Virus-Panicked Liberal Gun Buyers Are Getting Angry When They Discover Their Own Gun Control Laws

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  1. Well Bonded

    Well Bonded Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    We knew it would happen, they laughed at us, we warned them of the consequences, they laughed at us, we tried to explain the damage their gun control laws could do, they laughed at us.

    Now they are becoming victims of their desired gun control laws and it's time we laugh at them, but we will not, because we take the subject very seriously.

    Well as they say what goes around comes around, and this one has come around and bit them hard at a time when self sufficiency and self dependence is becoming the norm not the exception.

    The excerpted report follows below with a link to the full report at the end.

    I was chatting with a friend of mine recently and the topic of gun sales came up. My friend’s father owns a gun range near me and she said he’s seen a huge amount of liberals coming in to purchase weapons in recent weeks.

    How does he know they’re liberals?

    “They’re shocked to discover they can’t just walk out of the store with a gun.”

    We’ve all heard about gun sales skyrocketing recently, but I hadn’t considered some of the tangential effects of the phenomenon until I spoke to my friend. Not only are many liberals suddenly learning to love their Second Amendment rights, many of them are finding out that the gun control narrative in this country — as repeated loudly and often by Hollywood and the mainstream media — is a complete lie.

    So, I contacted my friend’s father to ask about what he is seeing personally at his own range these days. Gregg Bouslog runs On-Target Indoor Shooting Range in Laguna Niguel, CA. It’s where I taught my son to shoot and where I’ll teach my daughter once the chaos lifts. He says that while others are stuck at home while the economy grinds to a halt, he’s been working nonstop at the range as the applications for background checks and permits are stacking up daily. Bouslog claims he hasn’t done business like this since the days of Obama.

    As the owner of an indoor shooting range and gun store here in California these past 14 years we have never experienced such a huge demand for firearms and ammunition – even higher than the famous Obama rush of 2012/2013.

    While it’s nice to see some businesses flourishing in these scary times, Bouslog says that safety has been a huge issue at the range, as many first-time buyers seem to have gotten all of their notions about guns and gun safety from television.

    We tried to look at just who the new firearm purchasers were and we believe that more than 60% of these individuals were first time buyers. I can’t describe the amount of fear in my staff as we had the buyers show proof of safe handling as part of the purchase process as required by law. You have never seen so many barrels pointed at sales staff and other customers. It was truly frightening. We had to keep stopping the process to give quick safety lessons. We are adding many more basic classes in the coming weeks and encouraged these buyers to please attend. We hope they do.

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    An Taibhse Well-Known Member

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    And it’s liberal who think they are competent to write gun control laws.

    I frequently work a booth at area gun shows for the couple of FFLs I do work with, and even in normal times I encounter the same issues, but the frequency of them I suspect is the scary thing. People, liberals, chastise me for my advocacy of including teaching gun safety in schools rather than follow along the tactics of scaring kids out of their shoes and punishing them for chewing a pop tart into an ‘L’ shape, or playing cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians on the playground. Of course playing cowboys and injins on the playground is against PC rules worthy of a bout of indoctrination... and it’s obvious the parents must be racist.
     
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    Doesn't sound safe to me. I hope I don't see them at the shooting range!
     
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    So the assumption is that all of these first time buyers are liberals? Interesting. We all were first time buyers at one time, were we not?
     
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    Reminds me of a lady I knew a few years ago, one of my ex's college buddies. A liberal of the far-left sort, a very cliche new-age SJW 'career artist'. Well she was recently married to another friend of ours, a well-medicated Nam vet (probably a sugar-daddy deal) and he liked guns. They were polyamorous, so they and her younger boyfriend were headed to go shooting, and the Nam-vet was showing me the guns they were taking. One was a tiny off-brand .380 smoothbore holdout pistol. While we were talking, the Nam-vet handed the .380 to his wife and she immediately pointed it at her boyfriend and started rapidly pulling the trigger and giggling. Thankfully it was unloaded... but that was the point where I politely found a reason to leave.
     
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    They might buy guns, but the question is, will they use them?
     
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    I've seen it recently. We have socially distanced (now that's a thought strangled term if there ever was one...) ranges here. Basically, it means one open, two closed lanes. But sure, it's still terrifying to see the folks who purchase and then same day load up in a lane. So far, thankfully, no one has been injured, and I can't believe the number of times I've heard live fire into the alibi barrels... Most of the cars in the lots are expensive european or subarus.. It speaks to a very specific demographic around my area...

