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Sales of Guns Soar in U.S. as Nation Weighs Tougher Limits
NY Times ^

Posted on 01/12/2013 11:33:59 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

As Washington focuses on what Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will propose next week to curb gun violence, gun and ammunition sales are spiking in the rest of the country as people rush to expand their arsenals in advance of any restrictions that might be imposed.

People were crowded five deep at the tiny counter of a gun shop near Atlanta, where a pastor from Knoxville, Tenn., was among the customers who showed up in person after the store’s Web site halted sales because of low inventory. Emptying gun cases and bare shelves gave a picked-over feel to gun stores in many states. High-capacity magazines, which some state and federal officials want to ban or restrict, were selling briskly across the country: one Iowa dealer said that 30-round magazines were fetching five times what they sold for just weeks ago.

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KEYWORDS: 113th; awb; banglist; bho44; bhobanglist; guncontrol; obama; secondamendment
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To: Redcloak
"In essence, California no longer has an "assault weapon" ban."

Yes, I know there are after-market products that get around the "bullet button". California will eventually declare them illegal. I so want out of this socialist State, but can't due to my wife's job and family. I will have to suck it up for the time being.

61 posted on 01/12/2013 10:00:51 PM PST by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Obama’s lies, tyrannical behavior and hateful demeanor towards the free people of the land have pushed gun sales through the roof. Hello Biden, Osamaobama, Feinstien, Gregory et. al., keep talking and the people will keep buying. God bless them and God bless America.
62 posted on 01/14/2013 7:44:12 AM PST by Postnbeam (Time is not on our side.)
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