MORE ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS ARE BUYING GUNS LATELY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS GUN SHOPS HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN SALES SINCE MID JUNE … AND SAY THE SALES SEEM TO BE LINKED TO THE RECENT WAVE OF MURDERS, ASSAULTS, CARJACKINGS AND HOME INVASIONS.
GUN STORE OWNERS SAY THEY OFTEN SEE AN UPTICK IN SALES AFTER ANY MAJOR CRIME … WHETHER LOCAL OR NATIONAL. BUT THEY SAY THESE SALES SEEMS TO A REACTION TO LOCAL CRIME.
FURTHERMORE, THE JOURNAL SAYS SOME OF THOSE CONSUMERS ARE FIRST TIME-GUN BUYERS.
