Guns sales on the rise in US despite crisis
Published: 22 April, 2009, 10:26
Edited: 16 February, 2010, 09:50
TAGS: Arms, Crime, Obama, Human rights, USA
With their country almost on its knees, increasing numbers of Americans are sticking to their guns. The fear of crime is on the rise, and arms are selling like hot cakes.
But many are blaming the rush on rumors that President Obama is about to clamp down on assault weapons.
In Culpeper Virginia, Grayghost tactical has seen a 50 percent increase in sales.
And the customers aren’t who you’d expect.
“A lot of first time buyers, scared about the economy, what’s going to happen with the increase in crime. You get the wives learning how to use a handgun or revolver, we’re getting little old ladies buying AR-15’s, all kinds of stuff like that,” said shop owner Brett Ross.
AR-15’s are the civilian version of a military assault rifle. A recent slew of shootings has people running to their nearest gun stores all across the country. And they’re buying everything they can get their hands on.
This includes custom-made weapons. The Nighthawk Enforcer pistol costs $3,000 – and they’re selling out.
But none of the customers want to talk about it.
U.S. President, Barack Obama has been outspoken about wanting to place a ban on high powered assault weapons, and right after his election, gun sales shot through the roof. They haven’t stopped since.
“It seems like each week there’s another rumor out there about what’s going to happen, and that just feeds the fury of it,” Brett Ross said.
The right to bear arms is something many Americans hold dear. And they’re not happy about a new administration making it a target.
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It's very easy to buy a gun "legally" (to me any American not incarcerated, should be able to buy guns at will without red tape). It is a wholly different matter to carry them legally and employ them for self defense. That is where the "gun control" fails to control anything but people who are afraid of draconian laws and oppressive government more than the average robbers and street thugs.
Eric, you may have to work a little harder on that. From outside America, it looks like the population is largely controlled by the media and more subtle, yet powerful forces. To no one in the outside world does it look as though you remain the most powerful component in your political system. It looks to us as though you lost that long ago and are fighting these days for the scraps. I would really hate to have been the first person to tell you this...