Spike in Gun Sales Follows Albuquerque Ban

‘There is definitely a joke in the gun community that the policies of the left are the greatest salesman of all time,’ one store clerk told The Epoch Times.

Arnold Gallegos, owner of ABQ Guns in Albuquerque, N.M., and an officer with police officer in the Jemez Springs Police Department, considers a public health order banning firearms in public was an "illegal" act by New Mexico's governor. Photo taken on Sept. 12 2023. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times

An emergency order that banned the carrying of firearms in and around Albuquerque, New Mexico, appears to have backfired, as some gun stores in the city have reported the prohibition has led to an increase in sales.

“Today was the busiest day I’ve had in months,” Arnie Gallegos, owner of ABQ Guns in Albuquerque, told The Epoch Times. “I’ve been getting a lot of people who have never come into a gun shop before who are rightfully concerned about their freedoms.