Sales of handguns and ammunition are booming across the country, and retailers say it’s all about the November election.
Gun shop owners around the nation told FoxNews.com that sales, brisk ever since President Obama was elected, have spiked upward in recent months. And manufacturers are having so much trouble keeping up with the demand that one, Sturm, Ruger & Co., can’t keep up with demand. The Southport, Conn.-based company has had to suspend new orders after taking orders for more than 1 million guns in the first three months of the year. Smith & Wesson sales are way up, as we
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Gun Sales Boom Ahead Of November Elections
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Re: Gun Sales Boom Ahead Of November Elections
Ruger had some deal going where they wanted to sell a million guns and donate some proceeds to the NRA (something like that anyway). That alone might have something to do with their situation.
I've seen a serious uptick in participation in local handgun and mutli-gun matches. A lot of them are new to gun ownership in general. Not sure if this is due to the new popularity of shooting reality show, or maybe it's just the zombies.
I've seen a serious uptick in participation in local handgun and mutli-gun matches. A lot of them are new to gun ownership in general. Not sure if this is due to the new popularity of shooting reality show, or maybe it's just the zombies.
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