Local gun shops from Oregon to Connecticut and even California have reported that their gun sales have increased since last week’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Many residents have flocked to gun stores to purchase pistols for protection or fear that the public will favor a Congress supported ban or crackdown on the rifles.
Karl Durkheimer, who owns a store in Illinois, told The Guardian that he seen his own store benefit from the fear that the Second Amendment may be infringed upon:
“Handgun sales are up substantially and modern sporting rifles are up astronomically,” he said after a few days when his shop, Northwest Armory, was packed with buyers sizing up the most popular pistol in the US, the Glock, and the military-style AR-15 assault rifle, which also comes with a pink stock for women. “The people you see are twofold. There are first-time buyers who are in fear of what the future will bring. But most of what you saw is people hedging their bets that there might be a political policy put forward by the liberal side of the government.”
Apparently, the sudden influx of individuals requesting high-powered handguns or assault rifles isn’t unusual.
Following The Dark Knight shootings in Colorado last summer, applications to buy guns rose more than 40 percent in a week. After congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in an assassination attempt, sales increased by 60 percent in a single day in Arizona.
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Most alarming, however, is the percentage of gun owners since President Barack Obama was sworn into office. Since his inauguration, share price of firearms manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Company has increased more than 700 percent.
Reportedly those numbers aren’t surprising to gun shop owners.
“No question, an election year where Democrats are winning drives a lot of business,” Durkheimer said.
Fifty-four percent of the country favor stricter gun-control regulation, but with the other forty-six percent running out to stockpile on guns, it looks like the divide is about to get even uglier.
SOURCE: The Guardian NBC
