Gun Sales

Gun Sales Ring In Brooklyn Broken Up

nytimes.com | KAREEM FAHIM | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York


At City Hall, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and other officials announced they had broken up an illegal gun-sales operation in Brooklyn, while in Times S...

No Limits On Gun Purchases: House

AP | Posted 05.02.2009 | Chicago


SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- An effort to limit the number of guns people can buy has failed again in the Illinois House. The measure would have capped ...

Did Gun Sales Really Spike Because of the Election? Not Really, it Turns Out.

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Joshuah Bearman

I thought all those stories about the bang up business at gun stores after Obama's win sounded hokey. And they are.

Gun Sales Soar On Obama Victory

NY Times | KIRK JOHNSON | Posted 12.08.2008 | Business


DENVER -- Sales of handguns, rifles and ammunition have surged in the last week, according to gun store owners around the nation who describe a wave o...

Gun Sales Thriving, Despite Economy

Washington Post | Fredrick Kunkle | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business


Americans have cut back on buying cars, furniture and clothes in a tough economy, but there's one consumer item that's still enjoying healthy sales: g...