Glock Pistol Sales Surge in Aftermath of Arizona Shootings

[avaistheone1]

Source: Bloomberg

After a Glock-wielding gunman killed six people at a Tucson shopping center on Jan. 8, Greg Wolff, the owner of two Arizona gun shops, told his manager to get ready for a stampede of new customers.

Wolff was right. Instead of hurting sales, the massacre had the $499 semi-automatic pistols -- popular with police, sport shooters and gangsters -- flying out the doors of his Glockmeister stores in Mesa and Phoenix.

“We’re at double our volume over what we usually do,” Wolff said two days after the shooting spree that also left 14 wounded, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition.

A national debate over weaknesses in state and federal gun laws stirred by the shooting has stoked fears among gun buyers that stiffer restrictions may be coming from Congress, gun dealers say. The result is that a deadly demonstration of the weapon’s effectiveness has also fired up sales of handguns in Arizona and other states, according to federal law enforcement data.


Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-11/glock-pistol-sales-surge-in-aftermath-of-shooting-of-arizona-s-giffords.html

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It appears few have learned anything after Saturday's tragedy. imo

[conspirator]

1. Even bad publicity is publicity n/t

[RKP5637]

2. It's the American way ... slow learners. n/t

[lawodevolution]

9. Gun control supporters are slow learners every time you mention gun bans you help sell thousands and

Sometimes millions of guns, it bothers them but they continue to do it again and again.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Fear and Paranoia.

What a combination.

[louis-t]

4. I believe the increase is due to

"Obama's gunna take yer guns away" mentality.

[defendandprotect]

5. GOP/NRA fear mongering makes for good run sales ... they count on it -- !!

[ProgressiveProfessor]

6. They have not had to do any

There is enough crap coming out of NYC to do that all by itself

[Thor_MN]

7. Shit, are we going to make it to Dec 21, 2012?

[lawodevolution]

8. You can thank the anti gun folk, the news media and Brady campaign for these sales

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