Glock pistol sales surge in aftermath of Arizona shootings

The Washington Post ^ | Tuesday, January 11, 2011; 1:18 PM | By Michael Riley

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After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers.

Wolff was right. Instead of hurting sales, the massacre had the $499 semi-automatic pistols -- popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters -- flying out the doors of his Glockmeister stores in Mesa and Phoenix.

"We're at double our volume over what we usually do," Wolff said two days after the shooting spree that also left 14 wounded, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition.

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This is more about fear of what our Government is about to do than fear of having to protect ones self.

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They can thank Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik for the increased sales.

If his office had followed up on the complaints against Jared Loughner regarding threats he made and his mental condition Loughner would have had a record that would have prevented him from purchasing his own Glock back in November.