Gun sales surge in Virginia after Newtown

Justin Jouvenal
Washington Post
December 30, 2012

Gun sales have surged in the region and across the nation in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre as enthusiasts rush to buy firearms they fear will be outlawed by a fresh push for gun control.

Gun dealers requested nearly 5,150 background checks on purchasers in Virginia eight days after the Dec. 14 shootings in Newtown, Conn. — the largest number ever in a single day, Virginia State Police said. And in the days since, the daily number of background checks has regularly doubled corresponding totals from the previous year.

In Maryland, state police pro­ject that they will receive 8,200 gun permit applications in December, more than in any other month this year and double the number received in June.

The area’s surge in gun sales is playing out in a year during which the FBI reported a record 16.8 million in background checks for guns.

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This article was posted: Sunday, December 30, 2012 at 7:10 am

Tags: domestic news, gun rights, police state

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