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OAKS, Pa. (CBS) — A gun show in Montgomery County drew a huge crowd on Sunday, despite calls for stricter gun control after a shooting rampage at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. If gun control advocates were hoping the scale of death at Sandy Hook Elementary School would dampen enthusiasm for the purchase of guns, the line of people waiting to get in to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center was evidence to the contrary. “It’s more crowded than it has been in the past.”
The crowd was diverse, there were even families with children, but none of the shoppers admitted to even a moment’s pause about guns after Friday’s mass murder in Connecticut. Terrible, they agreed, but unrelated to the shooter’s access to guns.
“There’s knives, hammers, baseball bats, all kinds of things have killed people,” Crazy people get in cars and kill people. You don’t hear anything about restricting that.”
Gun enthusiasts know an event such as the Sandy Hook massacre is likely to bring calls for gun control, and they are armed with what have become familiar defenses.
“A rifle doesn’t kill people, people kill people. Crazy stuff is going to happen whether it is done with a gun or a car or anything.”
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Events like this one CT followed by all the mouth breathing authoritarians crawling out of the shadows to scream for more tyranny only boost sales.
I wouldnt be surprised if right now manufacturers of firearms and components and magazines are preparing to go to 24 hour capacity the way they did leading up to Clintons AWB.
Even if difi got her way and passed an AWB with no grandfathering it would be 100+ years before supply even began to dwindle.
Originally posted by jimmyx
where have you heard, or seen, all of these people that are happy to turn over their firearms? i've heard of gun "buybacks" by law enforcement agencies for money, netting at most a couple of hundred guns, mostly from households that think they might be too dangerous to have in their own homes, due to old age, small children, or simply to clean out someones closet or garage.
but the massive guns sales going on all across the country, simply makes what you say...uhmm....less than honest.
Originally posted by chrismarco
reply to post by jimmyx
the gun buybacks are directed toward illegal owners of guns or for people who find a gun...if you have a legal gun you would get more money selling it much like you would a car...these programs have been very successful in getting a gun off of the street but it's only takes a few days before the new illegal guns arrive..
Originally posted by eXia7
Originally posted by jimmyx
where have you heard, or seen, all of these people that are happy to turn over their firearms? i've heard of gun "buybacks" by law enforcement agencies for money, netting at most a couple of hundred guns, mostly from households that think they might be too dangerous to have in their own homes, due to old age, small children, or simply to clean out someones closet or garage.
but the massive guns sales going on all across the country, simply makes what you say...uhmm....less than honest.
What I was getting at was that people aren't willing to just give up their rights because some lunatic went on a shooting spree. I don't see how these gun sales are "dishonest"? These things happen everyday, there are literally gun shows happening everyday, this one incident might have sparked people's interest into the safety of their own family, so they perhaps educate themselves and become responsible firearm owners... like most people who own a firearm..
Originally posted by jimmyx
Originally posted by eXia7
Originally posted by jimmyx
where have you heard, or seen, all of these people that are happy to turn over their firearms? i've heard of gun "buybacks" by law enforcement agencies for money, netting at most a couple of hundred guns, mostly from households that think they might be too dangerous to have in their own homes, due to old age, small children, or simply to clean out someones closet or garage.
but the massive guns sales going on all across the country, simply makes what you say...uhmm....less than honest.
What I was getting at was that people aren't willing to just give up their rights because some lunatic went on a shooting spree. I don't see how these gun sales are "dishonest"? These things happen everyday, there are literally gun shows happening everyday, this one incident might have sparked people's interest into the safety of their own family, so they perhaps educate themselves and become responsible firearm owners... like most people who own a firearm..
i didn't imply that the guns sales are "dishonest"....i'm saying that the government IS NOT trying to do away with the 2nd amendment, or take away someones guns...they are trying to pass laws on mandatory backround checks, and on massive ammo clips... i don't know why this is even an issue. if someone cannot stop a burglar with a .45 semi that has a 10-round clip, that person doesn't need a AR-15 auto with a 30 round clip.
Originally posted by LittleBlackEagle
iv'e been to that show and bought a nice little Glock 26 for about 425.00, nice deal indeed. btw the line to that show is that long every year.