Gun sales surging after Obama election

Weapons dealers in much of the United States are reporting sharply higher sales since Barack Obama won the presidency.

Bernie Conatser, a gun shop owner in Virginia, has never seen business this good.

“I have been in business for 12 years, and I was here for Y2K, September 11, Katrina,” Conatser said, as a steady stream of customers browsed what remained of his stock. “And all of those were big events, and we did notice a spike in business, but nothing on the order of what we are seeing right now.”



Buyers and sellers attribute the surge to worries that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress will move to restrict firearm ownership.

There is also fear that Obama and a Democratic-controlled Congress will raise taxes on gun sales and restrict the sale of certain types of ammunition.

The eventual fear is strict nationwide gun control where the only people with guns would be the military, law enforcement personnel and criminals. It would be the end of game hunting and sport shooting.

Gun clubs offering skeet and trap shooting as well as target practice would be a thing of the past.

With a liberal Congress and a liberal in the White House it will be more about control than simply being against firearms.

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