Why do you think gun sales have sky rocketed after Obama won the election?
News reports for November 7, 2008 From the International Herald Tribune: In Colorado, would-be gun buyers set a record Saturday with the highest number of background check requests in a 24-hour period, according to figures from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. “We’re not really sure who is promoting the concept that a change in federal administrations might affect firearms possession rights, but we do know that it’s increased business considerably,” said an agency spokesman, Lance Clem. Federal law-enforcement officials cautioned that gun sales were extremely volatile. Nationally, rifle and handgun sales surged 17 percent, for example, in May, compared with May 2007, according to FBI figures. That was before Obama had clinched the nomination. Sales then fell and were essentially flat by September compared with the year before, even as the campaign heated up, before rising 14 percent in October. November figures were not yet available. What is clear is that every gun seller – not t
