Gun sales rise since election

A Sure Shot employee assists a customer during a busy streak on Friday. | Austin Nelson

The stock market has declined since Barack Obama was elected to a second term last Tuesday. But a local businessman said he has seen one trend that is going in the opposite direction since Election Day – gun sales.

Woody Baird, owner of The Sure Shot, said that he called a wholesale gun distributor in Birmingham Wednesday and  the dealer had been selling rifles at an alarming rate.