Gun stores predict huge sales if Chicago's gun ban ends ...

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Suburban gun store owners expect sales to surge if Chicago's ban falls

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The high court is widely expected to strike down Chicago's 28-year-old handgun ban this summer, following the court's 2008 decision to overturn a similar ordinance in Washington, D.C. Suburban gun store owners anticipate the court's next move will uncork pent-up demand for firearms within Chicago city limits.

Nixing the city's ban "is going to open up business to thousands and thousands of households, and that could mean thousands and thousands in sales," says Fred Lutger, owner of Freddie Bear Sports, the outdoor-sports store he's operated in south suburban Tinley Park for 30 years.

Like other gun retailers, Mr. Lutger has seen sales accelerate since just before Mr. Obama's election, as gun enthusiasts rushed to buy firearms out of fear that the new president would enact tougher gun-control laws.

Mr. Lutger's sales have climbed 50% in that period. Noel Incavo, co-owner of Midwest Sporting Goods in west suburban Lyons, has seen a 30% jump. Neither expects a drop-off; it seems the fear of a gun ban can have the same effect on sales as a ban's demise.

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From the retailers' perspective, "so much depends on how wide or how narrow the court's decision is," says Keven Wilder, owner of Chicago-based retail consultancy Wilder Inc. "If it is a sweeping decision against allowing Mayor Daley and other cities to impose reasonable limitation on gun ownership, then who knows what's going to happen? Sales could go through the roof."

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[shadowrider]

2. What does that have to do with ending the gun ban in Chicago?

Besides nothing?

[slackmaster]

3. Hey msongs, have you ever seen a photo of the plaintiff in the McDonald case?

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[OneTenthofOnePercent]

6. What'd I miss? :(

Some ignorant racist/sexist drivel no doubt...

yet still, curiosity is killing this cat!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Also be interesting to see how many guns "come out of the closet"