Fear drives sales at Kane County gun show
‘People are just afraid they’re going to get banned,’ expert says
By Tara García Mathewson
Cramped aisles and steady transactions marked the Kane County Sportsman’s Show Sunday with sales of ammunition and semiautomatic firearms topping the list.
Don Moran, president of the Illinois State Rifle Association, who was at the show, noted how little ammunition was left even at 11 a.m. — a few hours before the event wrapped up. The gun show ran from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. When Moran left, he stopped by the Gander Mountain store in Geneva and found the same empty shelves.
Moran said gun sales on any type of semiautomatic firearm are up, whether it’s a handgun or a rifle, and the corresponding ammunition is selling quickly as well.
“People are just afraid that they’re going to get banned,” Moran said. “Maybe they’ve been thinking about buying one, and they’ve been putting it off. What’s going on in the state and nationally — they’re scared they won’t be able to buy it if they wait.”
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