotted by an off-duty police officer who just arrived at his home. This is the best quote from a police officer that I ever read; “He’s watching this subject put this mask on – That’s a clue to us policemen that something’s about to happen.” Well, Bradshaw robbed the restaurant and tried to get away – when police saw him returning to his car they shouted for him to stop and he wouldn’t and he kept his hands in his waist band so the police shot his ass and took him to the hospital where he’s in stable but serious condition.
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving an arrest were confronted by a number of people who shot at the police, the police returned fire making one of them DRT (dead right there).
In Abelene, Texas, a woman called police about a fellow outside her home with a gun and on some sort of drugs. When police arrived, the fellow opened fire on the police – that didn’t end well for him; they shot him in his “process” whatever that is, but it wasn’t life-threatening so now he’s being held on a $500 thousand bail.
Wednesday feel good stories
Jonn Lilyea | January 6, 2016
A homeowner in Las Vegas, Nevada greeted an intruder at his point of entry, but he escaped so police are not aware of any injuries.
Kevin sends us a story that happened in Dallas, Texas, where a car wash owner came to the rescue of a customer who was being robbed by three other men. When the men turned their guns on the owner, he gave them a full blast from his shot gun. There’s no word of injuries.
In Hamilton Township, Ohio, a judge sentenced a teen to 2-4 years in a Juvenile detention facility. The youngster was shot in the abdomen by a homeowner when the teen tried to rape the homeowner’s wife.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, both the suspect and victim were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after an encounter.
In Columbus, Ohio, Juwaun Pitts and Brandon Pollard tried to break into a home, but the homeowner resisted with some gunfire. Pollard was DRT (dead right there) after the encounter and now Pitts is facing murder charges.
In Stewartville, Minnesota, a homeowner confronted a burglar in his home with his gun. The burglar exclaimed “Oh!” and scurried out the door.
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=63685
Jonn Lilyea | January 5, 2016
The police have had better luck shooting bad guys than citizens this week. Either that or the media quit reporting on citizens taking out criminals for some reason.
In Jacksonville, Florida, 16-year-old Dominion Bradshaw decided to rob a Jimmy John’s restaurant. he was spotted by an off-duty police officer who just arrived at his home. This is the best quote from a police officer that I ever read; “He’s watching this subject put this mask on – That’s a clue to us policemen that something’s about to happen.” Well, Bradshaw robbed the restaurant and tried to get away – when police saw him returning to his car they shouted for him to stop and he wouldn’t and he kept his hands in his waist band so the police shot his ass and took him to the hospital where he’s in stable but serious condition.
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, serving an arrest were confronted by a number of people who shot at the police, the police returned fire making one of them DRT (dead right there).
In Abelene, Texas, a woman called police about a fellow outside her home with a gun and on some sort of drugs. When police arrived, the fellow opened fire on the police – that didn’t end well for him; they shot him in his “process” whatever that is, but it wasn’t life-threatening so now he’s being held on a $500 thousand bail.
Wednesday feel good stories
Jonn Lilyea | January 6, 2016
A homeowner in Las Vegas, Nevada greeted an intruder at his point of entry, but he escaped so police are not aware of any injuries.
Kevin sends us a story that happened in Dallas, Texas, where a car wash owner came to the rescue of a customer who was being robbed by three other men. When the men turned their guns on the owner, he gave them a full blast from his shot gun. There’s no word of injuries.
In Hamilton Township, Ohio, a judge sentenced a teen to 2-4 years in a Juvenile detention facility. The youngster was shot in the abdomen by a homeowner when the teen tried to rape the homeowner’s wife.
In Little Rock, Arkansas, both the suspect and victim were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after an encounter.
In Columbus, Ohio, Juwaun Pitts and Brandon Pollard tried to break into a home, but the homeowner resisted with some gunfire. Pollard was DRT (dead right there) after the encounter and now Pitts is facing murder charges.
In Stewartville, Minnesota, a homeowner confronted a burglar in his home with his gun. The burglar exclaimed “Oh!” and scurried out the door.
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=63685
January 06, 2016, 08:48:28 AM
The police are killing too many black people with guns. Why can't Obama realise this?
Thats how you keep population in check
January 06, 2016, 06:57:31 AM
The police are killing too many black people with guns. Why can't Obama realise this?
I don´t know what´s too few or too many and which of them are black, white or whichever color shade in between but police in the United States shoot dead about 1000 people a year. Doesn´t really seem huge in a country of 330 million people where just about everybody and their dog is armed to the teeth and that certainly goes for criminals. I think 100-200 police offficers are killed in the line of duty per year.
