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finecraft

(1,213 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:28 PM Dec 2012

In my town one store has sold over 300 assault rifles since Friday

"Lafayette firearm sales have risen sharply since the Newtown school shootings, local gun dealers said Tuesday, mostly because of concern that the federal government will try to ban semi-automatic weapons.

At Dave's Gun Shop, manager Jeremiah Deare said he could he not keep "sporting rifles" -- also known as semi-automatic, assault, tactical or modern rifles -— on the shelves.

"There's been a run on everything with sporting rifles. It's been crazy," Deare said. "Every sporting rifle that we had is gone."

He said customers have bought an estimated 300 semi-automatic rifles, from AK-47s to AR-15s, since Friday."

http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20121219/NEWS01/212190317/Semi-automatic-guns-fly-off-shelves-amid-fear-renewed-ban

Sigh......I took a quick look at the yellow pages and we have at least 25 stores that specialize in firearms. That's not counting the big box stores that sell them. 300 sold at one store in 4 days...unbelievable.

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In my town one store has sold over 300 assault rifles since Friday (Original Post) finecraft Dec 2012 OP

Go Go Gun Control!!! Llewlladdwr Dec 2012 #1

Sure Fire way to promote sales: threaten a sales ban. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #2

If deathrind Dec 2012 #3

That would render the law illegal ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8

not if we treat it like emminent domain dsc Dec 2012 #10

They rarely if ever do. Payments at buybacks are so low that some FFLs have taken to offering ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #12

I live near a Cabela's I wouldn't venture a guess on how many of those doc03 Dec 2012 #4

Walmart is running out of stock too. L0oniX Dec 2012 #5

And every one to paranoid unstable fools who fear the government nt abelenkpe Dec 2012 #6

Couldn't have said it better finecraft Dec 2012 #7

You mean people that disagree letemrot Dec 2012 #9

Whoever said "one born every minute" hasn't met gun nuts post Obama. Initech Dec 2012 #11

Llewlladdwr

(2,165 posts)

1. Go Go Gun Control!!!

Reply to finecraft (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:31 PM

Dec 2012

Great jorb antis!

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

2. Sure Fire way to promote sales: threaten a sales ban.

Reply to finecraft (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:34 PM

Dec 2012

never ceases to amaze.

If there was a fear of banning Oldsmobiles, their value would double.

We never learn.

deathrind

(1,786 posts)

3. If

Reply to finecraft (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:34 PM

Dec 2012

Any gun control legislation come from the tragedy last week it needs to be retro active. Especially for these so called "assault weapon" and high capacity mags for them.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

8. That would render the law illegal

Reply to deathrind (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:05 AM

Dec 2012

dsc

(52,168 posts)

10. not if we treat it like emminent domain

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 02:10 AM

Dec 2012

pay fair market value for the rifle. If we can take your house to build a road we can take your rifle to save a life. Oh, and we do pass laws that ban possession of things that were previously bought all the time. Bath salts and excasy being two examples.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

12. They rarely if ever do. Payments at buybacks are so low that some FFLs have taken to offering

Reply to dsc (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 05:11 AM

Dec 2012

better prices. If the gov offered retail or at least bluebook, it might be much more successful.

Ex post facto is a fairly large hurdle not easily overcome.

doc03

(35,386 posts)

4. I live near a Cabela's I wouldn't venture a guess on how many of those

Reply to finecraft (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:37 PM

Dec 2012

guns they have sold this last weekend. The Dick's Sporting Goods chain announced today that they were suspending sales of them, of course they are probably sold out of them anyway.