Gun Store sells 30,000 AR-15's in 5 days after Orlando (Birth of an Internet Hoax or Joke on MSM?)

Vanity | June 24, 2016 | Perseverando

[Perseverando]

Apparently many are being fooled by this outrageous story of how one gun store in "Podunk" Pennsylvania sold 30,000 AR-15's in 5 days after the Orlando shooting. This is an amazing feat of 21st century commerce since their "web presence" looks like something from the early 1990's.

I've seen this Fox Business News story repeated on The Blaze, Washington Free Beacon, etc.

This is patently absurd that no one from any reputable source has questioned this. Does no one fact check anymore (besides FreeRepublic)?

The Hunters Warehouse owner, Tom Engle, told Stuart Varney of Fox Business News on June 17th that his "online operation consisting of 300,000 to 400,000 weapons has sold 30,000 AR-15’s since Sunday."

They have 300,000 to 400,000 weapons. So 350,000 weapons, plus or minus 50,000? I'm sure the BATFE must really be impressed with his inventory records being accurate to within 50,000 weapons.

Oh well, I guess this is one way to generate some interest in your small Pennsylvania hardware, antique, computer repair, general store.

[Celerity]

From the website: "Paramilitary weapons, military weapons, pistols, etc. ◦ Full line of hunting, archery, fishing and outdoor supplies. ◦ New and used rifles, pistols, shotguns. ◦ Specialize in obsolete and hard to get ammo and gun parts. ◦ Gunsmithing, archery set up and repair, rod and reel repairs. ◦ Computer repair. ◦ We custom order anything! Inventory ◦ Large selection of Snap-On, Mac, Craftsmen and power tools. ◦ Over $100,000 inventory in tools. ◦ Huge inventory of military surplus. ◦ Huge inventory of antiques. You name it, we probably sell it! Cars, trucks, appliances, furniture, chain saws, weed eaters, etc. Call, ask and see if we have it in stock!" I'm having an issue with this as well.

[Celerity]

.. and Podunk is in CT. :)

[Red in Blue PA]

FWIW, I read some people talk of this guy on a gun forum who knew him through dealings. Apparently they did not believe his boasts either as he likes to exaggerate.

[Psalm 73]

They may have gotten orders or inquiries for that, but no way in hell any gun store on the earth can sell 6K ARs/day for five straight days - if they’re open for 10 hrs/day = 600 each hour, or 10 every minute....

[smokingfrog]

https://goo.gl/maps/rS5QumgM9QA2

[Perseverando]

Yes and in Michigan, Vermont and New York. LOL!

Hunters Warehouse is actually in Bellefonte, PA, of course.

[V_TWIN]

Just the background checks alone would make it pretty much impossible.

[slumber1]

I’ll bet they were all purchased without a background check too. </sarc>

[Paine in the Neck]

Podunk is in lots of places.

[mountainlion]

Gun sales have gone over 100 million since Barry took office. Does anyone have the current number?

[V_TWIN]

My bad, didn’t see where it was an online operation.....Still, that just doesn’t sound Plausible.

[Perseverando]

Hey thanks for the Google street view of the Hunters Warehouse.

After seeing the store front I guess I'll have to contact an Admin Moderator and get him to delete my vanity. </sarc> LOL!!

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’ll bet Mr. Obama wishes he had a commission deal with the firearms companies. He’d be richer than George Foreman.

[Flick Lives]

The MSM is truly pathetic. A two minute google search shows the storefront. It's just a little hole-in-the-wall operation.

[Perseverando]

It's just a little hole-in-the-wall operation.

That's what I was calling it from just looking at their web "presence" before I saw the google street view.

I'm just watching now to see how soon and which MSM reads FR and rebuts the 30,000 in 5 days claim. They have to get their facts somewhere.

[Arlis]

No Way.

Forget background checks - they may have gone to other FFL’s.

Good friend is FFL for 8 years now - getting AR’s from distributors (they are not sold directly by mfg.s to FFL’s, but through distributors) is difficult at best even for the big purchasers such as Cabela’s, Bass Pro, etc. Yeah, they’ve got clout, but not even they could land that many AR’s in that period of time.

[MHGinTN]

Hoax comes in many flavors ... 5days = 40 hours = 2400 minutes ... just sayin’.

[Psalm 73]

"Gun sales have gone over 100 million since Barry took office..."

From that same gun store?

sarc/

[TigersEye]

Scroll down to the last link...

The DemoRats have been pushing for gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.

• The percentage of Americans who own guns has increased.
• The percentage of Americans who believe we have a right to own guns has increased.
• The number of guns owned per gun owner has increased.
• The amount of ammunition possessed per gun owner has increased.
• Concealed carry laws have spread from state to state like wildfire.
• Castle Doctrine laws have been passed in numerous states.
• Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in many states.
• Gun rights lobbying groups have become a cottage industry unto themselves.
• In the worst economy since the Great Depression the firearms industry can't keep up with orders or expand fast enough.
• 65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total 2/12/2013
• 46,455 Background Checks For Gun Purchases Each Day Under Obama 5/3/2013

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

• Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies 1/14/2013
• NRA membership has increased by 250,000. (Jan. 2013)

And it continues...

• NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (May 4, 2013)

And there is more...

• FBI Report: Early 2013 Crime Decrease Coincides with Gun Sales Boom

And more...

• FBI: March 2014 Was Biggest March in Gun Background Check History
  ...the raw data shows "2,488,842 total background checks
  were performed in March 2014."

And yet more...

• Gun sales spike in June (highest June sales since 1999) July 7, 2015
  Background checks for gun sales spiked 11% in June compared to last year, making it the busiest June ever,...

And more and more and...

• FBI data shows record number of September gun sales October 10, 2015
  FBI's National Instant Background Check System shows gun sales hit a record high for the fifth month in a row with 1,795,102 prospective gun owners processed in September.

We just keep buyin' more...

• Gun Sales Set Record for Sixth Month in a Row Sales for October 2015

And we bought more more more...

• Record for U.S. Gun Background Checks Set on Black Friday 12/3/2015

And more and more and more...

• 2015: The Year of the Gun (All time record number of background checks processed) 1/4/2016
  More than 23 million checks were processed through the National Instant Background Check System in 2015, an all-time record.

KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMOCRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)