Gun Shop Owners Around The U.S. Are Reporting An INSANE Increase In Gun Sales Following The Orlando Massacre

The most deadly massacre in United States history has been good for business, reports gun shops from across the country. The sale of semi-automatic weapons has spiked big time since that dickbag senselessly killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub Saturday night.

The Daily Mail reports that one Georgia gun shop has reported a never-before-seen spike in AR 15s, reportedly the same weapon used in the massacre. Within the span of three short hours Monday, 35 AR-15s were sold, around 10 guns an hour. The store typically sells two in an entire day.

Another Pennsylvania gun dealer claims that he has already sold around 15,000 semi-automatic rifles on his website since Saturday.

Jay Wallace, the owner of Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna, Georgia says that people are swarming to the shop for two reasons:

‘There’s one (type of customer) that’s buying them for an investment and the other one is the person that’s buying them because they’re afraid they won’t be available; they’re afraid the government is going to take them away,’ Wallace said.

The rising gun sales have had a direct correlation to the an increase in share prices on the stock market for major gunmakers, Daily Mail reports.

Smith & Wesson, the Massachusetts-based manufacturer of handguns, saw its shares increase by as much as eight per cent the day after the shooting, although prices fell by more than four per cent today.

Shares of Connecticut-based Sturm, Ruger & Company saw a more than nine per cent jump in shares on Monday but also fell by around four per cent today.

While Vista Outdoor (VSTO), a company that’s headquartered in Utah and designs, develops and manufactures ammunition and related equipment, saw a two per cent increase on Monday.

Ed Henson, a retired New York police officer and owner of the gun shop where dickface bought a .223 caliber AR-type rifle and a 9mm semiautomatic pistol that would eventually kill more than four dozen people, rightfully claims that he operated inside the law and defers all blame that has been assigned to him

‘It’s horrible but I don’t make the laws. I abide by them,’ Henson, a retired New York police officer, told reporters in a statement.

‘My heartfelt condolences for the family and victims and I can’t imagine the horror they face.

‘I did everything by the book. I’m not going to be made into a villain.’

The gun debate remains a divisive issue in this nation’s current political landscape. Some maintain the any new legislation implemented would not be effective in deterring criminals and terrorists to get their hands on guns. Others often use the effectiveness of Australia’s strict national gun control laws following the 1996 Port Arthur shooting in Tasmania in which 35 people died as a tried and tested example of how to stop these crimes. Since then, Australia has not had one mass shooting.


[h/t Daily Mail]

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