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November 19, 2008
- Less Than 60 Shopping Days Till the Big Gun Grab
Seeking to reassure gun owners, Obama told a campaign audience in Ohio in October: “I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won’t take your handgun away.” But the crowds mobbing America’s gun stores this week say a large number of Americans – including first-time gun-buyers – don’t believe it.
November 17, 2008
- The Right to Own Guns
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- Let's go shopping
No sales tax on guns purchased the two days after Thanksgiving in South Carolina.
November 13, 2008
- Why Guns are Still being Sold
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November 12, 2008
- Axl Rose's Long Road to Democracy in China
This time it's official with a capital "O." The new Guns N' Roses album will be released through Best Buy on November 23, 2008, just in time for the holiday shopping rush.
November 10, 2008
- Guns that are ‘Small Arms’
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- Election’s outcome triggers record sales at gun shops
Barack Obama had been president-elect just a matter of hours when customers started lining up at the Olathe Gun Shop.“You hear it from everybody,” Malone said Friday. “People are a little apprehensive and anxious on what’s going to happen and how bad their gun rights are going to be trampled.”
November 9, 2008
- Gun Sales Rise On Fear Of Democratic President
Gun shops around the country have been reporting record sales in the past month. Many of the sales are due to anxiety that a new Democratic administration may impose tougher gun laws.
- THE BAD NEWS: Obama Win Triggers Run On Guns
"The day after the election, I had many more calls than usual from people looking for semi-automatic rifles," said David Greenberg, the owner of the Second Amendment Family Gun Shop, in Bisbee, Arizona, who sold out of AR-15 rifles in recent days.
November 8, 2008
- Shop owners apologize for worker's slur
A gun shop in Traverse City, MI is apologizing to the community for a now-fired employee who flew the American flag upside down outside their building. The employee did it as a protest against newly-elected President Barack Obama. However, it's not just the inappropriate flag-waving that's raising concern; he called Obama the N-word to a reporter.
- Gun Sales Way Up After Obama Wins
Gun shops around the country say gun sales are some of the highest ever, with customers stocking up after the Democratic party sweeps to power. The worry is Democrats will enact tough new gun laws.
November 7, 2008
- Election of Barack Obama triggered a run on guns in the US
The election of Barack Obama has triggered a run on gun shops in the US, as panicky buyers load up on guns and ammunition in the fear that the Democrats will curtail their ‘firearm freedoms’
- Obama Elected, Rednecks Stock Up On Shotguns, Assault Rifles
One Georgia gun shop advertised an "Obama sale" on an outdoor sign. Franklin Gun Shop outside Nashville, Tenn., sold more than 70 guns on Tuesday, making it the biggest sales day since the shop opened. On Election Day, salespeople were called in on their day off because of the crowd.
- Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun sales
Gun enthusiasts nationwide are stocking up on firearms out of fears that the combination of an Obama administration and a Democrat-dominated Congress will result in tough new gun laws. No data was available for gun purchases this week, but gun shops from suburban Virginia to the Rockies report record sales since Tuesday's election.
- Gunshop Flies AmericanFlag Inverted, N Word Prompts Protest
Six-year-old Jayla Elsenheimer marched around the sidewalk, brandishing a copy of today’s Record-Eagle with “Shame on you” written in red marker across the story of a local gun shop employee who made racist remarks against President-elect Barack Obama. Her mother, Angel Elsenheimer, stood beside her with a similar poster and an American flag.
November 6, 2008
- Gun owners worry about Obama win
Still, despite the shaky economy, gun shop owners are predicting sales in the state may yet beat last year's totals: because of the traditional spike during hunting season and the holidays, but also because gun owners may fear that if Democrat Barack Obama is elected, he'll push for tighter restrictions on weapons.
- Texans Stock Up on Guns Following Election.
"It's incredible," said DeWayne Irwin, president of Cheaper Than Dirt, a Fort Worth gun shop.On Wednesday, the day after Sen. Barack Obama was elected president, sales topped $100,000 — a record.
November 5, 2008
- Keeping Yourself Safe from Guns
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November 3, 2008
- This store sign needs to be commode-ified
For such a fun store, the name the owners chose for this anime and toy gun shop is unfortunate at best, completely crappy at worst.
October 31, 2008
- Obsessed with Conformity: Right to Bear Arms - Not Guns
People use guns to kill animals and other people. When our forefathers said we, as Americans, have the 'right to bear arms' do you think they could have predicted that you can go to a pawn shop in any city…

