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Mike McDaniel has his annual look at guns and liberty, Part 1 is out, go read, and the posts he does as they come out.
Here is a sampling
It’s January, and time once again to update this annual series, an explanation of the importance and necessity of the Second Amendment and the fundamental, unalienable, natural right to self-defense it does not confer, but acknowledges and protects.
America has long been embroiled in a culture war. In the last few years, democrats/Socialists/Communists—that party is mostly the latter two, who rule it and determine its direction—have entirely ceased pretending they aren’t in a culture war. They blatantly state their ultimate, totalitarian intentions, shouting their policies from the rooftops as though they are revealed, self-evident truth. They mean to win, to retain and build power for all time. After they gained power in 2020, they’ve demonstrated exactly how they plan to rule, and Americans, even some left of center, are worried. Whether they have suddenly been smacked in the face with reality—the stereotypical leftist after being robbed or car-jacked at gunpoint—or it’s a subconscious survival instinct, even d/S/Cs have continued to buy guns at a previously unimaginable pace:
Here are a few key insights from our latest research:
*An estimated 1.4 million guns were sold monthly between January and May 2023.
*In 2022, approximately 17.4 million guns were sold in the United States. This is about 12% fewer than in 2021.
*Alaska, Montana, and Wyoming had the highest estimated gun sales per capita in 2022.
*In 2022, gun sales rose year over year in only three places: Iowa, the District of Columbia, and Oregon.
*So far in 2023, Texas and Florida lead the nation in total estimated gun sales, making up about 14% of all guns sold nationwide.
Perhaps the American tendency to spite government mandates is also involved. Public health officials, who have thrown away any credibility they once had, would put everyone back in masks and lockdowns if they could. Recent Twitter revelations (enter “twitter tells the truth” in the SMM home page search bar to find every SMM article on the topic) have all but completely erased public respect for the FBI and other government agencies. Republicans did gain the House in the 2020 election, but have showed themselves capable of mostly appearing incapable.
Go read my friends. FEW people are on McDaniels level when he writes about firearms and out most precious liberty
