Hello. My name is Vic, and I play baseball for a living. It’s a great gig that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world, even though I’m not a real person. However, because it’s Minor League Baseball, I’m not going to get rich any time soon. If I make it to the bigs, however, then that will be another story.

I’m writing here on the Web site because this company helped me get my hands on payday loans when I needed them most. I had what you might call an equipment malfunction that had to be taken care of quickly, as I was slated to start at third that night and the whole team was clinging to its supply of bats like there was a maple and ash tree famine. Nobody had a bat to loan me, so I had to figure out a way to replenish my supply without the luxury of having recently been paid.

As it could have happened…

My buddy Frank and I came up from Rookie ball together, shortstop and second base. Last season, when we were in Class-A ball in Spokane, we went hunting the morning before a game, and I bagged a ten point buck. Cries of “beginner’s luck” rose from the peanut gallery, which included not only Frank, but our catcher Sully and Rizzo, a middle reliever. I’d never even fired a rifle before, so I guess I did pretty well.

We finally climbed out of our blind and made it over to the kill, but it still wasn’t dead. Sully leaned in too close, and it jerked like mad, tossing him aside like a sack of light potato chips. I shifted into autopilot, running back to the blind to grab the first thing I could get my hands on: a bat from my game gear bag. As we were all out of ammo, my bat was the only thing to keep my friends from being gored and trampled. As hard as it was, I swung away. Neither buck nor bat survived.

Craaaack!

Of course, that was my last bat. Nobody had a loaner, and I was short on cash until payday. So I had to get cash fast, and carving the buck and peddling the deer meat wasn’t an option. After regaining consciousness, the first words out of Sully’s mouth were “Aaaah!” and “Uuuuuh!” Then he said I should check out this little Web site you’re reading right now. Sully knew I needed money for bats, and payday loans was the quickest way to get fast cash.

I checked this site out and was surprised by how easy it was. I qualified for the payday loans I needed to buy a few new bats (we play in a wood bat league), and had it wired to my bank account before that night’s game. It was as smooth as a 6-4-3 double play!

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For the moment, it’s good to be in gun sales. Demand is up almost across the board and your share price is on the rise. Why? Some fear President Obama could swoop down at any moment and swallow the best tactical stuff in your inventory. Anthony Mirhaydari of MSN Moneycentral reports that gun buffs across the nation are stocking up on various rifles and pistols – even assault weapons.

Assault weapons? Yes. The ban on their sale expired in 2004, but President Obama is considering reinstituting the old ban. According to Mirhaydari, the president’s main concern is the flow of the weapons south of the border and into the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

A growth industry

Gun makers Smith & Wesson and Ruger, as well as retailer Cabela’s, are reaping the benefits of increased sales. Smith & Wesson projects it will double its revenue within the next three years. Ruger showed an 81 percent fourth quarter increase on new products. It currently has an order backlog that amounts to $48 million. Cabela’s reported a 2.2 percent same-store sales increase over the holiday election season. Normally, that is a difficult time for retail merchants.

Share prices are on the rise. Recently, Smith & Wesson was up 56 percent, Cabela’s 35 percent and Ruger 44 percent.

“A good time to buy them”

Mirhaydari interviewed Wedbush Morgan analyst Rommel Dionisio, who revealed that much of the guns people have been buying are “self-defense firearms like military-type semi-automatics or pistols. Sales of traditional bolt-action hunting rifles and shotguns remain steady.”

Cabela’s spokesman Joe Arterburn admitted that many of his chain’s gun customers of late have been first-timers who “have never had a handgun in their home but believe now … is a good time to buy them.”

Has it hit the fan?

Why so much concern about self-defense lately? And for that matter, why has there been such a huge increase in the popularity of gold ownership? Bankers say that many vault customers are “hording gold.” Is the paper money system going to collapse? Mirhaydari poses – only half seriously – the scenario of a “Mad Max”-style wasteland. Will a down economy lead to something so drastic? I don’t think so, but there are plenty of people in America who are preparing for that “what if” world. Statements from President Obama about people who “cling to guns and religion” during times of economic stress are hard for them to ignore.

While President Obama says he believes in a “common sense gun safety law” and the Second Amendment, gun sales and gold hoarding continue. Perhaps Warren Zevon sang it best. “Lawyers, guns and money… they’ll get me out of this.”