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Colo. gun sales shoot through roof in '08
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 results and firearms sales.
Jimmy West of the Firearms Coalition of Colorado, a gun-rights group, said business has been noticeably more brisk in the wake of Obama's election.
"Quite a spike - I've never seen anything like it at a gun show before," said West. "It's unprecedented."
The National Rifle Association has attempted to portray Obama as a threat to gun rights, circulating fliers and mailers touting a "10-point plan to change the Second Amendment."
Among the NRA's claims: The president-elect will ban the use of firearms for home self-defense; ban rifle ammunition commonly used for hunting and sport shooting; and ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns.
Obama has said he respects the constitutional right of Americans to bear arms and that he would protect the rights of hunters and other law-abiding Americans to purchase, own, transport and use guns, according to a fact sheet put out by his campaign.
But West and Steve Schreiner said they don't trust Obama.
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These are the ones on the books.
I wonder how many were sold FTF?
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