Chicago: Guns Flying Off The Shelves Amid Debate On Restrictions, Sellers

[Purveyor]

(CBS) — Guns and ammunition are disappearing off store shelves in the Chicago area.

Is it fueled by gun-ban fears, or something else? CBS 2’s Courtney reports.

Several gun store owners say they started noticing a surge in sales after mass shootings like the ones in Aurora, Colo. and Newtown, Conn.

To add fuel to the fire, customers really began flocking to their stores when politicians started talking about making changes to gun laws.

Empty cases, bare shelves, and a phone that’s been ringing off the hook – that’s what things have been like for Don Mastrianni inside his Elmwood Park gun store.

“You can’t get them in here fast enough. As a matter of fact, for a while, I was selling things before I actually got them,” Mastrianni, owner of Illinois Gun Works, says.

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[LARED]

1. I was at Cabelas today

Needed a ticket to be seen at the gun counter. Absolute mob scene.

I picked up some ammo.

[HockeyMom]

2. Sad

Saw almost the same when Wonder Bakery Products were flying off the shelf.