January 06, 2016, 06:33:12 AM
The police are killing too many black people with guns. Why can't Obama realise this?
January 05, 2016, 11:50:45 PM
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Legal challenges to the changes are expected and Republican presidential candidates have promised to reverse his order if they win the White House. But Obama, entering his eighth and last year in office, has said his measures are within his authority and consistent with the Constitution.
If he says it, to find what is true you reverse what he said. Legal challenges to the changes are expected and Republican presidential candidates have promised to reverse his order if they win the White House. But Obama, entering his eighth and last year in office, has said his measures are within his authority and consistent with the Constitution.
January 05, 2016, 10:53:44 PM
Asking people to end gun violence is fine. Nobody wants this. But let us be clear here: nobody has the right to remove weapons from a law abiding public.
Unless you are a man child president acting like a king
Gun removal from a gun owner can only be done with bigger guns. Average gun owners are not violent, but those who remove guns from owners are.
January 05, 2016, 08:47:52 PM
Asking people to end gun violence is fine. Nobody wants this. But let us be clear here: nobody has the right to remove weapons from a law abiding public.
Unless you are a man child president acting like a king
January 05, 2016, 07:57:52 PM
Asking people to end gun violence is fine. Nobody wants this. But let us be clear here: nobody has the right to remove weapons from a law abiding public.
January 05, 2016, 07:48:59 PM
Josh Earnest says Congress should close gun show loophole for good, answers NRA criticism
Twitchy by Brett Taylor 11:27 pm
Following the president’s address on gun violence and the executive actions he intends to take to curtail it, it was left to Press Secretary Josh Earnest to bat cleanup with an afternoon Twitter Q&A session.
Ready to take your questions on #StopGunViolence so send my way using #AskPressSec, let's get started! pic.twitter.com/JD3LfADAgz
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 5, 2016
The White House’s Twitter Q&As are usually pretty worthless affairs, and it’s no shocker that Earnest chose to answer a question from Everytown for Gun Safety, Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group that worked with the administration to draft the president’s executive actions.
.@PressSec What are the top things Congress can do to keep guns out of dangerous hands? #AskPressSec
— Everytown (@Everytown) January 5, 2016
Congress? Who needs Congress when you have a pen and a phone?
@PressSec are you suggesting that we actually let the Legislative Branch of our government write the laws? #StopGunViolence #2A
— Adam Reeder (@MrAdamReeder) January 5, 2016
If Congress is going to do anything, it should close that gun show loophole once and for all.
@PressSec @WhiteHouse @Everytown Loophole?
?
— Daryn Thorpe (@ocredzone73) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @WhiteHouse @Everytown there is no gun show loophole, stop lying
— Jeffrey Maskrod (@j_maskrod) January 5, 2016
@PressSec How do you close something that doesn't exist? #StopGunViolence
— Torcer (@TorcerT) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @WhiteHouse There is no "gunshow loophole."
— Kevin Holamon (@kholamon) January 5, 2016
@PressSec we have any stats on injury or deaths due to Gun show loophole?
— SteveTretakis (@SteveTretakis) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @WhiteHouse No gunshow loopholes exist. Inciters of fear to rule the masses. 100% bold face liars. Elect more worthless activists
— Carl Thompson (@carlthompson427) January 5, 2016
@PressSec there is no "gunshow loophole." Licensed dealers at gun shows MUST run the requisite FBI checks. But I'm guessing you know this
— Amico di una tigre (@spacemanspiff76) January 5, 2016
@PressSec Are you really a robot programed to spit out liberal bullshit?
— trevor plemmons (@TrevorPlemmons) January 5, 2016
While he had a captive Twitter audience, Earnest wanted to respond to criticism by the NRA.
Also, wanted to take this opportunity to answer @PeterAlexander who asked for response to critical statement from @NRA. #askpresssec
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 5, 2016
I'm confident families of gun violence victims didn't find @POTUS's words or actions to keep guns out of the wrong hands "condescending".
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @POTUS The Benghazi families found him a lot worse than "condescending" after he lied to them about the video.
— Rep. Steven Smith (@RepStevenSmith) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @POTUS I am pretty sure the families of US Border agents kill by guns supplied by @POTUS and #AG Holder, did.
