Gun sales surge in California
By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee
Gun sales boomed across California to record levels last year as horrific mass shootings reignited the gun control debate, new state figures show.
A growing number of Sacramento-area gun dealers – about 200 and counting – sold a total of 74,000 firearms in 2012, roughly 20,000 more than in the previous year.
That’s enough guns to provide a new firearm to every resident in the city of Folsom. And sales are still going strong.