What’s a popular gift this year? Guns

One product is flying off the shelves as Mahoning Valley retailers struggle through a recession — guns.

Gun enthusiasts have been flocking to gun stores and gun shows since Barack Obama of Illinois was elected president last month. Many think that restrictions on gun ownership will be approved shortly after he takes office in January.

“He’s making a lot of people nervous,” said Marlene Miller of Miller Rod & Gun in Boardman, where sales are up 70 percent since late October.

Many gun owners are concerned that Obama will restore a weapons ban that was approved by President Bill Clinton and Congress in 1994. It remained in effect until President George W. Bush and Congress allowed it to expire in 2004.

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