Gun and ammo sales up

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but since Obama was elected president you cannot into a store and notice that there is a constant shortage of ammunition for handguns. Wonder why that is, I believe that everyone, including people who voted for Obama, believe that the Democrats will once again try to put their spin on the 2nd amendment. I for one believe that our founding fathers believed that the average law abiding citizen has the right to own weapons. If not for the weapons that the private citizen held before the Revolutionary War I don't think that we would have been successful in becoming a separate country from Great Britain. The rifles that they owned allowed them to shoot at the British at a great distance than the rifles that the British employed. So from that sense we had superior weapons.

Also even during the recession the two business that have had sales go up are Arms and Ammo manufactures. People are worried that with the Democrats in control that their RIGHT to own weapons will be either limited or taken away, plus they are worried that with the way that the government is moving that there could very well be riots.

According to the polls that I've seen most Americans believe that we should have the right to own weapons. So if the minority of the people who want to take that away from us have their way doesn't that go against want our forefathers wanted? It would be Prohibition all over again, where the minority had their way and the majority of the people had to be lawbreakers to have an alcoholic drink. That is what allowed Capone and other mobsters to become as powerful as they did become, also if the rumors are true it is also where a lot of the money that the Kennedy's have came from.

If you don't believe in owning guns that is your right, just as it is my right to believe that I should be allowed to own guns.

If you think that making handguns illegal would work just look at Japan and Great Britain. In both countries it is illegal to own handguns, but in both the criminals have them. If two countries that as ISLANDS cannot stop criminals from getting handguns what makes you think that our country could do any better. Now instead of guns being used by some people they use what is available (knives, pitchforks, etc). The handgun is not evil/bad it's the person who uses it in an illegal manner who could be evil/bad. As I've heard before no one would think about banning cars even though they are used in the commission of crimes because they are tools uses for an illegal purpose.

Instead of making them illegal, enact tougher laws so that if you use a weapon during the commission of a crime it adds 20 years to your sentence, and by that I mean if you rob a bank and get a 10 year sentence and could get out in 5 years the additional 20 years to wait before you get out. Will it stop handguns from beings used? I have no idea but it should at least get a crook to think twice before they use a weapon.

Chances are if you check either the people in DC or the people that they hire to protect them have weapons? Why should they have the right but not us....Isn't that a double standard? Even if weapons became illegal would they give up theirs? I don't think so, because since they are in the public eye they need to protection....what about us how are not in the public eye should we have the same right?

If an armed criminal were to break into your house or business the police will not be there to stop them, they will arrive after the fact. There is no way that the police can be everywhere are once. If you want to carry a handgun should you have training, yes you should but even people with YEARS of training do have their judgement questioned even after all the facts come out and there was no other option for them.