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Even Brady, in Washington, riding around in a wheel chair-One of “there own” didn’t move the gun nuts -didn’t wake them up. The Conservatives are yelling that “this is not the time to talk about gun control”
That ” to politicise the shootings in Colorado is an insult to the families left behind.”

DENVER — Firearms sales are surging in the wake of the Colorado movie theater massacre as buyers express fears that anti-gun politicians may use the shootings to seek new restrictions on owning weapons.

In Colorado, the site of Friday’s shooting that killed 12 and injured dozens of others, gun sales jumped in the three days that followed. The state approved background checks for 2,887 people who wanted to purchase a firearm — 25 percent more than the average Friday to Sunday period in 2012 and 43 percent more than the same interval the week prior.

Seattle’s home county, King, saw nearly twice as many requests for concealed pistol licenses than the same timeframe a year ago.

Florida recorded 2,386 background checks on Friday, up 14 percent from the week before.
Oregon sales on Friday and Saturday were up 11 percent over the month prior.

Four days of checks in California were up 10 percent month-to-month.
Jay Wallace, who owns Adventure Outdoors in Smyrna, Ga., found that his sales on Saturday were up 300 percent from the same day a year ago — making it one of the best Saturdays his business has ever had.

“We shouldn’t let one sick individual make us forget and lose sight of freedoms in this country,” Wallace said.

Nationally, the shootings have triggered a fierce debate over gun control and whether government has a role in reining in the ownership of firearms.

Gun sales often fluctuate based on news events, especially whenever people think the passage of more restrictive gun laws is imminent.

Sales spiked following the election of President Barack Obama, when weapons enthusiasts expressed fear that the Democrat might curtail gun rights.

FBI figures also show background checks for handgun sales jumped in Arizona following the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011.

Some Democratic lawmakers in Congress cited the shooting as evidence of the need for tougher gun control laws — particularly a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Congress, however, hasn’t passed strict legislation in more than a decade, and leaders in Washington show no sign of bringing up such measures any time soon.

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