Brian J. Phillips has it all figured out:

One consequence of right-wing paranoia is skyrocketing prices on guns and ammunition, as some shooters stockpile supplies in case of some sort of ban. Anecdotally, I was in a gun shop the other day and noticed the price on an SKS military rifle had almost tripled in about a year. Some gun shops are running out of ammunition. (Ammunition prices and supply are explained in part by the 4-fold increase in copper prices since 2004. But this does not explain the change in prices for firerams and non-copper ammo.)

Another consequence of right-wing paranoia is murder.

He says that right-wing fear of increased gun control is driving these guys over the edge and making them commit murder.

Von Brunn explicitly linked his domestic terrorism to a fear that someone was coming to get his guns.

I’d point out that Von Brunn explicitly linked his “domestic terrorism” to a lot of things. But this guy lays the blame for this and other crimes on literature distributed by the NRA.

I left this on his site:

Obama’s Change.gov and WhiteHouse.gov web sites stated that part of the Obama plan to address crime was to reinstate the Federal Assault Weapons Ban and to make it permanent. That wasn’t “some strong statements about gun control in the 1990s,” that was part of his official policy statements during and after his election to the White House.

He’s said that he doesn’t have the votes to pass more gun control, not that he doesn’t want to enact more gun control. That’s a big difference, so don’t pretend that because he can’t means he wouldn’t if he could. AG Eric Holder, obviously, is all for drastically increased gun control.

As for “pro-gun-control advocates haven’t murdered anyone in the name of their cause,” I would point out that a lot of people have been murdered (many by killers with guns) because they couldn’t legally defend themselves with guns. That’s part of the equation, you know.

He holds the NRA partially responsible for murder because of their literature.

Let’s say someone reads his blog post, takes it to heart, and decides against buying a firearm because of it. And then gets murdered because he couldn’t defend himself. Will Brian J. Phillips be partly to blame for the crime because the victim was “inspired” to not arm himself?

I wouldn’t think so. Maybe Brian J. Phillips would disagree.

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