{"id":6991,"date":"2012-11-24T14:26:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T19:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6991"},"modified":"2012-11-24T14:26:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-24T19:26:19","slug":"sales-volume-crashes-nics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6991","title":{"rendered":"Sales volume crashes NICS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/black-friday-looked-pretty-green-for-gun-sales\" target=\"_blank\">gun sales are way up<\/a>, so much so that <a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2012\/11\/23\/business\/high-volume-of-calls-shuts-down-fbis-background-check-system-for-firearms-sales-costs-bangor-area-gun-dealers-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">the NICS system became overloaded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from around the country show a strong interest in firearms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.9news.com\/news\/article\/300933\/339\/Colorado-gun-sales-soar-on-Black-Friday\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/s?action=login&amp;f=y&amp;id=180668031&amp;id=180668031\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2012\/11\/23\/business\/high-volume-of-calls-shuts-down-fbis-background-check-system-for-firearms-sales-costs-bangor-area-gun-dealers-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.newsday.com\/westchester\/a-hello-to-arms-more-in-hudson-valley-get-handgun-permits-1.4208662\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wric.com\/story\/20175209\/report-va-gun-sales-up-gun-violence-down\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seemingly oblivious to the fact they&#8217;re losing the culture war, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/24\/opinion\/promises-on-gun-control.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Times calls upon Obama to go after Congress on the issue<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Obama<\/a> talked about starting \u201ca broader conversation\u201d about reducing gun violence. \u00a0The best place to start is in Congress, which has been grossly negligent toward constituent safety for the past 20 years as it bows to the demands of the gun lobby &#8230; \u00a0Mr. Obama is free of the pressures of campaigning \u2014 and free to lead the nation toward sensible laws that can help reduce the flood of guns and related homicides. \u00a0The need for strong leadership on this issue is growing as statehouse politicians cave to ever more lethal demands from the gun lobby &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Congress, however, is not free of re-election worries and that should keep any gun control proposals bottled up, assuming Obama even cares enough about the issue to try and do something on it.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D6991&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6991\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6991\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=6991\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Friday gun sales are way up, so much so that the NICS system became overloaded. 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