After the San Bernardino terror attacks gun dealers in San Diego have seen a sharp increase in sales.
At the gun show at the Del Mar fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday gun buyers said they feel a stronger need to protect themselves after the attacks and are worried about any efforts to take their guns away. While others say these attacks highlight the need to keep guns out of the wrong hands.
It only takes one shot to start a massacre or according to Bob Templeton – to end it.
“The only thing that stops bad people with guns like the ones in San Bernardino were, is a good person with a gun," Bob Templeton said at the gun show Saturday.
His sentiment is shared by the thousands who packed into Crossroads Gun Show just a week after the terror attacks in San Bernardino.
“It’s scary, I mean people are losing their family members over nothing it's ridiculous. Makes me glad that I, myself, am protected,” gun owner Amanda Edwards said.
It seems others want to be protected too. Dealers at the gun show said their guns and ammunition sales have doubled, and many have seen first time gun buyers come through.
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But Vicki Sheppard of the Brady Campaign told NBC7 there are cracks in the system. The Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives confirmed the shooter Syed Rizwan Farook bought a 9mm pistol legally at a gun store in San Diego.
“It doesn't help me feel safer that other people have guns," Sheppard explained. “In California there is still a thriving gun industry we just would like to make sure that the people buying guns are responsible and will use them responsibly.”
Still, gun owners in Del Mar told NBC7 new gun laws will target the wrong people.
According to Bob Templeton new laws will be used to “further restrict our second amendment rights and that's why we're so resistant to it."
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is also holding a rally and vigil for victims of gun violence Sunday.
