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Gun Lobby Campaign, Fear of Obama Drive Gun Sale Spike in Colorado
5 January 2009
Rocky Mountain News (Colorado)
Gun sales reached record levels in Colorado in 2008, a spike many attributed to fears that Barack Obama's election will mean tougher firearms laws.
Background checks to clear buyers exceeded 200,000 for the first time in history. More than a quarter occurred after the Nov. 4 election.
At the Crossroads of the West-Gun Show of the Rockies on Sunday at an Aurora hotel, gun dealers and Second Amendment advocates alike said there is a direct relation between the election... (GunPolicy.org)