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Obama Win Shoots Up Gun Sales

By Steven Rodriguez

Fears that President-elect Obama will push for more restrictive gun laws after his inauguration in January have sent gun sales shooting through the roof. Recently released FBI statistics show a significant increase in gun purchases since the election earlier this month. Criminal background checks for gun buys have jumped 49% over this time last year.  In fact the increase may be even greater since more than one gun can be purchased on a single background check. Statistics on national instant criminal background checks show that 374,510 people purchased a handgun or long gun during the first week in November, compared to 251,804 during the same week last year. The FBI says that gun purchases have been running higher than normal all year. More than 6...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on November 14, 2008 (boomark / email).