White House: ‘No Idea Why Americans Are Buying So Many Guns’ (Video)

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President Obama’s talking head Josh Earnest said that the record number of Americans seeking to buy guns in recent weeks is “a tragedy” that the White House is at a loss to explain.

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“The more that we see this kind of violence on our streets, the more people go out and buy guns,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. “That is both ironic and tragic.”

The FBI conducted over 185,345 firearms background checks on Black Friday, the most ever during a single day. The record number of gun sales came two weeks after the Islamic State’s terrorist attacks in Paris, but before the terrorist massacre in San Bernardino, California. (HT Washington Times)

Asked why he thinks so many Americans are buying guns, Mr. Earnest replied, “I don’t know, I really don’t.”

“In some cases these are individuals who believe that they need to buy a gun so that they can better protect themselves,” he said. “In some cases because it’s Black Friday, they probably are going and purchasing a gift for a friend or a loved one who is a gun enthusiast. I’m just pointing out that there are already an astonishing number of guns on the streets of America and far too many innocent Americans who are being killed by them.”

Mr. Earnest said America “is awash in guns.”

“It’s tragic that in the immediate aftermath of a series of high profile mass shootings, that people feel like they have to go out and purchase a gun,” he said. “That ready access to guns and that proliferation of violent weapons of war has not led to fewer gun deaths. It’s tragic that even in the situation where we have lots of guns on the streets that lead to lots of innocent Americans being killed, that the response to that is that a whole lot more guns end up on the streets. That’s tragic and ironic.”

The Washington Times reported that Obama has called on Congress to ban semiautomatic “assault” rifles and to ban people who are on the government’s “no-fly” terrorist watch list from purchasing guns. Mr. Earnest said Thursday that he isn’t aware of any perpetrators of mass shootings in the U.S. who were on the no-fly list.

 

5 COMMENTS

  1. HE forgot to say that maybe if WE (government) stopped staging so many false flags then people would’nt be so nervous, etc, etc.

  2. The most operative phrases in Ernest’s speech were, “They were busy scrubbing the rules”, and forcefully advocate “common sense gun rules”. This President is frustrated because Congress will not go against the Constitution. It is not his place to force his view of common sense onto America. What’s tragic and ironic is that this Administration ignored it’s own investigative reports that stated more guns in the hands of law abiding citizens equal less crime.

  3. The crime rate may not of gone down, but that is only because the same thugs that get guns illegally are still out there. Guns are not only to defend ourselves they are to prevent the government from tyranny. The government should fear the people, not the people fearing the government. It will be joyous day when obummer is out of office.

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