Valentine's Day sales of pink pistols and other handguns rise

 
BY JENNIFER PALMER jpalmer@opubco.com
Published: February 11, 2012

It's a given that restaurants, flower shops and candy stores will be hot spots as Valentine's Day approaches. But another industry sees a somewhat surprising boom in sales before the romantic holiday: gun shops.

With women's participation in gun sports on the rise and manufacturers responding with feminine firearms that are even pink and red, many are buying a new gun as a gift for their Valentine.

A few y...


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