EmptyTimCup
08-13-2012, 10:23 AM
Virginia gun sales soar without one-gun limit (http://washingtonexaminer.com/virginia-gun-sales-soar-without-one-gun-limit/article/2504290#.UCOF5OfbNPw.twitter)
Virginia has seen a spike in gun sales since abolishing a long-standing state law that limited buyers to one handgun a month.
The state recorded slightly more than 29,000 firearm transactions in the month since the limit was lifted July 1. That's a 17 percent jump from June, the last month the restrictions were in place, according to the Virginia Firearms Transaction Center. It's a 29 percent jump compared with July 2011, when 22,547 transactions were recorded.
The recorded transactions reflect the number of times a registered gun dealer does a background check on a buyer, but more than one gun could have been purchased in any transaction. The state does not specifically track the number of guns sold. The total also doesn't include guns sold privately without a background check.
Gun sales were up generally in Virginia this year even before people could start buying multiple handguns again. Sales grew by 22 percent from January to June.
Still, sales were much higher in July than in any previous month, thanks in part to multiple handgun sales.
Virginia has seen a spike in gun sales since abolishing a long-standing state law that limited buyers to one handgun a month.
The state recorded slightly more than 29,000 firearm transactions in the month since the limit was lifted July 1. That's a 17 percent jump from June, the last month the restrictions were in place, according to the Virginia Firearms Transaction Center. It's a 29 percent jump compared with July 2011, when 22,547 transactions were recorded.
The recorded transactions reflect the number of times a registered gun dealer does a background check on a buyer, but more than one gun could have been purchased in any transaction. The state does not specifically track the number of guns sold. The total also doesn't include guns sold privately without a background check.
Gun sales were up generally in Virginia this year even before people could start buying multiple handguns again. Sales grew by 22 percent from January to June.
Still, sales were much higher in July than in any previous month, thanks in part to multiple handgun sales.