Amid record sales, a call for restraint at gun shops

(CBS News) With the gun control debate raging in Washington, people are buying more guns than ever, prompting one senator on Sunday to make a direct appeal to the stores selling the guns.

Less than a month after the mass shooting in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, gun shows across the country are drawing record numbers.

"We were expecting a large crowd, but we had no anticipation we'd have a crowd like this," said Bob Templeton with the Crossroads of the West Gun Shows.

Sales are soaring, triggered by concerns Congress soon will ban or limit assault weapons and some forms of ammunition.

On Sunday, New York Senator Chuck Schumer asked retailers to take action before Congress.

"Today, I'm urging our country's major gun retailers like Walmart and Sports Authority to suspend sales of modern assault-style weapons until Congress is able to fully consider and vote on legislation to curb gun violence," Schumer said.

This week, Vice President Biden is expected to release his report on guns.

Recommendations could include restrictions on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and background checks on all gun buyers.

National Rifle Association President David Keene predicted Sunday that an outright ban will not happen.

"I would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress," Keene said.

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Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte signaled a possible compromise on background checks.

"I'm willing to listen to what proposals come forward on that, but again, I don't know that that wouldn't have stopped what happened in Newtown, and I think we need to be very thoughtful in how we go forward with what happens and make sure that whatever is done, actually, is a solution," Ayotte said.

Here's something to remember: What Biden delivers to the President will only be recommendations. It is be up to Congress to pass any legislation that would make those proposals a reality.

[legalbutunjust]

by tsigili January 14, 2013 1:22 PM EST

When you try to trample on citizen rights.......you deserve what you get........LOTS more gun sales.

by infantryman11B1968 January 14, 2013 1:11 PM EST

Amid record sales, a call for restraint at gun shops
LOL!
Obama should get gun salesman of the year.

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How bright and thoughtful, these postings.

More guns are the answer, right? Afterall, the restraint of gun-owning America is zero match for the fantasies and obsessions had by these people. Everyone else but those who own the guns are ill-informed, everyone else is out to take ALL of their already existing purchases away forever and ever. Everybody who owns a gun, or five or forty, needs one or three or ten more. And those that have none need to get at least one or two, or five or ten.

The more guns, the safer. The more guns, the more controlled, orderly, and free we all are! The less guns, the worse we are. The fewer the guns, the much more vulnerable we become. I mean, what common sense or good judgement could challenge that? Three hundred million (or is is it 400,000,000?) isn't enough to tame this beast yet!

The more our sovereignty or civility becomes rendered completely imperiled, without more and more and more! We're just a macrocosm of the biggest and most expansive gun show one can possibly think of, as one great big society. We are all forming the 'big picture' of a much smaller one where nobody gets hurt and guns are all abound and everywhere around, crawling out from every conceivable nook and cranny. We're all gonna be just alright, no mental illness or criminality afoot here!

Magical thinking, in its purest.

[nygurl1]

Amen.

[Crash_Test_Dhimmi]

Clever tyrants are never punished.
Voltaire

[nygurl1]

Untrue.

[WhereisOT]

For the dumb richy rich at the "top" to get richer....the dumber must buy & buy.....

[Jacese]

"major gun retailers like Sports Authority" ! Chucky do you mean those nasty BB & Pellet Guns ?

[tsigili]

When you try to trample on citizen rights.......you deserve what you get........LOTS more gun sales.

[nygurl1]

Well I hope all of you meet in a dark field, far away from normal people, and shoot the bejeezus out of each other.

[ZF243]

"This week, Vice President Biden is expected to release his report on guns."

Really? I thought Biden was to release his recommendations to the President on how to reduce mass shootings! Things like: No gun-free zones (where most all mass shootings occur lately), Police or other armed guards in schools, etc.
Sounds like Biden, as well as CBS, has already made up their minds about what needs to be done.
Also- no doubt the administration has already formulated their attack on the 2nd amendment- they are just waiting for Biden's fake meetings to be finalized in an effort to legitimize their violating the 2nd amendment to the constitution.

[NOWORLDGOVT]

Funny CBS didn't add the authors full name: Jan Crawford Greenburg. Don't you see the pattern? David Gregory, Schumer, Feinstein, Gifford, Boxer, Frank, Lieberman, on and on. Rick Klein of ABC just wrote an article saying gun control was going to crowd Obama's second term.

Jewish people comprise 2% of the population yet everywhere you turn in the media you see gun control pieces covered with Jewish commentators and journalists. Statistically it cannot be a coincidence. It is a culture war.

[NOWORLDGOVT]

Did you know Raum Emmanuel served in the Israeli army during the first Gulf War? Traitor! How can it even be legal for him to seek office here?

[nygurl1]

So since they SOUND like Jewish names, they must all be Jewish?
You have just switched your insanity from the President to the Jews.
WHO NEXT?

[foo8259]

Got plenty of time on your hands? Try reading some of the NFA -- we have enough weapons laws already on the books and few understand all of those. "An interesting and widely unknown fact, since the NFA went into effect in 1934, there has only been ONE, yes, ONE single felony committed in the whole United States since 1934 that involved a legally registered NFA firearm. And it was committed ironically by a crooked police officer who went to a drug house and shot someone on the premises. He used his legally acquired UZI sub machine-gun to commit the crime." www.slgunshop.com/nfa-class-iii-weapons

[WWIIWWII]

Our country has a problem dealing with mental health issues. We need to strengthen these laws. We have enough gun laws. Look at Chicago for a good example of how good gun laws are doing... We need to deal with the gangs and drugs. Do what Eric Holder did to Mexico. Having gun free zones gives the bad guys free rein. Arm as many school employees that are mentally stable and willing and train them.

[askagain]

WWIIWWII - Very well stated. The gangs, drug dealers, and other criminals certainly aren't going to pay attention to gun laws.

[nygurl1]

The NRA has BIG problems with mental health!
When will they be tested?

[MidRoadAlone]

Poor old Chucky Schumer, has to get his weekly fix of dumb comments to the media. It started in ernest when carpet bagger Hillary put him in her shadow.

If Schumer and Cuomo wanted to do NY any good, they would find a way to stem the flow of handguns into the state, which are responsible for about ninety percent of the murders.

But jumping on the "assault weapon" bandwagon gets them more face time than actually addressing the real issues. Like gang and drug violence. Like mental health issues. Like school safety.

I went into a NY courthouse a few years ago. I had to empty my pockets of anything sharp and go through a metal detector. Same thing at an airport. But at a school, just waltz in.

"Assault weapons" were known to be used in two NYS gun murders last year, the rest were primarily handguns.

So Cuomos quest to ban all semiautomatics is nothing more than headline grabbing feel good legislation - the murder rate will be unaffected. I hope people remember this when he steps up to the national spotlight in 2016.

[nygurl1]

Last time I was in NY the school doors were all locked after school started. ...You could get out, but couldn't get in without someone inside opening the door!