FBI reports 49% increase firearm background checks in 1 week

[308Mike]

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Obama election triggers national gun rush
FBI reports 49% increase in firearm background checks in 1 week
Posted: November 12, 2008
1:05 pm Eastern

By Chelsea Schilling
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Gun sales have skyrocketed since Barack Obama was elected, and many gun owners say they are concerned the nation's next president and a Democratic-controlled Congress will impose a ban on assault rifles and firearm ownership.

From Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, the FBI reported 374,000 background checks on people purchasing guns – a 49 percent jump from last year. Dealers are reporting larger-than-usual sales since Election Day, according to the Chicago Tribune. The rush to buy weapons is more intense than in the days following Y2K and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Post-election gun rush

Dallas, Texas, gun shop owner DeWayne Irwin said the election, combined with an unstable economy, triggered a firearms dash at his store.

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[Jered]

Awesome.

If I had money, I'd go buy another stripped AR lower.

[Dub_James]

The more the merrier. Let's hope there's some new owners/shooters in there somewhere.

[FastRope71]

I assure you, there are. Some of those new shooters may not even know their future arms have left the store yet.

[308Mike]

Guns and ammo sales are skyrocketing, they can't keep their shelves stocked. People aren't buying bullshit items, they're buying things to survive a socialist administration:

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Consumers cut back sharply on spending

By Martin Crutsinger
ASSOCIATED PRESS

6:11 a.m. November 14, 2008

WASHINGTON – Consumers, taking a beating from the worst financial crisis in seven decades, cut back sharply on their spending in October, pushing retail sales down by a record amount.

As President George W. Bush and other world leaders gathered for a weekend summit to search for ways out of the mess, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday pledged to cooperate with other central banks to deal with financial markets he said remain under “severe strain.”

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