Florida estimated gun sales down 25 percent

By Christen Smith

Fred Flesche, owner of Shooting Sports of Tampa, told the Tampa Bay Times Obama was the best gun salesman. Gun sales declined 25 percent across the state in September, according to federal data. (Photo: Charlie Kaijo/Tampa Bay Times)
Estimated gun sales tanked 25 percent in Florida last month, according to federal data.
Dealers submitted just over 77,000 applications through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in September — more than 25,000 less than last year, the biggest on record for gun sales.
Month over month, background check applications in Florida dropped 20 percent between August and September. The numbers echo a market softness felt by gun dealers across the Sunshine State, who — like many others — blame the president.
“Everyone is down right now because a Democrat didn’t win and there wasn’t the panic buying like under the last administration,” Mark Serbu, owner of Serbu Firearms, told the Tampa Bay Times in August. “Gun owners now have an advocate in the White House they didn’t have over the past eight years.”
Marion Hammer, spokeswoman for the NRA’s Florida chapter, reiterated as much to the newspaper, too.
“People tend to purchase things that they are afraid someone is going to take away or keep them from purchasing,” she said.

Source: Guns.com