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Friday, April 03, 2020

Why are gun sales up?

@RandalRauser
Just for the record, you can't kill #COVID19 with bullets:

About 2 Million Guns Were Sold in the U.S. as Virus Fears Spread
A New York Times analysis shows that March was the second-busiest month ever for gun sales, fueled by worries over the coronavirus.
nytimes.com

https://twitter.com/RandalRauser/status/1246095179645202432

1. Progressive theologian Randal Rauser is such a phony. On the one had he has sanctimonious tweets about how you haven't accurately represented a position you disagree with unless your opponents recognize their position in your representation. But he never makes a good faith effort to be consistent with his own advice when respenting groups and positions he viscerally disagrees with. Rather, he reaches straight for the caricature. 

2. I don't know for a fact why gun sales are up. I have't read the stories. I do know for a fact, and so does Rauser, that it's not because gun owners think you can kill a virus with bullets. 

3. Having said that, you can kill the carrier with bullets, and it's not hard to imagine secular regimes gunning down COVID19 carriers if the pandemic spirtals out of control. Consider a 28 Weeks Later scenario where a quarantine area is firebombed when it becomes contaminated.

Other reasons gun sales may be up:

4. If the pandemic causes a breakdown in civil order, then it's every man for himself. You can't expect the police to be able or willing to protect you. 

5. As a matter of fact, some Democrat officials have already said that police won't protect private property. They won't make arrests for property crimes. In that event, it's up to homeowners and businessman to defend themselves.

6. On the one hand, Democrat officials are putting all the law-abiding citizens in entire cities and states under house arrest. On the other hand, they are releasing convicted sex offenders into the community.

7. Democrat officials are using the crisis as a pretext and cover to shut down gun shops.

8. The police themselves become a threat to the public. Consider news footage from English of policemen and police drones harassing and fining private citizens for simply walking in the countryside. 

9. Likewise, if you had an economic collapse, and law enforcement officers weren't paid, they might resort to shakedowns. 

3 comments:

  1. Is Rauser being deliberately obtuse? It is not just the States, it's the same here.

    People are fearing a mad max scenario, the complete breakdown of law and order.

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  2. Something tells me that Rauser would defend the elitist NJ Democrat Governor Phil Murphy to allow his body guards to carry guns.

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/27/phil-murphy-nj-governor-defends-keeping-armed-guar/

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  3. Gun sales are up because government officials are releasing criminals from prison on account of the pandemic, and in NY there's no longer any bail requirements for several categories of crimes (like robbing a bank--no,I'm not kidding). Spear headed by Cuomo the Barbarian who codified infanticide into NY State law.

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