Some recent headlines from around the US:

• Organizers say control debate boosted weekend gun show attendance (Rapid City, IA — Jan. 7)
  
• Local gun shows are seeing an increase in attendance (Fargo, ND — Jan. 6)
• As Springfield debates guns, vendors see high attendance at local sportsmen show (Springfield, IL — Jan. 6)
• Northwest Arkansas Gun Show Sees Record Attendance (Jan. 6)
• Attendance at gun show spurred upward (Lubbock, TX — Jan. 5)
• Gun-control worries draw 6,000 to Ontario gun show (Ontario, CA — Jan. 5)
• RK Gun Show Employee Expects Boost in Show Attendance (Boone County, MO — Jan. 4)
• Roanoke Valley gun show attendance up 30% (Roanoke, VA — Jan. 5)
• DFW Gun Shows Expect High Attendance (Dallas/Fort Worth, TX — Jan. 3)
• Cobb gun show draws huge crowd (Marietta, GA — Jan. 7)
• Gun show draws record crowds amid fears of firearm restrictions (Orlando, FL — Jan. 5)
• Tulsa gun show bustles as uncertainty about laws grows (Tulsa, OK — Jan. 6)
• La Crosse gun show draws in large crowds (La Crosse, WI — Jan 6)
• Gun Enthusiasts Flock To Gun Show (Marion, IL — Jan. 5)
• Stamford gun show draws big crowds (Stamford, CT — Jan. 5)
• Shoppers descend en masse to gun show (Longview, TX — Jan. 6)
• Gun enthusiasts flock to Asheville show (Asheville, NC — Jan. 5)
• Gun show packs ‘em in as enthusiasts fear showdown with government (Sandy, UT — Jan. 5)
• Wisconsin gun show draws big crowd amid East Coast show cancellations (Evansville, WI — Jan. 6)

I’d like to observe that in the wake of the massacre of first graders in Connecticut, there is a specific group of people throughout all regions of the US making a whole lot of money off of that tragedy and the fear-mongering spearheaded by the NRA (and its political minions).