10-03-2014, 12:15 AM
Well, in my experience, there have almost always been three sides to every story. There's one side, there's the other side and, somewhere in the middle, lies the truth.
I'll never again be able to trust the federal government, I've long been familiar with the profit motives of Corporate America, and people are generally most strongly motivated by fear, not enticement. I think that because so many people share my cynicism, the private sector has been stockpiling at insane rates. A great many of my friends and acquaintances are still buy ammo and reloading supplies when available, even to the point that they could reload and shoot hundreds upon hundreds of rounds per week and not exhaust their supply. Some tell me that it's for "insurance and/or barter in case the SHTF". Others tell me it's a financial hedge, similar to dollar cost averaging in the investment world. The common thread among them all is that they don't see an immediate end to or reduction of the threat upon our 2A rights. They, along with the continuous stream of new gun owners, are buying what they can, where they can, while they can.
I do see some hope in the not so distant future, though. The politicians have almost universally sh*t the nest, so to speak, and I believe a great many are about to become mere civilians, again. With any luck, the groundswell will continue for another 2 years, and a reasonable president will be elected, and another group of hucksters voted out. At that point, God willing, a modicum of common sense may be injected into Washington and our leaders will begin to get back to the business of actually running the country, instead of running it into the ground. Then, perhaps, the people will relax a bit and stop trying to buy up every bit of brass, lead and powder they can lay hands on.
I'll never again be able to trust the federal government, I've long been familiar with the profit motives of Corporate America, and people are generally most strongly motivated by fear, not enticement. I think that because so many people share my cynicism, the private sector has been stockpiling at insane rates. A great many of my friends and acquaintances are still buy ammo and reloading supplies when available, even to the point that they could reload and shoot hundreds upon hundreds of rounds per week and not exhaust their supply. Some tell me that it's for "insurance and/or barter in case the SHTF". Others tell me it's a financial hedge, similar to dollar cost averaging in the investment world. The common thread among them all is that they don't see an immediate end to or reduction of the threat upon our 2A rights. They, along with the continuous stream of new gun owners, are buying what they can, where they can, while they can.
I do see some hope in the not so distant future, though. The politicians have almost universally sh*t the nest, so to speak, and I believe a great many are about to become mere civilians, again. With any luck, the groundswell will continue for another 2 years, and a reasonable president will be elected, and another group of hucksters voted out. At that point, God willing, a modicum of common sense may be injected into Washington and our leaders will begin to get back to the business of actually running the country, instead of running it into the ground. Then, perhaps, the people will relax a bit and stop trying to buy up every bit of brass, lead and powder they can lay hands on.