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A gun rights advocate tells Ross and Burbank zombies are just one of the reasons gun sales are soaring. (AP image)

Zombies are among reasons for increased gun sales

BY Josh Kerns  on November 30, 2012 @ 2:44 pm (Updated: 4:15 pm - 11/30/12 )

Gun sales are soaring across the country. The FBI reported earlier this week requests for background checks skyrocketed 20 percent on Black Friday over the same day last year. A noted gun rights advocate says zombies are just one reason why.

"There is I guess, you would call it a cottage industry that's sprung up in the last couple of years," Dave Workman of the Second Amendment Foundation and editor of The Gun Mag said in an interview with Ross and Burbank.

He's not kidding.

"A lot of people appear to be really enthralled by this. I've seen lines of zombie targets, I know one or two ammunition companies have introduced boxes, lines of cartridges they called zombie cartridges, shotgun shells and rifle shells."

But clearly other more serious worries are playing a much bigger factor. Workman is co-author of a book called "America Fights Back," and says more people are arming themselves for protection.

"They're defending themselves because they know that even though the police try to do a real good job...when seconds count as they say the police are minutes are away. People have decided 'Hey I can't wait for the cavalry to come to my rescue I've got to defend myself and my family and my home,'" he said.

The economy and fears about the feds changing gun policy after President Obama's re-election are also sparking sales, Wade Gaughran of Wade's Eastside Guns in Bellevue tells KING 5.

"I think (Obama's) going to try and make something happen this time," said Gauhran, who reported Black Friday gun sales shot up 30-35% over his expectations.

Workman agreed. And he said while he can't be sure, he's confident the growing gun ownership is helping to cut crime because more "intelligent" criminals know more people are packing.

"We've had earlier this year several incidents where burglars and at-home break-in guys were shot, a couple of them were killed."

The numbers seem to support his argument. In Virginia, for example, gun ownership soared 73% between 2006-2011. Over the same period gun related violent crimes actually fell 24 percent.

Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • The_Kid wrote...
    Not surprised......
    December 1, 2012 2:25 pm
    This notion that guns kill people is nothing more than hysterical propaganda that is used to drive a wedge between the ill-informed voters to gain power at the very expense of the people they proclaim to serve and protect. Christ it's no wonder the folks don't want to wait for the cops to come too their rescue, the freaking cops don't want to come anymore because the blood sucking lawyer's and liberal bozo's can't wait to throw them under the bus for using a hand gun or any other self-defensive action of force for god's sake. These are the same cowards who would run at a moment's notice and then turn around and condemn the person who actually stayed and defended themselves saying they could have and should have used a better method of protecting themselves. Dave Ross & Luke come to mind! News flash Luke, Rainier Valley is full of crime because of the people who live there and their lack of family values not to mention the lack of support from your political morons who always preach the race card rather than tackle a problem head on and you know who I mean. Bye the way, how is all the money being spent through various agencies in Rainier Valley working out? Not well I see since you felt the need to bring it up. The Zombies (we are trying to protect ourselves from) are the political and liberal bozos who can't see past their own social engineering who foster inept and desperate people (Rainer Valley) because they feel guilt for whatever reason. Get a clue, Guns don't Kill People, People Kill People. Even you two should get that.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    @The Kid
    December 1, 2012 4:02 pm
    Touché! BTW - there is already talk that Obama is going to find a way to change the 2nd Amendment Ito be more in accordance with what the U.N is doing with laws regarding citizens owning weapons in other countries around the world. Just wait. The loons in this administration DO NOT WANT Citizens to own weapons. Eric Holder has already declared " we need to get the guns out of the hands of the public".
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  • Drool wrote...
    "there is already talk"
    December 2, 2012 11:48 am
    There is always talk like that. It comes from wingnut web sites like Free Republic and WND.

    In actual fact your firearms rights were EXPANDED under Obama but don't let the facts get in the way.

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  • rational wrote...
    The_Kid
    December 1, 2012 9:50 pm
    ...the political and liberal bozos who can't see past their own social engineering who foster inept and desperate people (Rainer Valley) because they feel guilt for whatever reason.

    Actually, liberals create ignorant, government dependant people through social engineering because they are easily controlled and they will mindlessly vote democrat because that's who keeps feeding them. It doesn't matter that it's the democrats who developed the system that tends to keep them in poverty and weakness.

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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    The Fascination with Zombies must be a glimpse into the near future
    December 1, 2012 10:10 pm
    as Obama and the DEMOCRATS DESTROY AMERICA AS WE KNOW IT!!! seriously people turn into raving loons during black Friday , and remember the gas lines?Give people a month in Obama's destroyed economy and you WILL see zombies.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    In actual fact your firearms rights were EXPANDED under Obama but don't let the facts get in the way.
    December 3, 2012 2:45 am
    Care to try to explain that Drool?

    Can't wait to hear this choice piece of propaganda!

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  • Paul Kersey wrote...
    Ha ha!....What Drool means is
    December 3, 2012 4:17 am
    Mexican drug cartels firearms rights were expanded under Obama...and they don't let facts get in their way, they just ignore them and move on. Fast and Furious...Benghazi....move on.
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  • DesertRez wrote...
    "Zombies"
    December 3, 2012 6:31 am
    Is a tongue in cheek word for mindless mobs such as post-Katrina looters. You all have seen the videos of the cops and citizens looting Wal-mart. All it takes is a natural disaster or loss of power and you are on your own.
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