as election looms.
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Sales of handguns and ammunition are booming across the country, and retailers say it’s all about the November election.
Gun shop owners around the nation told FoxNews.com that sales, brisk ever since President Obama was elected, have spiked upward in recent months. And manufacturers are having so much trouble keeping up with the demand that one, Sturm, Ruger & Co., can’t keep up with demand. The Southport, Conn.-based company has had to suspend new orders after taking orders for more than 1 million guns in the first three months of the year. Smith & Wesson sales are way up, as well.
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Caroline Brewer, a spokeswoman for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said the rising sales are deceptive. She told ABC in December that gun ownership is not actually rising, but existing gun owners are stockpiling them.
“There’s been a whole lot of hysteria raised by the NRA about the need to stockpile guns because (President) Obama’s going to take your guns away,” Brewer said. “It may mean more gun owners are buying more guns.”
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Link to the complete story:
Gun Sales Explode As Election Looms | Fox News
On a side note since I do competitive shooting and reload most of my own, even the components are starting to become hard to find and the prices are increasing.