The Gun Broker store in Clackamas has been inundated with shoppers looking for guns and ammo in recent months

PORTLAND, OREGON - February 28, 2013 - Alex Padrone looks at a gun with the help of Shane Booth of The Gun Broker store in Clackamas. The store has been inundated with shoppers looking for guns and ammo in recent months to the point where it's difficult to get certain guns and prices have risen on nearly all gun-related products.

(Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian)

The Statesman Journal reports that gun sales in Oregon went from 573 on June 12--the day of the shooting in Orlando that killed 49 people and the gunman at Pulse nightclub--to 1,364 in a day just five days later.

Citing data from state police received via a public records request, The Statesman Journal shows that in the week following the shooting, gun sales in the state nearly tripled. The paper was not able to get information on what types of guns were purchased however, because according to the State Police, "the unit that conducts gun sales background checks destroys data on what guns are being sold."

To purchase a firearm in Oregon, buyers must undergo a background check. The state publishes monthly information on how many of these checks it does, as well as how many people are denied and for what reasons.

In May, for example, police ran 19,571 checks and out of those there were 198 "Firearm Denial Investigations." State Police spokesman Cpt. Bill Fugate told us over the phone that most of those denial investigations end in either a denial or the check being put into "delayed status" while the State Police wait for background information from other jurisdictions.

In May, 152 of those denials were based on the buyer being a "Prohibited Person." The rest were the result of the gun being stolen, the person being wanted or mental health issues.

June numbers have yet to be published.

The debate over gun control has heated up since the shooting in Orlando, with a sit-in and a filibuster-like event in Washington, D.C. While neither of those actions have yet led to any new laws, on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that domestic abusers are not entitled to gun rights.

Fugate says that a history of domestic violence can already be a disqualifier for gun purchasers in Oregon.

-- Lizzy Acker

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