— thomas joseph (@notime61) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @POTUS And I'm sure families of those murdered by illegal aliens wonder where the tears and call to action are for their families
— Uncle BS (@bs_uncle) January 5, 2016
.@PressSec .@POTUS Making proposals that would have had ZERO impact on these tragedies is, by definition, condescending. #HeJustDoesntGetIt
— Factor One (@dafactor1) January 5, 2016
The post Josh Earnest says Congress should close gun show loophole for good, answers NRA criticism appeared first on twitchy.com.
Twitchy by Brett Taylor 11:27 pm
Following the president’s address on gun violence and the executive actions he intends to take to curtail it, it was left to Press Secretary Josh Earnest to bat cleanup with an afternoon Twitter Q&A session.
Ready to take your questions on #StopGunViolence so send my way using #AskPressSec, let's get started! pic.twitter.com/JD3LfADAgz
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 5, 2016
The White House’s Twitter Q&As are usually pretty worthless affairs, and it’s no shocker that Earnest chose to answer a question from Everytown for Gun Safety, Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group that worked with the administration to draft the president’s executive actions.
.@PressSec What are the top things Congress can do to keep guns out of dangerous hands? #AskPressSec
— Everytown (@Everytown) January 5, 2016
Congress? Who needs Congress when you have a pen and a phone?
@PressSec are you suggesting that we actually let the Legislative Branch of our government write the laws? #StopGunViolence #2A
— Adam Reeder (@MrAdamReeder) January 5, 2016
If Congress is going to do anything, it should close that gun show loophole once and for all.
@PressSec @WhiteHouse @Everytown Loophole?
?— Daryn Thorpe (@ocredzone73) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @WhiteHouse @Everytown there is no gun show loophole, stop lying
— Jeffrey Maskrod (@j_maskrod) January 5, 2016
@PressSec How do you close something that doesn't exist? #StopGunViolence
— Torcer (@TorcerT) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @WhiteHouse There is no "gunshow loophole."
— Kevin Holamon (@kholamon) January 5, 2016
@PressSec we have any stats on injury or deaths due to Gun show loophole?
— SteveTretakis (@SteveTretakis) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @WhiteHouse No gunshow loopholes exist. Inciters of fear to rule the masses. 100% bold face liars. Elect more worthless activists
— Carl Thompson (@carlthompson427) January 5, 2016
@PressSec there is no "gunshow loophole." Licensed dealers at gun shows MUST run the requisite FBI checks. But I'm guessing you know this
— Amico di una tigre (@spacemanspiff76) January 5, 2016
@PressSec Are you really a robot programed to spit out liberal bullshit?
— trevor plemmons (@TrevorPlemmons) January 5, 2016
While he had a captive Twitter audience, Earnest wanted to respond to criticism by the NRA.
Also, wanted to take this opportunity to answer @PeterAlexander who asked for response to critical statement from @NRA. #askpresssec
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 5, 2016
I'm confident families of gun violence victims didn't find @POTUS's words or actions to keep guns out of the wrong hands "condescending".
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @POTUS The Benghazi families found him a lot worse than "condescending" after he lied to them about the video.
— Rep. Steven Smith (@RepStevenSmith) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @POTUS I am pretty sure the families of US Border agents kill by guns supplied by @POTUS and #AG Holder, did.
— thomas joseph (@notime61) January 5, 2016
@PressSec @POTUS And I'm sure families of those murdered by illegal aliens wonder where the tears and call to action are for their families
— Uncle BS (@bs_uncle) January 5, 2016
.@PressSec .@POTUS Making proposals that would have had ZERO impact on these tragedies is, by definition, condescending. #HeJustDoesntGetIt
— Factor One (@dafactor1) January 5, 2016
The post Josh Earnest says Congress should close gun show loophole for good, answers NRA criticism appeared first on twitchy.com.
January 05, 2016, 06:29:13 PM
I do not understand why America does not control guns trading after all of these shooting accidents and crimes that happened last year. Do not thay want to keep their citizens safe ?
Indeed, we do want to keep our citizens safe.And we've learned -let's just say we've learned the hard way - that it's not enough to urge people to buy guns to protect themselves, their families and their communities. That doesn't wake the sleeping giant. The ugly wanna be scary dudes with the rags wrapped around there heads, those don't make people go out and buy guns. They don't scare anyone.
Man, you have to start talking about taking guns away, and that works like a charm. Buddy, let me tell you. All of a sudden more guns get bought than the regulatorbaters could take away in ten years.
that's the way we do it...
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