Q.E.D
June 1, 2009, 3:00am
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I don’t think anyone here is making that claim.
jayjay:
Can I get a cite from any of you that this shortage is somehow directly caused by Obama? I mean, geez…I’m a gun ownership supporter, my parents shot muzzleloading rifles competitively for almost 20 years, I’ve shot guns myself. A perusal of my positions in the rare gun threads I participate in will show that I’m not an advocate of any extreme or unusual gun or ammo bans. But I just don’t see how Obama comes into this, other than as a right-wing bogeyman the fear of whom apparently forces gun enthusiasts to make market runs on ammo.
Obama is the excuse, so in a sense, he’s the reason.
My brother was having trouble getting ammo from stores at least a year ago and I believe two years ago. The stores said they couldn’t get enough in for demand. It’s not because of the run on guns panic.
Really_Not_All_That_Bright:
Obama is the excuse, so in a sense, he’s the reason.
That’s what I meant when I said ‘Obama Effect’. He hasn’t done anything about guns or ammo but there is a fear that he will.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1393996/ammunition_shortage_feared_by_gun_owners.html
Around the country, there is a shortage of ammunition used in many types of firearms. Some attribute the shortage to the election of President Obama and fears that his administration will usher in more restrictive gun laws. Johnny Dury, owner of...
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-bullets1009feb10,0,2201778.story
CurtC
June 1, 2009, 4:58pm
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I remember the proposal to ban bullets back when I was in high school. I graduated in 1978, 31 years ago, so that predates Chris Rock’s standup comedy by a bit.
Here’s a Time article from 1975: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912904,00.html