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Obama 'Salesman of the Month' as US Gun Industry Whips Up Fear Sales
16 November 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune (California)
The economy may be in the tank, but business has never been better at the El Cajon Gun Exchange.
Semiautomatic rifles, handguns and short-barreled shotguns are moving off the shelves and into the hands of customers who share widespread fears that President-elect Barack Obama will restrict their right to own a gun.
"Obama is the salesman of the month," said store owner Louis Baldridge.
Bryan Watters, a Lakeside customer who followed the election rhetoric closely,... (GunPolicy.org)