I remember the day Obama was elected. I called my dad as soon as it was announced, and the first thing he said to me was not, "We're fucked", but instead it was, "Son, we're buying you some new guns while we still can". Since then, he's bought me two new guns. The first was for my birthday, a few days before christmas. It was a 30-06 Springfield. It confused me because I already had a .308 Winchester, which is basically the same rifle as a 30-06, except the .30-06 is a lighter weight, but a higher velocity. The second gun was a few weeks ago. It was a Browning Silver Stalker, and I chose the 12 Gauge instead of the 20 gauge since I already have the smaller 20 Gauge for quails, and I could use the larger 12 Gauge for ducks. A Browning, arguably the best shotgun brand(against Berelli), and costs over $1000, making it the most expensive(not the most valuable) gun in our collection.
Well now he's talking about ANOTHER one. I told him I don't need any more guns, because I have just about every size and type of gun you'd need to take down any size game you'll find in North America, but he's just worried we'll lose our right some time in the next 4 years. It's funny, because his latest excuse is, "well what if you decide to take a hunting trip to Africa later in your life? You'll need something a little bigger for that, like a .455".
Well, this got me thinking. So I went to google and typed in "Barack Obama gun" to see if he plans on doing anything about our 2nd amendment any time soon. I couldn't find anything recent about that, but instead I found a lot of sites that basically say, "
Barack Obama fuels gun buying boom with pledge to tighten laws". I think this is completely true. We're buying guns, and a lot of my friends are buying guns because we're all worried about restrictions/taxes that Obama might place on them.
Now Obama never planned on banning the sale of all guns, but he planned on taxing the hell out of ammunition, and heavily restricting any center-fire firearm, because he stupidly thought all center-fire firearms are armor-piercing.
So what's to make of this? Obama has announced plans to do almost everything else that he promised in his campaign, but I haven't heard him even say the word firearm or second amendment. I've heard some senators talking about the gun traffic to Mexico, but the NRA talked some sense into them because they were blaming our loose gun laws, and the NRA proved that this wasn't true. Has he changed his mind? Forgotten? Or is he just too busy right now? I think it's just not one of his priorities at the moment, but as of right now he's done just the opposite of what he wanted in the gun perspective. The fear of losing our 2nd Amendment has made us think that we should stock up while we still have the right.
So thank you President Obama. Now I have 2 more guns that I probably wouldn't have, because of the promises you made regarding our 2nd Amendment in your campaign.
Edit: I'm laughing at the people who gave me a -7 rating just because of the fact that when Obama was elected, people went out and bought more guns. It's a fucking fact. The rating system is for trolling, flaming, spam, etc. This doesn't fall into any of those categories, it's a fucking blog.
