Obama Stimulating Firearm Sales

Ross Kaminsky says that there are some pockets of economic strength due to Obama, notably in firearms and ammunition sales.

According to Rich Wyatt, the voluble and intense owner of Gunsmoke -- a firearms training facility just outside Denver -- “If I had known it would be this good in the gun business, I might have voted for Obama.”

It’s not just a couple of stores seeing a run on guns and even more so on ammunition. From local gun shops to WalMart to sporting goods stores, the story is the same: When the store gets a shipment of ammo, particularly .45, 9mm, and .38 handgun ammunition, “people come in and they buy it all.”

At Dick’s Sporting Goods, they were almost out of .45 ammunition after having received a shipment just that morning. Not only are people buying as much ammunition as they can find and afford, they’re doing it during the work day rather than taking the chance that it will be gone by the weekend.

This is quite amazing. Either people are scared of the possibility of the outlaw of certain guns and ammo, the dramatic tax increases thereon, or are worried about something worse (ie. riots, ACORN agitators, etc.) and want to be prepared to defend themselves. Either way, it's a bit disconcerting.