Wisconsin Sees Surge in Gun Ownership
State's new conceal carry law and Sandy Hook school shooting prompts increase in calls to background check hotline, newspaper reports.
When Wisconsin's conceal carry law took effect in November 2011, gun sales in the state jumped. And the trend continued throughout 2012, according to reporting by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A Dec. 27 story reported the background check hotline for handgun purchases has handled 60 percent more calls in 2012 over 2011. At that time, the newspaper reported, "the hotline handled 132,940 calls. For all of 2011, it received 88,895 calls." Part of that number, the Journal Sentinel reported, was a spike in interest in buying guns after the Sandy Hook school shooting, when more than 2,000 additional calls went to the hotline in the week after the shooting compared to the week before. In November, the JS reported on the steady boost in gun …
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Candy Galore
11:08 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
and I'm confused about your earlier comment..."Generally describes why guns are needed in the first place for guys like you in lieu of gentiles." there are gentiles everywhere, gentiles and non-gentiles (if that's a word) own guns more ›