Anti-gun debate has fueled gun sales

Gun shop owner Brooke Misantone (R) shows his last two AR-15 style rifles to a group of customers as gun enthusiasts start to crowd into the Bullet Hole gun shop in Sarasota, Fla., on Jan. 16, before President Barack Obama's expected gun control announcement. Vice President Joe Biden held a series of meetings with officials in the weapons and entertainment industry as part of a task force requested by the president after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, in which 20 children and six adults were killed.

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( REUTERS/Brian Blanco / March 20, 2013 )

Gun shop owner Brooke Misantone (R) shows his last two AR-15 style rifles to a group of customers as gun enthusiasts start to crowd into the Bullet Hole gun shop in Sarasota, Fla., on Jan. 16, before President Barack Obama's expected gun control announcement. Vice President Joe Biden held a series of meetings with officials in the weapons and entertainment industry as part of a task force requested by the president after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, in which 20 children and six adults were killed.

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