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The only lasting effect of the last panic (upon Obama's first election) was a permanent increase in the price of ammunition. I didn't see large numbers on non gun owners rushing out to buy a gun while they still could.
This time is different. I think it's positive, but we need to get those new buyers active politically. I happened upon a clip of the president's address last night. He flat out stated that a majority of the people support a ban on "assault weapons," that a majority of the people support magazine capacity limits, that a majority of the people support ...
The only one I think he was correct on is that it does appear a majority support enhanced background checks. But even that's a knee-jerk reaction, because nobody has yet defined what some hypothetical enhancement will actually be.
So there is a massive disconnect between the White House and reality. And that's dangerous.
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