The Stimulus Package
I bet Obama didn't see this coming. From
Ammo Land:
Another 1,000,000+ Guns Added to American Homes in August
Data released by the FBI�s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,074,757 checks in August 2009, a 12.3 percent increase from the 956,872 reported in August 2008.
So far that is roughly 9,076,205 gun bought this year! The total is probably more as NICS background checks may cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time.
This latest jump in background checks show that Americans are solidly in-favor of keeping firearms in the hands of law abiding citizens and clearly shows that proponents claiming the USA wants more gun control are blatantly wrong.
And the interesting news -- the item ignored by the mainstream Media:
Crime Rates Falling
The most stunning in all of this is that we have not seen an increase in crime, murder rates have fallen across most of the USA and Americans have shown that they can be trusted with firearms ownership. This is directly in contrast to what the national media and gun control supporters would have us believe.
Robert A. Heinlein
said it best:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Posted by DaveH at September 8, 2009 3:32 PM