미국 내 무기판매 급증
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On our broadcast here tonight, change of plans. The Treasury 재무부 has second thoughts about how to spend all that bailout money while worried consumers are barely spending anything at all. The big chill. New concerns about the cost of staying warm this winter. Talk about feeling the heat in the cold weather.
Hair trigger 민감한 반응. What’s driving up gun sale suddenly across our country? And they also serve. Who make sure the best care is ready and waiting when man’s best friend goes to war? Nightly News begins now. From NBC News world headquarters in
미국 내 무기판매 급증
Boom times for the nation’s gun industry. Despite a sluggish 불경기의 economy and dismal 침울한 sales of things like cars and electronics, gun sales are skyrocketing. “From 300% to 400%.” The reason, say owner Steve Melton, is simple. Fear that a new administration 행정부 will push for new gun laws. “Business is just booming. And it’s all because of Obama. Period <문장 끝에 쓰여> <이상> 끝, 이상이다.”
For some, it may be fear of higher crime fueled 자극하다 by bad economy. But for Ned Gedsinger, it’s all about his rights. “It’s our legal right to bear arms.” He bought an assault rifle 자동소총 at more than $1000 a piece. Melton is selling 75 per week. And the sales increase isn’t limited to assault rifles. At this gun store, pistols 권총, shotguns 엽총, even ammunition <집합적> 탄약, 무기 are flying off the shelves 날개 돋친 듯이 잘 팔리다.
The FBI reports criminal background checks for potential gun buyers jumped 13% in October over the same period a year ago. In the days following the election, those numbers jumped 49%. During the campaign, Obama pledged support for Americans’ right to bear arms. But many gun owners worry the pledge will be forgotten. “If they break the campaign promise, I predict it would not only hurt the Obama administration, I believe it will hurt the Democratic Party.”