Gun permits spike in Boulder County
November 12th, 2008 by Syd
Gun permits spike in Boulder County
Sheriff reports record number of concealed carry requests ahead of election
By Heath Urie (Contact)
Tuesday, November 11, 2008Permits to carry concealed handguns in Boulder County spiked to a five-year high last month, amid a national rush to buy firearms in the days leading up to the presidential election.
So far this year, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office has received 483 applications and issued 428 permits to carry handguns concealed.
The number of county permits already has jumped 16 percent over last year’s total, and nearly double the five-year low of 219 permits issued in 2005 — and there’s still about seven weeks left in the year.
Chris Lewis, a gunsmith and clerk at Grandpa’s Pawn and Gun in Longmont, said Tuesday that customers are lining up by the dozens to buy weapons. Most, he said, are also interested in carrying handguns concealed and are worried that President-elect Barack Obama could enact tighter gun-control laws.
"They want to do it now before they can’t do it later," Lewis said. "… We’re seeing about five to 10 people a day asking if we know where they can get concealed carry permits."…
…Nationwide, gun sales boomed as Democratic wins in the White House and U.S. Congress looked more likely.
Fears that a Democratically controlled federal government could lead to tighter gun laws — including reviving bans on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines — has sparked a rush on gun shops across the country, the Associated Press has reported.
Last month, there were 62,000 more background checks of gun purchases than in October 2007, according to the FBI.
During the same time, 60 Boulder County residents were issued concealed-carry permits — about double the number of permits issued in both August and September.
Source: Your Daily Camera
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Those Boulder County residents should be thankful that Colorado is a Shall Issue state and should be checking out information from Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and Colorado State Shooters Association.
There are many enemies of freedom in office in Colorado and they need to be encouraged to find a new career path. One with “Do you want fries with that” would be about right.
I’m surprised to hear that CCW is allowed in that area? I was a Res. Deputy Sheriff their back in the early 90’s and the local sheriff their wouldn’t even let his res/officers carry off duty? What a joke!
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