Gun shops across the country are reporting a run on ammunition, a phenomenon apparently driven by fear that the Obama administration will increase taxes on bullets or enact new gun-control measures.
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"The increase in demand for firearms and ammunition is largely attributable to gun owner concerns regarding the current political climate," says Novin, referring to the Obama administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress."Many of the lawmakers in power have a long history of supporting legislation that violates the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans," Novin adds. "Gun owners recognize this and are reacting accordingly." CNN Article
Are we that fearful and violent? We're so afraid to live without the ability to easily kill other humans that we'll stockpile ammunition in case the government tries to strengthen gun laws?
The fact that the majority of these people are undoubtedly Christians, you know the "love thy neighbor," "turn the other cheek" crowd, who don't see a contradiction between their so-called peaceful and loving beliefs and the idea of shooting holes into other people is just surreal. When I was a Christian, I would never have even contemplated owning a gun much less using it on someone. I guess I was naive because I actually believed that it was better to die than to take another life. You know, "thou shalt not kill?"
The cognitive dissonance of all this is seriously overloading my irony circuits.
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