According to a Telegraph.co.uk article written by Nick Allen, the FBI, that’s our Federal Bureau of Investigation, there were over 1.5 million guns sold in the U.S. in December of 2011. Nearly 500,000 sold six days before Christmas.
These numbers are from data in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. In case you don’t know, when you buy a firearm today, the dealer is obligated to run a background check.
Gun sales in December were the highest ever in a single month, surpassing the previous record which was in November, according to the FBI. Remember, these are background checks and if some people bought more than one gun, the number could be higher.
What does all this mean? Well, it could mean that people are afraid. Afraid of crime because of unemployment. Afraid that police can’t respond quick enough to protect them - they have never been able to do this. Afraid that the current and future administrations will take away guns.
A spokeswoman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence was quoted as saying, "The research we’ve seen indicates fewer and fewer people are owning more and more guns."
I suspect that it is DiDi Snavely’s fault. In the play, "Greater Tuna", DiDi is the chain smoking owner of DiDi’s Used Weapons. And, in "Tuna Christmas", DiDi proclaims "don’t forget to buy your Christmas pistol."
Just so you’ll know, the record for gun sales in a single day was set in November, on the day after Thanksgiving.
Getting together with all those in-laws can put one in the mind set to buy a gun.
PMO
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