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Gun sales surge with new restrictions expected out of D.C.

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    William La Jeunesse reports from Los Angeles

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No doubt we'll hear about this.

The debate over new gun laws sending gun sales surging across this country.

Here's a look at the long -- at a gun show in desperate -- Just outside of San Francisco.

Hardly hard -- gun country.

Winds stretching around the block people eager to get inside for that gun show.

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-- -- and I tell I'm Bill Hemmer good morning at home that is decide you do not expect to see what we're seeing in San Francisco is happening in many parts across the country gun stores so busy.

They're finding it hard to stock their shelves are reporting record sales this.

Folks fear that new restrictions on guns and ammunition.

They're scooping up what they can't.

It -- -- hard to come back -- had plenty competitive.

I have -- -- of that thing -- about it I think that people are worried that their rights are going to be taken away and that the only people that are gonna have to answer those ones that are getting them legally.

This is why the -- show was so big it is because of more laws and more thoughts.

Blame -- been -- from Los Angeles on that good morning -- A lot of people are stockpiling ammunition by what they fear Washington is going to ban on a 40% -- weapons are sold on the secondary market.

Newspapers flea markets gun shows were most buyers do not go to a criminal background check.

-- in California they do but that didn't stop shoppers from flooding a gun show in the Bay Area.

I'm not super.

Pro gun but I still felt like I want to get -- before their -- to get.

Again basically that's stealing and -- has the -- get it why can't a gun show in San Francisco the buying frenzy is obviously driving prices -- the roots -- are pat talks again -- thinking that they got to get in there acuity can.

But many left empty handed ammunition.

Can't find him.

That -- -- -- December gun sales jumped 58%.

I think that now that Obama does need to get reelected that he is gonna go for the against that theory explains why ammunition prices have doubled assault weapons costing 600.

Now -- 12100 around the country high capacity magazines are sold out.

I think they're gonna abandon -- handbags and I think they're gonna trying to stop you from him to buy you know the hunting rifles and there'll be your pistols here.

Thirty -- you know little things Gramm.

I do not answer my door after 8 o'clock at night without a -- California already bans magazines over ten rounds and requires a ten day waiting period.

It also requires universal criminal background checks including buyers at gun shows.

We'll have become used to -- they recognize that's that's the way it is and they know the -- they can do -- good -- they've -- -- the privacy -- they -- -- they -- to restore -- The Golden State may vote blue but some are seeing red as Washington's effort to stop crime.

Stops them.

They're not taken my guns away but they might as well because I can't find ammunition.

Not -- -- the vice president is expected to recommend a ban on assault weapons high capacity magazines and background checks at gun shows but statistically.

-- 2% of crimes are committed -- assault weapons most murders are committed with less than three bullets a less than 1% of crime guns.

Martha and bill come from gunships and I -- much -- thank you --