New record: America arms itself, 'necessary steps to defend selves'

Washington Examiner ^ | 6/5/2017 | Paul Bedard

[RightGeek]

The spurt in terror attacks, including the recent two in England, are pushing gun sales into record territory just months after predictions that the election of a pro-gun president would end the rush.

The FBI just reported that the number of gun sales background checks for May was the highest ever for that month, 1,942,677, a trend that will make 2017 the first or second highest year for gun sales.

The continued growth of gun sales is in stark contrast to some in the media and industry who feared that the election of President Trump would snuff out sales that in 2016 were driven in part by concerns Hillary Clinton would win and implement strict gun control and an assault weapons ban.

But 2017's high sales numbers has show that there is more than politics involved when people consider buying a weapon, especially in the new era of street terrorism like that seen in London and Manchester recently.

At the one of the nation's largest gun stores, Hyatt Guns in Charlotte, N.C., sales are up in reaction to safety concerns.

"We are continuing to see brisk sales of self-defense and concealed carry firearms. We're also continuing to see new gun buyers," said Hyatt Marketing Director Justin Anderson.

"People are nervous about their safety, and rightly so. It's a dangerous world we live in and American citizens know that we're not immune to terrorist attacks. They're taking the necessary steps to defend themselves. Frankly, the most recent terrorist attack in London underscores the importance of an armed populace. Remember that when seconds count the police are only minutes away," he added.

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[PUGACHEV]

It's not only the threat extremist violence that drives gun sales. That's an almost vanishingly remote threat for an individual in the United States anyway. It's something deeper. It's a subliminal, unacknowledged acceptance of the fact that we are not a country anymore, nor are we one people among others in a common Western Tradition. Instead, we are a collection insular tribes, held together by an economy sustained by smoke and mirrors, at best pacified by a cornucopia of consumer goods. Any random thing small or large may one day soon cause us to fall apart. That's what makes us uneasy; that's what makes us want a gun and a good supply of ammunition. These times remind me of a few lines line from the Glass Menagerie.

"Adventure and change were imminent in this year. They were waiting around the corner for all these kids. Suspended in the mist over Berchtesgaden, caught in the folds of Chamberlain's umbrella. In Spain there was Guernica! But here there was only hot swing music and liquor, dance halls, ban, and movies, and sex that hung in the gloom like a chandelier and flooded the world with brief, deceptive rainbows. ... All the world was waiting for bombardments !"

[Sicon]

NJ isn't a "Shall Issue" state? Damn.

No, I would describe it as more of a "We'll let you have certain guns, if we feel like it, but you pretty much have to keep them in your house."

[2harddrive]

“NJ isn’t a “Shall Issue” state? Damn.”

NJ is a DON’T issue state! LOL

[njslim]

How about

AIM

FIRE

RELOAD

[IAGeezer912]

To a bull rider, 8 seconds is an eternity.

[Deplorable American1776]

Yes, something better than a dead jihadist. That is MANY DEAD JIHADISTS!

[Pollster1]

I suspect RESIST/Antifa dangers are doing as much to drive weapons and ammo sales as the threat of foreign terrorists.

[Grampa Dave]

Sound good unless your first bullet did its job.

Then, you might not have to reload at that moment.

[Grampa Dave]

Yep!

[wku man]

You may very well be right, but I don't care to find out. Something about being that close to a one ton, PO'd critter with two really sharp spears on either side of his head just never appealed to me that much. But I'll take your word for it!

Of course, if I'm ever in a situation where police response time is 8 minutes, I hope my instinct won't be to run, hide, cower, and hope the bad guys don't find me.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Oatka]

I’m going to label the RUN/HIDE one “IN THE UK - NO 2nd AMENDMENT”, the other “IN THE USA - WITH THE 2nd AMENDMENT” and stack ‘em one on top of the other for some future post. It defines the difference in mindset between the Mother Country and the “Bluddy Colonials”.

[Grampa Dave]

Ping me if you post that
!

[Oatka]

How's this look?

[Oatka]

Oops. I took out that solid black vertical line. Let's try again.