LOCK AND LOAD….Turns out that Barack Obama’s victory on Tuesday has already stimulated the economy in North Carolina:
Starting in the days before the election, gun shops across the state have been mobbed by buyers who fear that Obama and a larger Democratic majority in Congress will restrict firearm sales.
….”It’s been an absolute madhouse,” said Trey Pugh, a manager at Jim’s Pawn Shop in Fayetteville, which is selling 15 to 20 AR-15 assault rifles a day. “I’m getting guys come in and say I always wanted that gun, and give me that one too and that one and, oh, I need a gun safe, too.” Distributors are running out of assault rifles, he said, and prices are rising.
On the stump, Obama didn’t discuss sweeping changes to gun laws. But his stance that local authorities should be able to make “sensible” laws has worried some.
I hope the Colt people are grateful. You can’t buy a marketing bonanza like this.
