1.3 million gun background checks done in August. On target for 15.7 million in 2011

[Logical]

At least 1.3 million guns sold in August! It was the biggest August in history!

Maybe more, because some background checks equal more than one gun sold. And many states do not require background checks for CCW license holders. This also does not count private sales that bypass the NICS system.

More armed Americans than ever and the crime and murder rate continues to fall!

And now Illinois is the only state does does now allow CCW. This means Wisconsin citizens now will be able to defend themselves against criminals who will always find a way to obtain gun illegally!

Once us Democrats stop fighting this, the sooner the GOP and NRA can stop using it against us!

[Kennah]

1. I favor an armed populace, if for no other reason ...

... than it's a deterrent to bat shit crazies leading lynch mobs against Lib'ruls, Democrats, and Progressives; however, I do worry a lot of people are gunning up because they believe we've not even yet begun to see the impact of the Second Great Depression.

[rl6214]

4. And where have we seen these lynch mobs?

[Hoyt]

2. Oh boy!! More guns for folks to display anger in streets. Might as well cheer nuclear proliferation.

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. The *real* question is ....

How many of them have red dot sights and will be used with dumbed down bullets? You should research this and get back to us...

[rl6214]

5. You're going to point out where all these folks are displaying their guns

in anger already, right?

[ileus]

6. Count me in as a +1...or was that July. Humm....can't remember.