Gun Shortage--Do Americans Fear Their Rights Might Be Taken Away?

From: Right To Bear Blog:

Gun Dealers In Iowa Have An Unexpected (And Incredible) Problem On Their Hands

You might have heard some interesting statistics about gun control flying around these past few months.

There’s the one Obama seems to have invented out of thin air that says 90% of Americans want common sense gun control (if he means two hands, then yes, he’s correct).

Then there are the other ones about the number of people applying for weapons permits being on the rise. Those stats says more people than ever before are signing up to take their lives in their hands and are looking to get a gun.

Those statistics are actually true.

States all across the nation are seeing permits for gun ownership climb.

And in the state of Iowa the number of people who want to get a gun is escalating so quickly gun dealers are having trouble meeting demand!

According Des Moines Register:

Iowans looking to purchase a gun may have to be patient: Gun dealers and sheriff’s departments around the state say they’re seeing an influx in sales and applications for permits.

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Moreover, several gun dealers interviewed by The Des Moines Register say their sales have been on the rise since the end of November, with store purchases increasing by 10 percent to 30 percent.

Indeed, according to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, Iowa had more firearm background checks conducted in December 2015 than any other month last year. There were 25,941 background checks in December, compared with 7,000 to 17,000 every other month.

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Some people buying guns are telling store employees it’s because of President Barack Obama’s executive action on gun control. Other customers say it’s because they want to protect themselves from local crime or highly publicized mass shootings, such as the recent San Bernardino, Calif., terrorist attack, store managers said.

Adding to the influx, sheriff’s department officials across Iowa say, is a 2011 state law that let Iowans apply for the first time for a five-year carry permit, meaning those permits start coming up for renewal this year. In 2011, the state issued 101,518 permits, about double its regular number of applications.

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Royal Nahno-Kerchee, training coordinator at Rangemasters shooting range and gun shop in Clive, estimated his business’ gun sales increased 10 percent or 15 percent in the week after Obama’s recent gun control speech.

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After the San Bernardino mass shooting, Rangemasters’ gun sales increased about 30 percent, Nahno-Kerchee said. The business has been staffing its store with extra employees since Thanksgiving to keep up with the demand, he said.

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American Brothers in Arms, a gun shop in Sioux City, has seen a sales increase of 20 percent to 25 percent from the same time last year to this year, said Chase Cejka, store co-owner.

“We are running low on guns. We’re selling them faster than we can get them,” Cejka said.

This is an amazing problem for gun dealers to have.

Not only is this great for self defense, it’s also great for the economy. Millions of dollars being kept local, being driven back into the community, and all because people are freely exercising their second amendment rights.

We’re quite happy to see this trend continuing all across the nation.

Are you?