Sunday, December 30, 2012

"Pandemoneum" at local gun show

Even though local media reported hourly that the backlog on background checks was up to over ten thousand people, thousands of people crowded the aisles of a local gun show Saturday in Denver to purchase assault rifles and other guns. Ryan Parker wrote the story for the Denver Post, saying that

As of 7 p.m., Saturday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations listed 12,797 checks in queue with a wait time of seven days. CBI listed 1,643 checks as processed on Saturday. The CBI has asked lawmakers for $500,000 to help handle the backlog.

The show continues today. Do you think a lot of Coloradans are worried about the federal government taking their guns?

Read more: Denver gun show draws huge crowd despite long background-check times - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22280309/denver-gun-show-draws-buyers-protesters#ixzz2GZ1trAuI

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