‘We had a shooting, so it went nuts’: business is booming at Oregon gun show | US news | The Guardian
At the Collectors West gun show in Portland, Oregon, last weekend, business was brisk. The show opened its doors just two weeks after the shootings at Umpqua community college, three hours’ drive to the south. Tyler Drake – a tall, relentlessly friendly man in his 20s – was manning the booth for J&B Firearms Sales. He explained that after such shootings “we actually get super-busy”. The proximity of the shootings to Portland has only enhanced…