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I put this up on news, cross posted here for the local folks. I was the one wearing my VCDL hat.
Video:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/dd75od
Story:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/culr2f
Greg Milam, US correspondent
Gun sales are soaring in the US amid fears that President Obama is planning a new crackdown on the ownership of weapons.
Gun stores in America are seeing a surge in business
The country is even facing a shortage of ammunition as gun stores are besieged by customers - even though the President has insisted he is not planning new legislation.
Seven million people have applied for background record checks with the FBI in the last few months so they can obtain a gun licence.
The Guns and Ammo store in Manassas, Virginia, says it has seen a 50% rise in sales since November's election.
Deputy manager Andrew Amerine told Sky News Online: "In October last year, even in the summer of last year, people started to anticipate what was going to happen in the election and were out buying ammunition and certain types of weapons.
"Now we are seeing people who are getting their first gun because they are worried they will not be able to get them in the future."
The surge in sales has alarmed anti-gun campaigners.
It has coincided with a series of shooting incidents across the country which have left more than 50 people dead.
Flowers outside Virginia Tech
Colin Goddard, who was shot and injured in the Virginia Tech massacre two years ago, said: "Many Americans have been victims of this and we are the ones America should be listening to.
"We are the ones whose lives have been affected.
"I understand that people who haven't had this happen to them haven't needed to have a stance on this issue. I wasn't really interested until it happened to me."
This week Congress launched a new attempt to close the so-called 'gun show loophole' which means unlicensed dealers can sell weapons without making any background checks on the purchaser.
Anti-gun campaigners have accused the gun lobby, including the powerful NRA, of stirring up hysteria to encourage people to buy.
Paul Helmke, of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said: "A lot of people are reacting to the advertising.
"If you say 'buy now because supplies are limited' people are going to do exactly that."
I put this up on news, cross posted here for the local folks. I was the one wearing my VCDL hat.
Video:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/dd75od
Story:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/culr2f
Greg Milam, US correspondent
Gun sales are soaring in the US amid fears that President Obama is planning a new crackdown on the ownership of weapons.
Gun stores in America are seeing a surge in business
The country is even facing a shortage of ammunition as gun stores are besieged by customers - even though the President has insisted he is not planning new legislation.
Seven million people have applied for background record checks with the FBI in the last few months so they can obtain a gun licence.
The Guns and Ammo store in Manassas, Virginia, says it has seen a 50% rise in sales since November's election.
Deputy manager Andrew Amerine told Sky News Online: "In October last year, even in the summer of last year, people started to anticipate what was going to happen in the election and were out buying ammunition and certain types of weapons.
"Now we are seeing people who are getting their first gun because they are worried they will not be able to get them in the future."
The surge in sales has alarmed anti-gun campaigners.
It has coincided with a series of shooting incidents across the country which have left more than 50 people dead.
Flowers outside Virginia Tech
Colin Goddard, who was shot and injured in the Virginia Tech massacre two years ago, said: "Many Americans have been victims of this and we are the ones America should be listening to.
"We are the ones whose lives have been affected.
"I understand that people who haven't had this happen to them haven't needed to have a stance on this issue. I wasn't really interested until it happened to me."
This week Congress launched a new attempt to close the so-called 'gun show loophole' which means unlicensed dealers can sell weapons without making any background checks on the purchaser.
Anti-gun campaigners have accused the gun lobby, including the powerful NRA, of stirring up hysteria to encourage people to buy.
Paul Helmke, of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said: "A lot of people are reacting to the advertising.
"If you say 'buy now because supplies are limited' people are going to do exactly that."
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