Concealed carry permit holder kills 13, wounds more.

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143. There has been a strong push for gun control and this push has led to increased sales ...

of all firearms and most types of ammunition have become hard to obtain.

Much of the reason for this dramatic increase in sales has been the fear that many gun owners have that there will be another assault weapons ban and/or some form of gun registration at a national level.

The midterm elections are coming up shortly. It will be interesting to see if gun owners turn out at the polls to vote against politicians who favor strong gun legislation. What I fear is that they not only will vote out politicians who support strong gun control but will also vote out many good Democrats who did not favor the strong gun laws pushed by some.

Much of this will depend on the state. Some states already require gun registration and the voters in those states may see little problem with this requirement. Firearm legislation might prove a loser in some states like Florida. Florida already has a statute that forbids firearm registration.

2012 Florida Statutes

790.335 Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records.—
(1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.—
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that:
1. The right of individuals to keep and bear arms is guaranteed under both the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and s. 8, Art. I of the State Constitution.
2. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool and can become an instrument for profiling, harassing, or abusing law-abiding citizens based on their choice to own a firearm and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution. Further, such a list, record, or registry has the potential to fall into the wrong hands and become a shopping list for thieves.
3. A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a tool for fighting terrorism, but rather is an instrument that can be used as a means to profile innocent citizens and to harass and abuse American citizens based solely on their choice to own firearms and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution.
4. Law-abiding firearm owners whose names have been illegally recorded in a list, record, or registry are entitled to redress.
http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/790.335

Now you may simply point out that this is unsurprising in Florida but I will point out that Florida has 29 electoral college votes in a Presidential election and 27 members of the House come from Florida. Florida did vote for Obama in the last two Presidential elections.

But I will admit that I could be wrong and the voters in Florida will not stop supporting Democrats because of the push by the Democratic Party to implement gun legislation such as another assault weapons ban. Time will tell.