Gun sales hit new record, ammo boom to follow

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Washington Times:

Gun records checks, fueled by a post-Newtown boom of gun sales, hit a new high in 2013, and industry analysts expect ammunition to be the big seller this year as consumers catch up to all of those firearms purchases.

 

More than 21 million applications were run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System last year, marking nearly an 8 percent increase and the 11th straight year that the number has risen.

 

Background checks serve as a proxy for the number of gun sales, which soared in the months immediately after the December 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. But NICS checks plummeted in November and December compared with a year earlier, suggesting that the boom may be over.

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Gun ban in Chicago ruled unconstitutional — by Obama-appointed judge

 

A federal judge appointed by President Obama said Chicago’s ban on the sale and transfer of guns was unconstitutional, overturning the city’s ordinance and handing a very big win to Second Amendment activists.

 

U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang said in his Monday ruling that the government does have a responsibility to protect Americans — but it also has a duty to uphold the Constitution and protect Americans’ constitutional rights, The Associated Press reported. And that includes the right to keep and bear arms for reasons of self-defense, he said.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/7/gun-ban-chicago-ruled-unconstitutional-obama-judge/