As the country races to the finish line marked by the November 8 election day, media pundits, pollsters and operatives for both the Democratic and Republican parties appear to have overlooked a secret weapon about to be unleashed. That weapon, which will appear at the polls, is the army of enthusiastic gun owners found everywhere, but particularly in the swing states.
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These are people motivated by the safety of themselves and their families. Women who have decided to stand up for themselves and not be victims. Young adults who make up the gun owner 2.0 population.
Emails and vulgar language pale in significance to the prospect of keeping one’s family safe. These are the millions of voters who may well have been ignored by pollsters who haven’t seen the wave of “guntry clubs” being built, the families shooting together, the women taking advanced classes in personal protection and gun fighting.
These are the men and women of Donald Trump’s silent, armed, army. They will vote. They will act to retain control of their own safety.
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The National Instant Criminal Background Check System ran about 2.3 million checks in October, up 18 percent compared to October 2015.
Gun transactions continue to break records under President Obama, who analysts said spurred fears of future restrictions on which firearms gun owners could buy. The increases in recent months also could be due to the presidential debates, in which Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, has warned that gun rights are at stake in the election.
There was a similar surge of NICS checks in October 2008 and October 2012 — the last two presidential elections.
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“What’s most troubling is this correlation between soaring gun sales and an increasingly turbulent and violent political atmosphere,” Mr. Gross [BCPGV] said. “Thanks to Trump, Americans are scared of what might happen on Election Day, even canceling class at schools with polling places over fear of this violence.”
Democrats at the national level had largely shied away from gun control as a major campaign issue in recent cycles, after some blamed the 1994 assault weapons ban passed under former President Bill Clinton for the party’s losses in that year’s midterms and for Al Gore’s loss in the 2000 presidential election.
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These are people motivated by the safety of themselves and their families. Women who have decided to stand up for themselves and not be victims. Young adults who make up the gun owner 2.0 population.
Emails and vulgar language pale in significance to the prospect of keeping one’s family safe. These are the millions of voters who may well have been ignored by pollsters who haven’t seen the wave of “guntry clubs” being built, the families shooting together, the women taking advanced classes in personal protection and gun fighting.
These are the men and women of Donald Trump’s silent, armed, army. They will vote. They will act to retain control of their own safety.
http://ift.tt/2ekWJ9z
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System ran about 2.3 million checks in October, up 18 percent compared to October 2015.
Gun transactions continue to break records under President Obama, who analysts said spurred fears of future restrictions on which firearms gun owners could buy. The increases in recent months also could be due to the presidential debates, in which Mr. Trump, the Republican nominee, has warned that gun rights are at stake in the election.
There was a similar surge of NICS checks in October 2008 and October 2012 — the last two presidential elections.
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“What’s most troubling is this correlation between soaring gun sales and an increasingly turbulent and violent political atmosphere,” Mr. Gross [BCPGV] said. “Thanks to Trump, Americans are scared of what might happen on Election Day, even canceling class at schools with polling places over fear of this violence.”
Democrats at the national level had largely shied away from gun control as a major campaign issue in recent cycles, after some blamed the 1994 assault weapons ban passed under former President Bill Clinton for the party’s losses in that year’s midterms and for Al Gore’s loss in the 2000 presidential election.
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Trump’s secret, armed, army. Federal gun background checks spike as election nears.
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