Sales the week before the election were among the most brisk the shop had ever seen. “They feel better if they at least learn how to shoot a firearm or own one.”Nationwide, overall gun sales are trending downward after record highs during the Obama administration. (Cooper Neill/For The Washington Post)At the TargetMaster gun store and shooting range in Garland, Tex., shop owner Tom Mannewitz stood behind wood-framed glass counters displaying handguns. Bullet casings rest on the floor of the shooting range at TargetMaster in Garland, Tex. But some black gun owners are concerned about the safety of owning a gun, pointing to the death of Philando Castile.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2017 23:03 UTC