Gun retailers report a run on firearms ahead of new California restrictions

[TupperHappy]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-gun-run-snap-20161218-story.html

By Patrick McGreevy

Gov. Jerry Brown’s approval of sweeping gun control legislation in July has triggered a run on firearms in California, with some stores reporting sales have doubled since then.

Starting Jan. 1, the general public in California can no longer buy a semiautomatic rifle equipped with bullet-buttons that allow for the quick removal and replacement of ammunition magazines, under a new law signed by the governor.

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In the less than six months since the July 1 signing of the rifle ban, 257,895 semiautomatic rifles have been purchased, eclipsing the 153,931 rifle purchases reported to the state in all of 2015, the state agency said.

(Remainder at link.)

[jmg257]

1. Huh - people want what they can't have...go figure!

Gun manufacturers and dealers and stick holders LOVE a good ban almost as much as the threat of one.

[Eleanors38]

2. I sure hope the gun store managers pictured in the link aren't banned.