    But good for the weapons dealers, they seem to be benefitting greatly from the fear of socialized medical restrictions. Perhaps it will last in the minds of those who now so ardently feel their fear.
     
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    And when it's over I can buy their guns on Gunbroker for $.50 on the dollar as they need money to make the payments on those cars while Visa is nailing them at 14% for what they bought.

    In the mean time I'm selling ammo at the same site to liberals at 150% over what I paid for it.

    I love liberals when it comes to screwing them out of their money.
     
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    Does a responsible gun owner buy guns when they are panicked about a pandemic?
     
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    No they already have them, it's non-gunowners, many who who have opposed gun ownership, who are now panic buying guns.
     
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    Such ultimately demonstrates nothing. The same individuals who are finding out the difficulty involved with legally purchasing a firearm, will still claim it is simply too easy for anyone in the united states to acquire a firearm, as they are ordered to maintain such political beliefs. They have no choice but to support ever-greater firearm-related restrictions.
     
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    Yeah and Obama taking away their guns was panicked stricken first time buyers too. The same people who buy guns every crisis are buying guns now too.
     
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    Irrelevant to each other, one was stocking up due to proposed gun regulations and the other is panic buying due to a crisis.
     
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    So I gotta ask - why would you make the claim that this an issue for liberals? Your article tries to claim knowledge of the political persuasion of the first time gun buyers - but makes zero attempt to prove it. Many people are pretty a-political to begin with (remember, we rarely get above 50% of legally prescribed citizens to vote in any election) so why make it a political issue?

    I say this as a life-long gun owner and hunter and someone who supports the right of individuals to own guns.

    Is there any reason I shouldn't look at this as a flame-bait thread?
     
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    It's based on meeting the people purchasing the guns and the knowledge of the people selling them, liberals are preaty easy to figure out by how they act and react to certain questions

    Based on your posting history I would say that's a myth.
     
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    Not irrelevant to my question now is it? Why should you sell a weapon to someone who is panicked?
     
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    Why would you not sell a firearm who suddenly finds themselves is in need of one, it's not the sellers job to play G*d and decide if someone should have the right to protect themselves or not, that's the individuals Constitutionally guaranteed choice.
     
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    It's not the sellers job to play god huh? Interesting phrase.

    Are they in need of one, or do they want one? I'm sure you'll say that doesn't matter because they can buy a gun regardless. But I am curious to know your answer. For if a person wants something because they are panicked, that doesn't enhance their dignity as a citizen, it makes them vulnerable to manipulation.
     
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    Sorry I don't fit into your lazy box of preconceived notions. And there are about a thousand ducks, geese and pheasants who wished it was a myth. And millions of Democrats and Independents own guns. Hell, Republicans USED to be passionate about the environment and the preservation of wild areas. I've helped raise millions of dollars for Ducks Unlimited because hunters are very aware of the environment and the need for habitat preservation.
     
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    Not at all, if someone meets the criteria to legally buy a firearm it's not the dealers to decide if they should get one.

    What's the difference, there is no law specifying that a buyer needs any reason to purchase a firearm, I realize some have a problem with that because they want the power to run other peoples lives, but that is not allowed by the Second..

    Totally incorrect, if someone wants a firearm for any lawful purpose that is all they are required to need.
     
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    Who cares, none of that can be substantiated, just more words from a person with a posting record of not being on the side of law abiding gun owners.
     
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    No - I am on the side of law-abiding gun owners and hunters.

    I'm not on the side of anti-environmentalists with a gun fetish. Big difference.
     
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    Yeah it is.

    Because there is a difference. One is needed, and the other is open to manipulation. The point of the constitution is to enhance the individual dignity in us. That can't be done when people are being subjected to fears and people play off those fears.

    Why do we tell people they can't buy alcohol after a certain time?
     
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    Totally incorrect and you cannot back that statement with a single statute or regulation that requires such.

    You have no clue as to that the Constitution is about nor the right granted under the Second.

    Show me where such is protected by a Constitutional right.
     
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    Because it is legal to do so and they will pay big bucks for it. Why does anybody sell anything? They should have planned ahead and bought when everyone else did.
     

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