WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY
BUSINESS JOURNALS
DECEMBER 28, 2015 | VOL. 51, No. 52
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MASS SHOOTINGS TRIGGER HOLIDAY TREND IN REGION BY REECE ALVAREZ AND EVAN FALLOR ralvarez@westfairinc.com evan@westfairinc.com
W
hile many children will receive toy guns as gifts this holiday season, many adults will be giving or receiving real firearms after another grim
season of mass murder. In the wake of a series of mass shottings this fall, gun sales are skyrocketing nationwide and in Westchester and Fairfield counties, according to national statistics and gun shop owners in the region. At Blueline Tactical Supply in Elmsford, the general manager, who declined to give his last name, said his store is no exception to the
national trend. Ammunition and supply sales have spiked since both the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris and the Dec. 2 shooting attack in San Bernardino, Calif., that left 14 people dead. His store’s bimonthly five-hour pistol license classes have doubled and now up to roughly 35 people per class, said the general manager, who asked to be » GUNS, page 8