tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post3789896319635732193..comments2024-01-12T07:25:33.861-08:00Comments on Bakersfield Observed: Obama gives stimulus to gun stores: booming salesRichardBeenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542559942096218256noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-86434219804967165312009-03-26T21:11:00.000-07:002009-03-26T21:11:00.000-07:00My! That's painting a vivid picture!My! That's painting a vivid picture!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-90786513401841774252009-03-26T20:56:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:56:00.000-07:00But then I'd have to brush my teeth...But then I'd have to brush my teeth...Richard Beenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060780209563484710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-33695477973899197902009-03-26T20:43:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:43:00.000-07:00Goodness! Don't you guys work in the same building...Goodness! Don't you guys work in the same building? Can't you have conversations in the hallways or something? Is this what the world comes to, where the conversations are only via a computer and a server? What a cold, cold world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-8029684498819982802009-03-26T20:06:00.000-07:002009-03-26T20:06:00.000-07:00By the way visited Gene at Bear Mountain Sports to...By the way visited Gene at Bear Mountain Sports today and witnessed several gun sales. He wasn't exaggerating.Richard Beenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060780209563484710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-18596195147585040002009-03-25T12:45:00.000-07:002009-03-25T12:45:00.000-07:00Yeah, it started days after the election, accordin...Yeah, it started days after the election, according to a story we did in The Californian last Nov. 8.<BR/><BR/>Here's an excerpt:<BR/>Ken Quarnberg, owner of Valley Gun, has been in the gun sales business since 1977.<BR/><BR/>He said this is the middle of hunting season, so they normally are pretty busy. But he's seen a distinct increase in people buying nonhunting guns since the election.<BR/><BR/>"I'm seeing more people looking to buy home defense firearms."<BR/><BR/>The same thing happened the last time a Democrat was elected president.<BR/><BR/>"I saw quite a bit of this during the Clinton administration. It tends to scare people, who have a constitutional right to purchase and own firearms."<BR/><BR/>At Second Amendment Sports in Bakersfield, an employee who declined to give his name said sales had been brisk.<BR/><BR/>"It's been crazy over here," he said. "We're almost out of all of our guns."<BR/><BR/>But Adam Carvalho, owner of Aloha Gun Traders in Bakersfield, said his traffic has been normal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com