Is Another Run On Guns And Ammunition Imminent?

By Mike McDaniel

It has become an article of some derision and irony among gun owners that Barack Obama is the greatest inadvertent gun and ammunition salesman of all time. His success, which he surely does not want to be a part of his legacy, has inspired a new appreciation for the Second Amendment, and caused huge numbers of people that would never have thought to buy a gun to become first time firearm owners.

Mr. Obama’s unwanted success had to do with more than his well-known antipathy toward gun ownership and gun owners. The Sandy Hook Elementary School attack did not occur until December 14, 2012, at the end of his first term in office. While his anti-liberty beliefs were clear long before he was first elected President, he did not announce a concerted anti-gun effort until the Sandy Hook attack provided political cover.

Gun and ammunition shortages began long before then, and have continued, in various ways, only somewhat abated. It would appear that more than public knowledge of the anti-gun intentions of a specific politician or politicians is required to provoke a run on guns and ammo, and a sea change in public beliefs and habits. Even specific anti-gun legislation is apparently …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms