Obama’s renewed interest in gun control is creating a generalized fear among citizens feeling vulnerable to domestic terrorism and other crimes, said Erich Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America, a Springfield, Va.-based gun rights organization.

“The president’s animus toward guns in general encourages people who already own guns to say, ‘I want more guns for me and my family,’” Pratt said. “And it’s pushing the on-the-fence kind of person into becoming a first-time buyer.”

“The president has rightfully been called the best gun salesman in decades,” Pratt said. “For all the disdain he has for the gun culture, he

has done more than anyone else to not only perpetuate it, but increase it.”

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