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I hear the same increase in gun sales is happening here in Central
Oregon.

Paul

On Nov 9, 8:09 am, Gunner Asch wrote:
In McPherson, Kansas, gun dealer Steve Sechler said demand at a gun show
last weekend jumped by more than 50 percent as buyers rushed to stock up
on
guns including Kalashnikov and AR-15 rifles.

"Most of the people there were cussing Obama and saying we need home
defense," Sechler said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081108/pl_nm/us_usa_guns_1

Obama win triggers run on guns in many stores

By Tim Gaynor Tim Gaynor -

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Sales of rifles, pistols and ammo are surging in
parts
of the United States, as many gun owners fear President-elect Barack
Obama's
administration may seek to tighten ownership of certain weapons.

"The day after the election, I had many more calls than usual from people
looking for semi-automatic rifles," said David Greenberg, the owner of
the
Second Amendment Family Gun Shop, in Bisbee, Arizona, who sold out of
AR-15
rifles in recent days.

"There seems to be a fear they will be banned, and it's fairly likely,"
he
added. "Obama and Biden are driven to eliminate firearms from the face of
the country."

Gun stores and trade groups have reported a spike in firearms sales in
the
run-up to the November 4 election victory of Democrat Obama and Vice
President-elect Joe Biden, who many perceive as strongly pro-gun control.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade association for the
shooting, hunting and firearms industry, reported a 10 percent jump in
gun
sales this year based on its analysis of an excise tax placed on firearms
and ammunition, and a spokesman said the increase had grown dramatically
ahead of the election.

"Gun owners are afraid of what Obama is going to do as far as guns," said
spokesman Tony Aeschliman. "He has a clear record of being against us."

Obama stated his support for the right to bear arms during campaigning,
although both he and Biden back a permanent ban on assault weapons --
military style semi-automatic rifles -- and "common sense measures" to
keep
guns away from children and criminals, positions which spurred concern
among
some gun enthusiasts.

"It's always been the liberal or Democratic agenda to restrict gun
ownership," said Jim Pruett, the owner of a gun store in a Houston-area
strip mall, whose sales more than tripled on the Saturday before the
election to $35,000.

In McPherson, Kansas, gun dealer Steve Sechler said demand at a gun show
last weekend jumped by more than 50 percent as buyers rushed to stock up
on
guns including Kalashnikov and AR-15 rifles.

"Most of the people there were cussing Obama and saying we need home
defense," Sechler said.

BUSINESS BOOMING

Obama loyalists say gun owners need not fear curbs when he takes office
in
January. The Democratic governor of Ohio, Ted Strickland, told a rally
last
month he had spoken directly to Obama about the right to bear arms.

"If you are a sportsman, if you are a gun owner, if you are someone that
honors and respects the Second Amendment, you have nothing to fear from
Barack Obama," he told a crowd in Chillicothe.

Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean
end.