Pistol sales surge after shooting

A national debate over weaknesses in state and federal gun laws stirred by the Tucson shooting has stoked fears among gun buyers that stiffer restrictions may be coming from Congress, gun dealers say. The result is that a deadly demonstration of the weapon’s effectiveness has also fired up sales of handguns in Arizona and other states, according to federal law enforcement data.
“When something like this happens people get worried that the govern­ment is going to ban stuff,” said Arizona gun shop owner Greg Wolff.