Gun sales in Colorado have skyrocketed since lawmakers first proposed a slate of gun control measures in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, KMGH Denver reports, which experts and gun dealers attribute to Congressional talks of an assault-weapons ban:
The number of background checks for gun sales has skyrocketed since the proposed assault ban legislation was introduced, according to CBI records.
During a three-month period between December 2012 and February 2013, when Congress proposed the assault weapons ban, the total gun-buyer background checks for handguns and long guns soared to almost 148,000.
By comparison, in the three-month period between December 2011 and February 2012, gun-sale background checks totaled just over 73,000. About half of these were long guns or assault rifles...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signed into law Wednesday a series of new gun laws, including limiting ammunition magazines to 15 rounds, universal background checks for the sale or transfer of guns, and a measure requiring those who buy guns to pay for those background checks.
