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White House Spokesman: Surging Gun Sales a Tragic Irony
2015-12-11
[Legal Insurrection] White House spokesman Josh Earnest called it "ironic and tragic" Thursday that a spike in American gun sales has occurred in the wake of mass shootings in places like San Bernardino and Colorado Springs.
The usual regime response; the bemoaning of common sense and logic in favour of continued government ineptitude and failure.
On Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, the FBI did 175,754 background checks, part of the seventh consecutive record-breaking month in gun purchases. Gun rights experts told the Free Beacon that recent terrorist attacks and the Democratic push for more gun control have fueled this surge.

"I wonder if the president feels as if what's happened may actually be giving motivation or momentum to gun rights advocates rather than his position?" NBC reporter Chris Jansing asked.

"Well, I guess there is some evidence to indicate this," Earnest said. "The FBI put out information a week or so ago that [on] Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving when many people go shopping, they actually processed the largest number of background checks for gun purchases in history. I described this, I think, at a briefing earlier this week as a tragic irony, that the more that we see this kind of violence on our streets, the more people go out and buy guns, and that is both ironic and tragic.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  The actual tragic irony is, every time one of Obie's policies fails, they ask him what went wrong.
If he knew that, it wouldn't have failed.
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-12-11 20:20  

#12  Really, we haven't ended WW2, The area we call Syria was the source of most of the NAZIS torturers.

The name's changed, but the actors haven't.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2015-12-11 14:48  

#11  Don't overthink it, Josh. It's really very simple. You don't trust us. We don't trust you.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2015-12-11 14:14  

#10  If we each are focused on some local, fragmented social issue like this or the education bill,...we are distracted from the US open border policy, the collapse of the US economy and shift of world order. Don't be manipulated.
Posted by: Sloluth Protector of the Weak7539   2015-12-11 13:33  

#9  No irony at all.
We want to be ready to turn DC out when your piece of shit administration breaks the law.

It means most of US don't trust your feeble minded asses.
Posted by: newc   2015-12-11 12:44  

#8  Guns sales are a reflection of the public trust in GIVERnment. The folks in charge want to take away the 2nd amendment rights of innocent American people because of a few mental cases. Yet at the same time want to give non constitutional rights to immigrate to non-Americans while ignoring the behavior of the few terrorist immigrants. A little consistency would go a long way in building trust.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-12-11 12:00  

#7  This was so well stated that it needs repeating.

"It is a fundamental responsibility of any government to provide security in one's person, one's family, and one's property. When government demonstrates it no longer is willing or able to do so, it is no longer legitimate no matter what rituals it performs to justify its existence. "

Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-11 09:55

Jefferson himself couldn't have been clearer.
Posted by: rob06   2015-12-11 11:42  

#6  It is akin to laying your head on the chopping block and being happy about it.

The heads they lay on the chopping block are not their own.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-12-11 11:41  

#5  I'm thinking they are not pretending in the WH. It is akin to laying your head on the chopping block and being happy about it.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-12-11 10:59  

#4  There's a Hebrew expression that, roughly, translates as "I don't know if you're crazy, or just pretending---and I don't care.".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-12-11 10:51  

#3  "You're all xenophobic rayyciss cowards, unfit to be governed by The Lightbringerâ„¢"
Posted by: Frank G   2015-12-11 10:27  

#2  Don't despair Josh, Obama has been good for gun sales. A bright spot in Obozo's otherwise dreary economy.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-12-11 09:56  

#1  It is a fundamental responsibility of any government to provide security in one's person, one's family, and one's property. When government demonstrates it no longer is willing or able to do so, it is no longer legitimate no matter what rituals it performs to justify its existence.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-12-11 09:55  

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