Backlog on gun orders hits 2 million

[R. LaCasse]

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Subject: Backlog on gun orders hits 2 million

http://www.infowars.com/backlog-on-gun-orders-hits-2-million/

Backlog on gun orders hits 2 million

by Paul Joseph Watson

Infowars.com
April 30, 2013
While questions continue to swirl about the Department of Homeland
Security's
huge ammo buying spree, Americans are finding it increasingly difficult to
obtain firearms, with backlogs surging despite Sturm, Ruger gun shipments
surpassing 500,000 for the first time in history.

"America is weaponizing itself at an unheard of pace, with both Sturm, Ruger
shipments and units produced surpassing 500,000 each in one quarter for the
first time in history," reports Zero Hedge.

Figures show that units produced and shipped by the company have gone beyond
1 million a quarter for the first time ever.

There is also a 2 million backlog on guns on order, a 100% increase from a
year ago and a 40% increase on the previous quarter.

As we previously reported, demand is so high that customers are not even
waiting for gun stores to stock shelves before purchasing ammunition and
firearms.

There are even reports of customers waiting outside for trucks to arrive in
an attempt to purchase ammunition before it is even offloaded.

Gun stores across the nation are beginning to resort to bullet rationing in
an attempt to satisfy as many customers as they can, while some police
departments are being forced to barter between themselves to meet demand.

In the midst of all this, the Department of Homeland Security continues to
be under scrutiny for its huge ammunition buys, with the Government
Accountability Office announcing

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/04/29/gao-now-investigating-dhs-ammo-purchases

that an investigation of the purchases is "just getting underway."

Explanations for why Americans continue to seek out guns and ammunition at
breakneck speed range from concerns about the Obama administration's strict
gun control agenda in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings, to the
possibility that domestic unrest could be right around the corner.

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Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison
Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host
for Infowars Nightly News.


This article was posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 7:04 am

Tags: gun rights http://www.infowars.com/tag/gun-rights/

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Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:22:51 -0600
From: "Joe Gingrich" <whit...@sasktel.net>
Subject: Buchanan: Their War, Not Ours

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/04/30/buchanan-their-war-not-ours/

Buchanan: Their War, Not Ours

By: Patrick J. Buchanan
4/30/2013 09:38 AM

"The worst mistake of my presidency," said Ronald Reagan of his decision to
put Marines into the middle of Lebanon's civil war, where 241 died in a
suicide bombing of their barracks.

And if Barack Obama plunges into Syria's civil war, it could consume his
presidency, even as Iraq consumed the presidency of George W. Bush.

Why would Obama even consider this?

Because he blundered badly. Foolishly, he put his credibility on the line by
warning that any Syrian use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line" and
be a "game changer" with "enormous consequences."

Not only was this ultimatum unwise, Obama had no authority to issue it. If
Syria does not threaten or attack us, Obama would need congressional
authorization before he could constitutionally engage in acts of war against
Syria. When did he ever receive such authorization?

Moreover, there is no proof Syrian President Bashar Assad ever ordered the
use of chemical weapons.

U.S. intelligence agencies maintain that small amounts of the deadly toxin
sarin gas were likely used. But if it did happen, we do not know who ordered
it.

Syrians officials deny that they ever used chemicals. And before we dismiss
Damascus' denials, recall that an innocent man in Tupelo, Miss., was lately
charged with mailing deadly ricin to Sen. Roger Wicker and President Obama.
This weekend, we learned he may have been framed.

It is well within the capacity of Assad's enemies to use or fake the use of
poison gas to suck us into fighting their war.

Even if elements of Assad's army did use sarin, we ought not plunge in. And,
fortunately, that seems to be Obama's thinking.

Why stay out? Because it is not our war. There is no vital U.S. interest in
who rules Syria. Hafez Assad and Bashar have ruled Syria for 40 years. How
has that ever threatened us?

Moreover, U.S. intervention would signal to Assad that the end is near,
making his use of every weapon in his arsenal, including chemical weapons,
more - not less - likely.

U.S. intervention would also make us de facto allies of Assad's principal
enemies, the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Nusra Front, Syria's al-Qaida. As The
New York Times reported Sunday, "Nowhere in rebel-controlled Syria is there
a secular fighting force to speak of."

Do we really wish to expend American blood and treasure to bring about a
victory of Islamists and jihadists in Syria?

If Assad's chemical weapons threaten any nation, it is Israel. But Israel
knows where they are stored and has an air force superior to our own in the
Med. Israeli troops on the Golan are as close to Damascus as Dulles Airport
is to Washington, D.C. Yet Israel has not attacked Syria's chemical weapons.

Why not? Israel is well aware that Syria's air defense system is, as The
Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, "one of the most advanced and
concentrated barriers on the planet."

And if Israel does not feel sufficiently threatened by Syria's chemical
weapons to go after them, why should we, 4,000 miles away?

Then there is Turkey, with three times Syria's population, NATO's
second-largest army and a 600-mile border. Why is ridding the Middle East of
Assad our assignment and not Ankara's?

Surely the heirs of the Ottomans have a larger stake here.

And if we get into this war, how do we get out?

For the war is metastasizing. Hezbollah is sending in fighters to help the
Alawite Shia. Other Lebanese are assisting the Sunni rebels. The war could
spread into Iraq, where the latest clashes between Sunni and Shia are
pulling the country apart. Young Muslims are coming in from Europe.

Iran and Russia are aiding Damascus. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are aiding the
Islamists. The United States, Jordan and Turkey are aiding the secularists.
Syria could come apart, and a sectarian and ethnic war of all against all
erupt across the region.

Do we really want the U.S. military in the middle of this?

Because his "red line" appears to have been crossed, Obama is being told he
must attack Syria to maintain his credibility with Iran and North Korea.

Nonsense. To attack Syria would compound Obama's folly in drawing the red
line. Better to have egg on Obama's face than for America to be dragged into
another unnecessary war.

Obama would not be alone in having his bluff called. George Bush proclaimed
that no "axis of evil" nation would be allowed to acquire the "world's worst
weapons." North Korea now has those weapons.

Congressional war hawks, led by Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, are
cawing for air strikes and no-fly zones, which would mean dead and captured
Americans and many more dead Syrians.

Time for Congress to either authorize Obama to lead us into a new Middle
East war, or direct him, in the absence of an attack upon us, to keep
America out of what is Syria's civil war.

Before we slide into another war, let the country be consulted first.

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of "Suicide of a Superpower: Will America
Survive to 2025?"

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