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# 2015 Sees Increased Interest in Gun Sales

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_Published 2015-12-06. After the San Bernardino shootings, local gun shop owners say sales have skyrocketed, which highlights a pattern that has become predictable._


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## Transcript

In the wake of the San Bernardino shootings local gun shop owners in the area say they've seen anywhere from a 20 to 100 % increase in sales. If it's busy in here and we don't have the news on we can tell when there's a headline about a mass shooting by the influx of people that come in. It's a familiar pattern by now. One that's in part fueled by the fear of gun control. Common sense gun safety laws. Stronger background checks. Vox recently argued a majority of Americans support the most common gun control suggestions, like expanded background checks, but when gun control was brought up after a mass shooting they often feel as if gun rights may soon be threatened, helping to drive the spike in sales.

FBI stats show 2015 could soon hold the record for most background checks in a year. As the Washington Post points out, the San Bernardino attack was actually the second mass shooting of that day and the 355th of the year. The paper noted its definition for a mass shooting is broader than the one used by the FBI, but it still sheds light on the number of times this year Americans could have easily had their safety or their rights on their minds.

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