I see a threat posed by some possibly irresponsible actions by the press at large! Your thoughts please!?

I just read a news story which caused me to reverse a decision I had made about selling my only handgun to raise some short term cash. I had felt OK about selling this gun because it has just been locked up for years and I don't really need it. The world isn't that dangerous of a place.


After reading "Soros sees no bottom for world financial "collapse" " - I'm not so sure it will remain so, Armageddon anyone?


My point is the following. Shouldn't some degree of restraint be practiced in publishing such disturbing things maybe a bit more quietly? Or something????


I feel, due to my own sense of how news stories affect my own behavior (as a consumer for example - my spending shriveled at the repeat appearance of "sky is falling" stories long before actual rises in prices would have caused such alarm ). Am I alone in this sense that this kind of sensational presentation of gloomy predictions may have a bit of a causal effect? For those who might point out that I have just acted ( in posting this question ) to feed this very process I'll say: the story is already front page news. Ideas please...|||economies go up and go down ,its the way its been for 2000 years or more,we just have to ride it out just like before,newspaper are to blame for creating mass hysteria by printing the doom and gloom,maybe they should change their attitude start some positive thinking,but that wont happen ,i never believe anything that the newspaper say,they usually tell only part of the story,if people were to go along on their normal way of living things will change,but remember this we in the western countries really know nothing of real poverty,|||LOOK UP THE ILLUMINATI AND THEIR PLANS FOR THE NEW WORLD ORDER WRITTEN CIRCA 1700'S THEN MAP OUT THEIR PLANS ALONG WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY. IT GETS KINDA SCARY. BANKS, MEDIA, ITS ALL THERE. AND I GET A CHILL WHEN U.S. POLITICIANS USE THE TERM (NEW WORLD ORDER) AS COMMON AS IT SOUNDS TODAY IT HAS A DEEPER MEANING. LOOK IT UP IT'LL SCARE THE HELL OUTA YA AND MAYBE PEOPLE WILL READ THIS AND CHANGE THINGS.|||I don't know if the sky is falling but I sure wouldn't sell my gun. That is the next move on the Obama agenda. They won't ban guns but will come in thru your back door and tell you that you have to have a million dollars worth of insurance if you own a gun. they might put a limit on how much ammunition you can purchase. They have lots of plans.





I know I got off the subject but I am a big 2nd Amendment person and they are going to push crazy laws. You might be wise to keep it.|||DO NOT sell your gun right now --- No I am not some conspiracy, end of the world, the sky is falling type but facts are facts.... The economy is contracting...... If it gets real bad crime will go up so keeping your firearm around right now would be smart.... Practice with it -- It's no good if you aren't comfortable with it....





As part of your defense package keep a shotgun handy too.....