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| Name | James Henry “Jim” STRONG [1, 2, 3] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | Holidays, hunting drive gun sales Store owners say mass shootings not the top force behind local purchases Dwayne Deininger shows a Ruger handgun to John Olsen, who is looking for a Christmas present, at Strong Arms LLC gun shop near Shaw Air Force Base on Friday. KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM Posted Sunday, December 13, 2015 6:00 am Jim Strong, owner of Strong Arms LLC, checks a Baretta CX 4 Carbine for it's serial numbers before buying at his store on Friday. KEITH GEDAMKE / THE SUMTER ITEM BY JIM HILLEY JIM@THEITEM.COM According to local gun store owners, the recent shootings by alleged terrorists in San Bernardino, California, are not having much of an effect on area gun sales during the Christmas holiday season. But, when President Obama talks about gun control - that's a different matter. "There is nothing like when the Obama people talk," said Jim Strong, owner of Strong Arms LLC, 504 Miller Road. He said one of the more popular items right now is concealed-carry handguns. "It makes people feel a little safer nowadays," he said. Strong said the mass shootings don't do much to motivate people to buy a weapon in this area. "In the Southern region, we've always liked to carry guns," he said. "That doesn't change." He said it is places such as California that attract the terrorists. "They create areas with no guns; that's where the terrorists go," he said. He said the recent incidents haven't seemed to have raised as much attention as such events might have a few years ago. "There is a much milder tone than in the past; people are becoming desensitized to it," he said. "People have decided carrying a gun is a God-given right," Strong said. Strong said his shop offers concealed-carry classes at the end of every month, taught by Ken Nesbitt, a Sumter police officer. "We have 15 to 20 coming in for our next class," he said. "There's been a huge rise in women." Chip Humphries, assistant manager at Simpson Hardware, 40 W. Wesmark Blvd., said sales have been pretty good recently, particularly with hunters and sportsmen. "We are selling a lot of deer rifles and shotguns," he said. "The shotgun sales have a lot to do with the beginning of duck season." Some gun sales are attributable to the recent shootings in California, Humphries said, but not a lot. "People are not in panic mode," he said. "We haven't seen a spike in sales." He said most of what Simpson Hardware is seeing are sales related to the holiday season or the hunting season. Tony Ashy, owner of Tony's Gun Sales, 4308 Broad St., said business has picked up from last month, with most of the sales related to holiday buyers. He said the political climate has spurred more sales to older buyers. "When Obama talks gun restrictions, they want to buy a gun," he said. Politicians talking gun control doesn't go over very well with gun owners, he said. "They concentrate on banning weapons instead of solving the problem," Ashy said. Home defense is cited as the reason a lot of people buy guns, according to Ashy. The concealed weapon permit classes are popular, but Ashy said he is not holding any classes right now. Local conditions are having as much effect on sales as the well-publicized incidents in other parts of the country. "An increase in crime is also driving sales for older buyers," he said. [3] | |
| _UID | 56EB4B8042034A2FA82C9EE1CDDA70609412 | |
| Person ID | I62200 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 20 Dec 2015 | |
| Father | Living | |
| Mother | Living | |
| Family ID | F43775 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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