increase in Gun sales ...

[Linus]

Originally Posted by morningstar55

..and what about this news clip...... ?????????

Might want to read these:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ndrp.asp

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/ndaa.asp


FUD is what drives a lot of this stuff. Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt are the biggest drives for security business. Within that is gun sales, home security and guard dogs. To be honest, I've found the reaction by many to the President winning has been extreme.

What I'm more concerned about is the increase in racism (source: Times Daily):

"In all, 51 percent of Americans now express explicit anti-black attitudes, compared with 48 percent in a similar 2008 survey. When measured by an implicit racial attitudes test, the number of Americans with anti-black sentiments jumped to 56 percent, up from 49 percent during the last presidential election.

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Most Americans expressed anti-Hispanic sentiments, too. In an AP survey done in 2011, 52 percent of non-Hispanic whites expressed anti-Hispanic attitudes. That figure rose to 57 percent in the implicit test. The survey on Hispanics had no past data for comparison."


Buying of guns and such isn't the bigger issue; the fueled hatred and knee-jerk reactions that can result, however, is more concerning.