Thoughts on attending a Gun Show

This last Sunday my wife and I went to a local gun show. It was the first one we had attended, and we quite enjoyed ourselves.

What made it more fun was that we went with some friends who are knowledgable about guns.

Now when I say that they are "knowledgable" about guns, that's like saying that Rush Limbaugh knows a little something about radio. Or at least that's how I perceive them, because they have lots of guns including several class 3 weapons, of which one is a .50 caliber machine gun. So, yeah, they know a little something about guns. I guess his being a member of the local county posse helps.

Anyway, they showed us around, we bought a gun and it was generally a fun experience. There were quite a lot of people at the show, too.

For those of you who know guns, what we bought is a Glock 22, .40 caliber. When we bought it, I had to wait in line to get to a table where they went through all the paperwork for background check, etc. There were about four people at a time at the table. After this I had to wait again while the paperwork was sent to a lady who was on the phone with the police who did a computer check on me and on the gun.

After all the legal paperwork was cleared, and payment transferred, I received the weapon, the four of us browsed around a little more, then we left.

After we left, our friends mentioned to us that they were amazed at the turnout. Since I had never been to a gun show before, I had nothing to compare this experience with. But these friends mentioned that this was the largest turnout for any gun show that they had ever seen, and they had been going to area gun shows for quite a few years. Not only that, but they said that the previous year, there was no waiting at the background check table, and there was usually only one person at a time at that table. This time, there was a line to sit at the table, and there were four people at a time at the table. And it was like this from the time that we arrived until when we left.

Also, the lady on the phone, they mentioned that previously, she would only call up the police check number when someone came through with a purchase, but this time, there were so many purchases that she didn't even get the chance to hang up! When she would finish with one person she would say over the phone "OK, I have another one to check..."

So why do I think this is worth writing about? The area I live in is heavily leftarded. I just find it highly amusing that anti-gun Obama is turning out to be a really good gun salesman, even in such a liberal city.

The next four years are shaping up to be "interesting".