An interesting and apparently systemic change is underway in the USA, with a
surprisingly positive effect of the Some Kind O' Crazy™©® going on around us
all.
"I have seen the emergence of a new class of students seeking training:
anti-Second Amendment liberals," he said.
Illinois Gun Permit Applications Soar 500% As Frightened Liberals Embrace
2nd Amendment
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/illinois-gun-permit-applications-soar-500-frightened-liberals-embrace-2nd-amendment
..Over 40,000 Illinois residents applied for a gun permit over a two-week
period this month, a jump of more than 500% over this time last year according
to Illinois State Police.
"Take a full glass of coronavirus, shake in a shot of riots and another
of this defund police notion, and everything goes crazy," gun shop owner Mark
Glavin told the Chicago Tribune. "Not to mention the backlog on background
checks."
The state's mandatory 72-hour background check has stretched to more than
a week for some of Glavin's customers, putting Illinois residents in the same
boat as Californians - who have a 10-day wait before they can take possession
of recently bought firearms.
..Des Plaines gun store and range owner Dan Eldridge says that half of
the customers scrambling to arm up are first-time buyers.
"The numbers I saw from the National Shooting Sports Foundation … said
40% of respondents to (store) surveys were new, first-time buyers. And of
those, 40% are female — 40% of the 40%," said Eldridge. "We’re tracking 150% of
a typical May in firearms sales ... and that’s with being open by appointment
only."
Eldridge also noted that sales of defensive ammunition, such as
hollow-point bullets, were 10x as high.
..Liberals embracing the 2nd Amendment
A 38-year-old man from Dixon — who didn’t want his name used,
citing employment reasons — described himself as “a very liberal Democrat” who
for decades has been “for most forms of gun control politically.” But since
March, he’s been waiting for his first gun permit to arrive so he can keep his
family safe, he said.
“My views have recently changed, and I have accepted that the
Second Amendment provides for the personal ownership and use of a firearm,” he
said in an email. “The recent social unrest of a divisive president, the
pandemic and dramatic rise in unemployment, and the more recent social unrest
because of the way we police in this country have all been reasons that have
prompted my recent application.” -Chicago Tribune
..Concealed Carry gun instructor and owner of Safer USA, David Lombardo,
says he's had several callers recently who have disclosed their political
beliefs while asking him for private one-on-one training because "they don't
want anyone to know they're doing the training, let alone going to buy a
firearm."
"I have seen the emergence of a new class of students seeking training:
anti-Second Amendment liberals," he said.
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