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Gun sales spike amid talk of restrictions
Gun shops are calling it the “Obama gun stimulus.”
Baltimore-area gun stores say they have seen a spike in sales of assault-type rifles and other semiautomatic weapons since the Sandy Hook elementary school shootings in Connecticut and the subsequent talk by President Barack Obama, Gov. Martin O’Malley and other politicians of gun restrictions.
Our numbers are even too high to give you a quote,” said Jim Blucher, a salesman at Clyde’s Sport Shop in Halethorpe. “Obama and O’Malley have become our best customers, politically.”
Maryland State Police received 392 requests for background checks for gun buyers the day after the Newtown shootings — a significant increase over the previous Saturday. Statistics for this week were not available, and it was unclear whether the increased sales Dec. 15 were part of a broader trend.
Wilhelm Helfrich, owner of Duffy’s Gun Room in Sparks, wonders about potential gun legislation in response to the Newtown, Conn., killings and how it might affect his business.
“I will end the year with my bills paid, but it’s such an uncertain future in 2013,” Helfrich said. “I’m deeply concerned.”
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http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2012-12…s-gun-laws
2012-12-22 12:36:49
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