In Lakewood: "I was selling guns before I even opened the door," said George Horne, owner of The Gun Room. "It's gone completely mad. Everyone is buying everything I've got on the shelves. Sales have been crazy."
By midday Wednesday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's "Insta- Check" background check — required for the sale of a firearm and typically about 8 minutes long — was jammed with waits lasting more than two hours.
Gun-shop owners and buyers said the urgency was fueled by Barack Obama's presidential win and Democrats' increasing their majority in Congress.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10910395
I think this is funny. Obama ran these ridiculous ads on the TV saying he was not a gun grabber and that he has been portrayed as one incorrectly. Apparently he was unconvincing!
You guys that think people are buying guns out of fear don't get it. Shooting guns is fun, especially shooting semi-autos with high-capacity magazines. We're just stocking up before the killjoys make yet another fun thing illegal.
Posted by: colorado gun sales | February 12, 2009 at 06:12 AM