Build a House on a Trailer ???

I don't have to go outside to know what the weather is like. I can look out the window, look at a calendar to see what season it is, look up a forecast, I could even ask someone who has been outside. Using that same type analysis anyone can tell what the economy is doing, look at the stock ticker, read the numbers on unemployment, look at the data on GDP, see what kind of deficit we are running, check out all the new taxes that have been passed ( there is a real good one coming next month ). So could you tell me why, with all the information at our finger tips, can no one see the bad economic times that are right on our door step. During the cold war everyone built bomb shelters, building codes take into consideration weather and seismic forecast, lots of folks go into debt to take advantage of a good sale and the most popular thing to do in this guaranteed bleak economic forecast is to buy guns and ammunition. I am all for protecting what is mine but from whom ? If you think from the government your an idiot, they have been taking your stuff for years and you haven't done diddly. You don't stand a snowballs chance in a sauna, put your money into prepaid funeral expenses. Now burglaries and personal protection - that's a whole nother story and you better be talking to whatever law enforcement is in your area about what you can or can't do.

I've read and heard so many stories about this wild west mentality that I can't help but think that most of this gun mania comes from folks who have watched too many movies and have no clue about the real world. Kind of like being presented all the facts about impending gloom in the economy and buying guns to ward off the lifestyle change that is sure to happen. Didn't the price of work boots double in the 70's, the sales were to kids who had no intention of working, they thought they looked cool. I think the gun mania is the same kind of deal which presents a really big problem all by itself. So now when a law enforcement issue arises on any level the issue isn't talked or argued about it is met by lethal force. We cause our own problems.