In times of economic hardship the best thing to do, according to some in the US, is to buy a gun!!

I just blogged how a mother who had no money to feed her children, yet had money to buy a gun, kill herself and fatally injured her children. Now, I just found out that this year's gun sales broke all previous records. That's in an economy that needs fixing.

Let's see the news:

(NEWSER) – This year's Black Friday gun salesbroke a record set in 2008 by nearly a third, and while fears about President Obama outlawing some types of firearms are thought to be behind 2008's record, analysts say this year's surge in sales is part of a long-term trend. Gun ownership was "politically incorrect" five years ago, but "what seems to be changing is social acceptance," an analyst at investment firm Avondale Partners tells MSNBC. "I think there might be a changing view of firearms."

"Politically incorrect?", well, it is not safe to carry a gun, period. If we trust our government, then we pay our taxes so they can hold social cohesion, but Americans don't trust not even their next door neighbours.

But if some type of guns are going to be outlawed, the alternative is not to pile on those guns, since if you are found with them, you are going to be braking the law. What sort of thinking these people apply to themselves, is beyond me!!

Every state except Illinois now allows residents to carry concealed weapons, and a recent Gallup poll found that 47% of American households own a gun, up from 41% just a year ago. Analysts say the number of first-time gun buyers and women buying guns has been rising for several years, with handguns selling especially well. The director of communications at the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, however, says this year's surge is sales is a "one-time event" which may be "the result of marketing."

So, marketing death goes far, as we can see. Notice, "women buying guns has been rising for several years, with handguns selling especially well". So well, that they can try to kill their own children with them!!!!

In a country where anger is going through the roof, and people are willing to kill one another just for a parking space, carrying a gun, makes things way more dangerous.