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Gun sales surge fueled by first-timers, mostly for ‘concealed’ pistols
Washington Examiner ^ | August 08, 2019 08:44 AM | Paul Bedard

Posted on 08/08/2019 7:03:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Gun sales are surging after the weekend mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, fueled by first-time buyers seeking pistols they can carry with them for protection.

The latest jump validated a big increase in purchases and background checks recorded by the FBI that show the four most recent months higher than the same months in 2018.

What’s more, the trend in the “National Instant Criminal Background Check System,” or NICS, is on a path to make 2018 the second biggest year since 2016, when gun owners and prospective gun owners filled stores before the presidential election that was expected to elect gun control advocate Hillary Rodham Clinton.


(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; concealcarry; gunsales

1 posted on 08/08/2019 7:03:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

My part time job is in a gun shop.
We have been very busy this week.


2 posted on 08/08/2019 7:05:06 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Can we say that that total is 320,525,675 votes not for Libs?

Well, some might be repeat customers, but how is that different from dead Dems voting (multiple times)?


3 posted on 08/08/2019 7:07:03 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I’ll bet you have with all of this stupidity going on. Doesn’t make it a good thing, though.


4 posted on 08/08/2019 7:07:03 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Good for business..

I all in favor of more Americans exercising their 2nd Amendment right.


5 posted on 08/08/2019 7:10:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; ...

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6 posted on 08/08/2019 7:38:57 PM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for <strike>Totalitarian</strike> COMMUNIST)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It would be good if the rate of training was on the same slope.

Punching holes in paper a couple times a year is a poor substitute for knowing how to handle, carry, and deploy under stress.

7 posted on 08/08/2019 7:42:46 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
I all in favor of more Americans exercising their 2nd Amendment right.

I'm all in favor of gun control for Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats who commit about 98% of violent gun crimes, IMHO. The other 2% of violent gun crimes are by the criminally insane. (But is there really any difference between the two groups?)

Responsible, loyal Americans should be able to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights with as little government interference as possible.

8 posted on 08/08/2019 7:44:18 PM PDT by Perseverando (For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Everytime the dems talk about taking away our guns, we go out and buy more.


9 posted on 08/08/2019 7:51:41 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

NEVER LEAVE YOU HOME UNARMED!


10 posted on 08/08/2019 8:01:55 PM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Whenever I can free myself, when I change my license that’s probably the first thing I’ll do. Walk into a gun shop and purchase one.


11 posted on 08/08/2019 8:51:03 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

In Virginia a new license must be 30 days old before it can be used to purchase a firearm.


12 posted on 08/08/2019 8:57:55 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"mostly for ‘concealed’ pistols"

According to one firearms store in a big city.

13 posted on 08/08/2019 9:13:39 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is the solution. If everybody (100 million) of the concealed carry folks carried every day, everywhere ... there would be a lot less of these shooting. Instant confrontation.


14 posted on 08/09/2019 5:43:14 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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To: ThePatriotsFlag

Yup,
Agreed.


15 posted on 08/09/2019 6:06:50 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What did they expect??????


16 posted on 08/09/2019 9:42:52 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I don’t think people are buying because for protection because of the shootings.

I think they are buying because of the threat of the gun control measures the government is unconstitionally trying to enact.

I know that have me motivated to do so.

Why wait? So you can have an invasive background check done?

No thanks.


17 posted on 08/09/2019 9:44:37 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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