Friday, November 7, 2008

Guns, Fear, and Misinformation

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/07/us/07guns.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"DENVER — Sales of handguns, rifles and ammunition have surged in the last week, according to gun store owners around the nation who describe a wave of buyers concerned that an Obama administration will curtail their right to bear arms.
“He’s a gun-snatcher,” said Jim Pruett, owner of Jim Pruett’s Guns and Ammo in northwest Houston, which was packed with shoppers on Thursday.
“He wants to take our guns from us and create a socialist society policed by his own police force,” added Mr. Pruett, a former radio personality, of President-elect Barack Obama. "

Geez Leweeze - what kind of person has these thoughts going through their mind?
I think this is evidence, again, that some people are wired to be fearful and negative and some people are wired to be hopeful and positive. I can't understand it otherwise.

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