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Colorado gun sales surge in wake of movie theater shooting

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In the wake of Friday's mass movie theater shooting in Colorado there's been a spike in gun sales across the state.

-- is very -- distinct.

A distinct.

Increase.

Especially Saturday when people were off work and things of that nature.

Gun store owner Warren Marshall explains why he thinks the guns are flying off the shelves obviously buying handguns mostly.

Some -- -- a -- forty seven's things of that nature they were all pretty much pretty much buying four.

Lack of -- was like before fear of their own safety considering what happened -- they want to be prepared as much as possible.

One shopper agrees with people choosing to arm themselves.

He says Friday's tragedy shows why people should be allowed to carry concealed weapons.

Had there been someone that -- that was aren't they could have possibly stop that threat for.

Mini gun shoppers in Colorado that the process of walking into -- store and walking out with a weapon takes less time than the -- in movie.

-- you do have to -- a lot of federal form present a valid photo ID and submit the information online to Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

You can still walk off with your weapon in less than an hour.

It usually goes through with them when a tornado for department.

Some say the spiking gun sales -- more common than not.

After congresswoman -- real Giffords was shot back in 2011.

Background checks in Arizona jumped 60%.

There was also a similar spike after the shootings at Virginia attack back in 2007.

In New York Ainsley Earhardt Fox News.