Next week is likely to be one in American gun sales side of the banner - and in Connecticut primary school massacre will may be a reason.
The gun appetite will add a mass shootings, according to Reuters analysis quasi gun person background check, in the past 13 years, the United States government data - is often regarded as a reliable indicator, whether gun sales increase.
Gun dealers said, such a shooting incident, some customers worry that their personal security, while others worry about events will promote the new restrictions on gun ownership,.
First few weeks, this month's number is not provided, but from all over the country nearly 12 a gun shop of hearsay evidence shows that similar reaction Newtown, Connecticut in sandy hooker school twenty young children and six adult deadly shooting, on December 14.
Whitefield, New Hampshire village, the telephone already almost continuous Thursday gun buyers ask to see, if the shop have any AR - 15 type semi-automatic rifle in the holocaust, the use of weapons.
Six people browse rifle, the bank's bare plywood wall shops, the biggest inner fifty kilometers, long line of pistol in the glass near the cashier.
"I have a ton of rifles and artillery my wish list," said Thomas, 25 road, has seven rifles and pistols, 3 gun collector. He buy accessories old black powder (muzzle loader) pistol gift, but he also said that Washington's rhetoric is "accelerate" gun to buy his decision.
In SAN Antonio, Texas, demand seems to be as strong.
"Yesterday is the most important meal of the day, I worked in the gun industry, twenty years, I have been in the gun industry," jerry wheat kaoer, with Texas gun and Texas tripterygium wilfordii gun range in SAN Antonio, said on Wednesday.
In recent years, the rapid growth of the U.S. gun sales in the back of the ease state and federal government restrictions, and shrewd marketing gun makers have called for a wider range of customers. This is reflected in the increased amount of background check in the national instant criminal background check system (NICS), and in November 2012 saw a record number of inquires the record, experts say.
From the federal government authorized retailers buy guns personal background check is necessary. The actual gun sales figures is not easy to be tracked.
Since 1999, 15 of mass shootings, Reuters background check, check the number of months and months. Be defined as a pass shot events, killing at least five people were killed and receives the event lasts media attention over a period of days.
Analysis found that, in a month and a month later mass shooting background check, an average of 19%, higher than any other month inspection. The model that, even after 2006, when the gun sales generally begins to rise.
For example, a year in which the background check, year-on-year growth of 17% in July and August, in theaters filming the aurora, Colorado, July twenty days, killing 12 people and wounded and.
To be sure, the NICS database is not complete, because it does not include sales in gun shows, this does not always need background investigation. In addition, every a background check results in sales, although the gun industry using the data as a sales agent.
Reuters share their research results and famous crime experts, he says, the results and their experience is consistent with the gun to buy this kind of event can trigger.
"People started to pay attention to the social more and more violence, widely publicized quality shooting - a response, they arm themselves," Richard rosenfeld said, in Missouri, a professor at the university of st. Louis and former President of the American society of criminology.
Sandy hook shot kyle · hunt, 32 years old, his father and two young children at home to his wife and a surgeon, a new urgency to protect.
"My wife and I'm sure I want to shoot in Connecticut, let her weapons," hunter said, who buy his shotgun and a pistol bass store outside world Brandon, Mississippi gun cleaning supplies. "You should be able to have a gun to protect yourself."
Gun sales soar, more and more people are talking about the ownership restrictions that profound thought divide in the United States. To the right to bear arms, in the "constitution", but there are also some in the developed countries the most serious gun violence.
Zimring, frank said, crime experts and professor at the university of California, Berkeley - law school to create "under the condition of anxiety have guns" activities, will lead to a short-term sales growth.
Safety concerns
Those in America in all parts of the country, the owner said, demand has been strong, because sandy hook shot, especially in the provisions of the more strict requirements, the gun ownership from President Obama, New York city mayor Michael bloomberg and other politicians.
Vice President Biden (Joe Biden) on Thursday at the first meeting, a new White House for Obama's task force, make a plan to solve in the American gun violence.
Wheat kaoer said, from SAN Antonio shop, buying is behind the political rhetoric.
"They want to go after the inanimate object, this is why our sales are through the roof, because people know, the reverse gunner do some feel good legislation, and they use like what happen in Connecticut push examples of their agenda, their bloomberg agenda," Michael kaoer said.
Before the new city massacre, firearms industry experts said, with guns has become accepted by the society, especially in the traditionally regarded as gun buyers group. Especially women, has become a rapidly growing market for gun sellers.
Each year the United States market for the production of rifles and shotguns, 2002 and 2011 rose nearly 40%, according to the American alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives bureau. The national shooting sports foundation estimates industry scale is about 400 million dollars a year.
Wal-mart, the world's largest retailer, said in October, from gun income increased by 76%, and in the first half of this year the ammunition income increased by 30%.
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