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Posted on 11/26/2017 4:22:06 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
For decades, the term "Black Friday" has conjured up distinct images: Turkey-stuffed consumers awake at insanely early hours of the morning, bursting into big-box stores to fight over flat screen TVs.
But in a muzzle flash, it seems, a new image may be replacing that stereotype. It involves a trigger and, possibly, a scope.
On Friday, the FBI received 203,086 requests for instant gun background checks, according to USA Today — nearly a 10 percent increase from the year before and a new record for background checks in a single day.
That's not an anomaly. According to the FBI, the previous two records for background checks were also set on the day after the federal holiday in which Americans give thanks for the year's blessings.
The FBI didn't provide any analysis behind the spike, but the biggest shopping day of the year may come at a moment of worry for people who fear someone from the government may knock on their door someday and confiscate their guns.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Another link in case that one does not work.
You won’t see brawls at gun stores.
I awoke around 3 A.M. Saturday morning and could not get back to sleep. I needed to get a few things so drove to the nearest Walmart Super Center.
There were only a handful of people shopping but lots of employees restocking etc.
I noticed a large quantity of Black Friday merchandise in the Aisles still unsold. Mostly huge TV sets at a huge price. I guess the price was high but don’t really know as I could not even use some of the larger ones.
I have a feeling that Black Friday sales were off.
Vie Reuters
No brick-and-mortar sales data for Thanksgiving or Black Friday was immediately available, but Reuters reporters and industry analysts noted anecdotal signs of muted activity - fewer cars in mall parking lots, shoppers leaving stores without purchases in hand.
U.S. retailers raked in a record $7.9 billion in online sales on Black Friday and Thanksgiving, up 17.9 percent from a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, which measures transactions at the largest 100 U.S. web retailers, on Saturday.
That would be my impression too.
I did not go out at all on Friday but did order a new cell phone with free shipping right to my door.
“a 10 percent increase from the year before”
Some good news, then.
Local Fleet Farm store had Ruger LCP’S 380 auto on sale for $189.
Even with Obama out of the WH, his henchmen are still deeply entrenched in a Federal regime that none of us trusts.
People are still arming up. And liberals are still screeching “Nobody’s coming for your &$@#ing guns, you ignorant yahoos!”. But the buying spree goes on. Ammo has gotten cheaper, though.
Can you hear us now?
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And yet the Left still wants to mess with us.
Black Guns on Black Friday!
I noticed that CDNN has them for $179.
Getting one locally for only $10 more is the better deal to me tho.
My brother and I were driving back to Mobile from Daphne AL Thanksgiving evening and he said “I wonder how the WalMart on 65 is doing?” We passed and the parking lot was packed and the frontage road leading into the parking lot was backed up with a ton of cars.....so don’t know about anywhere else but in Mobile they were out in force....
I read somewhere that there are companies you can hire to monitor the parking lots of your competitors. Talk about a niche market...
Spend a little more and get the Ruger LCPII. Much better trigger and the slide locks back
I like Rugers but their .380s are not my favorites.
Probably serviceable guns tho.
That’s only the “3%” stocking up more. ;-D
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I love when lefties condescending say “nobody is coming for your guns” and then go with “we do, however, need ‘common sense’ gun laws that require many common types of firearms to be taken away.”
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