Gun sales spike in Atlanta, apparently other locations as well

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From my local digital fishwrapper:

http://www.ajc.com/news/gun-stores-report-surge-1484732.html

Fears stirred by the Colorado movie massacre sent Glenda Peppers to a gun store Wednesday, right after the Villa Rica resident applied for a permit to carry a gun in public and signed up for a gun safety course.

"If you can't walk into a movie theater and feel safe ..." she said, trailing off as she contemplated the awful prospect. "I'm a widow. I just felt I needed protection," said the 67-year-old, as she shopped for a gun at Stoddard's Range and Guns in Douglasville.

Gun stores across metro Atlanta — and the nation — reported a surge in firearm sales following the mass shooting Friday that killed 12 people and injured dozens of others. Some gun buyers said they felt an urgent need to better protect themselves and their loved ones. Others said they wanted to take action before any movement emerged to increase restrictions on gun ownership.

One Atlanta area store reported a 3-fold increase in sales on Saturday.

And anecdotally, I was browsing at Academy on Saturday and overheard the gun clerk giving advice to a lady, mid-forties, early fifties, who was shopping for a gun. During the discussion with the gun clerk she mentioned the Friday night attack. (She asked about when or if she should lock up the gun in the house and the clerk advised her to just carry it all the time. I think she and her family had other issues in their neighborhood - coyotes, isolated area, etc. )

ETA: I was pleasantly surprised to read the bottom of the story which hit the high points of carrying in Georgia and that carrying in your car is legal.