Gun Policy News
In Wake of Mass Shooting, Fear Drives Surge in Colorado Gun Sales
24 July 2012
NECN (USA) / AP
CENTENNIAL, Colorado — The deadly shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater has prompted a sudden surge in gun sales in the state and elsewhere.
In three days, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation has approved background checks for nearly 2,900 people seeking to purchase a firearm. That's 25 percent more than the average Friday-to-Sunday period this year.
In Arizona, the owner of A.J.I. Sporting Goods in Apache Junction estimates he's seeing as much as 40 percent... (GunPolicy.org)