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chicagotribune.com - 11/12/2008
Obama win triggers run on guns -
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A run on guns At the Cheaper Than Dirt gun shop in Ft. Worth, guns and ammunition have been "flying off the shelf" in the days since the presidential election, the shop's owner says. ( LM Otero/AP / November 12, 2008)

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The Swamp:  Obama election spurs gun sales

Think Progress:  Gun Industry Profits Off NRA’s Fearmongering About Obama Gun Policies

NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias:  Beware Sociologists Seeking to Smear Gun Owners As Racists

Gates of Vienna:  Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/15/2008

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Jason Notte: Where Will Conservatives Threaten to Move To When Obama Takes Office?

reuters.com - 11/9/2008
Obama win triggers run on guns in many stores
— reuters.com — PHOENIX (Reuters) - Sales of rifles, pistols and ammo are surging in parts of the United States, as many gun owners fear President-elect Barack Obama's administration may seek to tighten ownership of certain weapons. (more) Obama win triggers run on guns in many stores

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Obama election spurs gun sales
The Swamp — by Frank James When President-elect Obama was campaigning and talking about change, he probably wasn't thinking of this kind of change: people going on a gun-buying spree in reaction to his election. Here's an excerpt from our colleague Howard Witt's report today: HOUSTON -- A week after the election of Barack Obama, gun buyers across the country are voting with their feet, flocking to gun stores to stock up on assault rifles, handguns and ammunition. Some say they are worried that the incoming Obama ...

Gun Industry Profits Off NRA’s Fearmongering About Obama Gun Policies
Think Progress — ... Gun stores across the nation are reporting a surge in gun sales since the election of Barack Obama. Customers are convinced that Obama either seeks to limit or revoke entirely Americans’ rights to bear arms. As the Chicago Tribune reports today: ...

Beware Sociologists Seeking to Smear Gun Owners As Racists
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... My friend Cam Edwards tipped me to this story in Wednesday's Chicago Tribune, headlined "Obama win triggers run on guns: Buyers said to fear crackdown on their rights, civil unrest." Reporting from Houston, deep in red-state rage, Howard Witt wrote the election if causing a run on gun stores for guns and ammo: ...

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/15/2008
Gates of Vienna — ... Obama Win Triggers Run on Guns Buyers said to fear crackdown on their rights, civil unrest HOUSTON — A week after the election of Barack Obama, gun buyers across the country are voting with their feet, flocking to gun stores to stock up on assault rifles, handguns and ammunition. Some say they are worried that the incoming Obama administration will attempt to reimpose the ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004. Others fear the loss of their right to own handguns. A few say they are ...

Jason Notte: Where Will Conservatives Threaten to Move To When Obama Takes Office?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... If the Clinton Administration taught us anything, though, it's that the far right prefers arming up and cordoning off to fleeing. With the same people who chided Obama for saying they "cling to guns and religion" hitting gun shops with the intensity of a Filene's wedding sale, sacrificing Alaska for the greater good serves the same purpose as shooting wolves from helicopters: Protecting the other animals from a snarling minority of predators. ...

A Run on Guns, Just in Time for the Holidays
Weekly Standard Blog — ... The media has been noting, with some distaste at the paranoia of backwoods Americans, that the Obama win has triggered an uptick in gun sales: ...

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