Gun sales are up all over the place. As I mentioned before people are rushing out to buy guns. I was in a different gun store Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday after the election. Two of those times were around 11:00AM and the stores were packed. The other time was in the evening and it was worse. Guns were going like crazy. I was looking for an AR15 and decided on this one (Pictured Above).  Literally 5 minutes after I walked in 5 more guys walked in and would have bought the same gun if I hadn’t already decided on it. I saw one guy the next day with another choice at the same gun store so he obviously wanted to get his hands on something sooner rather than later. From Tuesday night to Wednesday morning the gun I bought went up $50 in price. The other gun I was thinking about getting was gone as were several others. I think gun store owners should be supporting Barack Obama. I bet more guns will be sold because of Barack Obama then would have ever been sold if John McCain was elected. I guess that’s a good thing about Obama–he drives gun sales!!

So I didn’t vote for Barack Obama or John McCain. I voted for someone who I felt better represented my views–Bob Barr of the Libertarian Party. I’m a registered Republican but only because I wanted to vote in the primaries and the Republican Party makes you register for their party to do that–however, my heart is more closely aligned with the Libertarian Party. I believe in less government control and more individual freedoms and rights. So instead of voting for the “lesser of two evils” I voted for someone I knew had no chance of winning.

Was my vote a wasted vote? Maybe it was a vote that didn’t matter, but I don’t think it was a wasted vote.  From another presidential candidate’s web site, Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party, who also had little to no chance of winning, comes the quote from John Quincy Adams: “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”

So maybe my vote didn’t matter–but at least I can be sure that I voted for someone who I feel would have acted in a way more consistent with how I believe the Federal Government should be run.

My thoughts are that I’m off to the gun store. I don’t trust Obama with my guns. He has a history of supporting gun bans–hopefully it’s different this time but we’ll just have to wait and see. First thing is to by an M4 because I think that the first thing that he would try is those scary black rifles. We’re praying that it won’t be as bad as some of us think, but I don’t want to take any chances. I think Obama has caused more gun sales than any other president!! Gun sales are up all over the country in anticipation of what he’ll try and do. Run out and get something now before they’re all gone.