WBRZ goes to local gun range for story on gun sales

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"Gun sales have doubled since the election, many say because of fear of restrictions that come with a Democratic president."

 

[aroundlsu]

Kevin!

Not a bad story. I noticed in one shot in Precision the "Machine Gun Rental" sign was up. I don't remember seeing that sign for some time? Was that old file footage from a long time ago or did they recently start renting machine guns again?

 

[Narco]

I have to go pick up some lowers, so I will scout for you. AAR to follow tonight

 

[melisa]

Well, then.

 

[artabr]

Good story. They reported facts (Obamas vote). For once the press gets it right.
Side note. Todays New York Times did not mention Veterans Day anywhere on their front page.


Art

 

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WBRZ went down the street for another story from JIM'S.

BR gun stores see sales spike

Baton Rouge gun stores are seeing the same spike in weapons sales as their national counterparts.

They attribute the increase to president-elect Obama’s position on gun control issues and the questions opponents raised about his motives and his fitness to be president.

Jim McClain, of Jim’s Firearms, on Siegen Lane, said business is up 30 percent from people buying the semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity clips subject to the federal assault weapons ban, which was in effect from 1994 to 2004.

McClain said Obama is on record supporting reinstating the ban, and that a number of semiautomatic weapons popular with law-abiding gun enthusiasts were included in the ban, particularly the AR-15.

“People have a legitimate concern for the next four years of losing our Second Amendment rights for certain types of firearms,” McClain said.

Randall Dupont, gun department manager at Bowie Outfitters, said sales of so-called “black guns” — they lack the brown coloration common on shotguns and hunting rifles — have doubled during the past three weeks.

“They’re scared six months from now they won’t have the choice to buy them,” he said.

McClain said the increase is second only to the spike he saw after Hurricane Katrina, which spawned news reports of riots and looting and displaced many New Orleans residents to Baton Rouge.

McClain said the buying is also fueled by a general sense of unease among many, with the financial crisis, instability the Middle East and Russia and “a president-elect that makes a lot of people uneasy.”

“They’re looking for things that make them feel secure,” he said.

McClain said this unease is fueled by charges — some leveled by the McCain/Palin campaign directly and others that circulated on the Internet — that Obama, who is Christian, is a Muslim, has ties to terrorists and is insufficiently patriotic.

“It makes people uneasy about the future of our free country,” he said, “myself included.”

McClain said he’s not one to believe every conspiracy theory, but added “there is some question as to how our president-elect is going to handle our national security, and that’s an important issue.”

Dupont said he thinks the surge stems only from the gun control issue.

“People are just scared they’re going to get banned,” he said.

Under the earlier ban, assault weapons already in circulation could continue to be sold, but new guns with a large-capacity magazine accommodating more than 10 bullets could not have more than two combat-style features, including pistol grips for faster firing, a flash suppressor, a collapsible stock or a bayonet mount.

The ban applied to 19 semiautomatic weapons, which fire one round each time the trigger is pulled and automatically reload.

Critics of the law — gun owners, dealers and the gun lobby — charge the ban was purely cosmetic and only hurt consumers by limiting what they could buy and driving up the cost of the guns that had already been produced. They contend the ban didn’t keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

The ban’s supporters — public safety advocates and a number of law enforcement agencies — say the ban is moderate, sensible legislation that doesn’t fundamentally threaten Americans’ Second Amendment rights. While not a cure-all, they say it played a significant role in lowering crime while it was in effect.

The Republican-controlled Congress let the ban lapse in 2004, but a Democratic Congress and a Democrat in the White House could reinstitute it.

Seven states — New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, California and Hawaii — have their own bans on assault weapons.

"LSU students Vohn Mosing, left, and Edward Breaux check out the Rock River Pro Elite AR-15 at Jim’s Firearms on Siegen Lane. In the wake of Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential election, local and national gun stores have seen an increase in sales of semiautomatic weapons once outlawed by an assault weapons ban."

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/34312594.html?showAll=y&c=y

 

[Richard in LA]

Kevin!

Not a bad story. I noticed in one shot in Precision the "Machine Gun Rental" sign was up. I don't remember seeing that sign for some time? Was that old file footage from a long time ago or did they recently start renting machine guns again?

That sign has been up for quite a while. They have a Thompson .45 (not the one Kevin took to the gunshow) and a Steyr, I dont recall the model, but looks very similar to an UZI.

 

[Bayoupiper]

I don't think they have enough crap hanging off that AR.
I'm sure they can find room for some more tacti-cool!



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