A gun store owner in Texas said he has seen a significant increase in gun purchases as the border crisis impacts his Del Rio, Texas, community.
Gary Humphreys, owner of Humphreys Gun Shop, which has been in Del Rio since 1973, spoke to Fox News Digital about how the border issue has affected his business.
“Since the border has been opened, new people who didn't own guns before are coming in and buying guns,” he said.
Humphreys said he's seen an increase in clients since the border policies implemented by the Biden-Harris administration.
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Gary Humphreys, owner of Humphreys Gun Shop, said he's seeing more women buying handguns at his store for self-defense. (Fox News)
“Women who have never owned a gun before are coming in and buying guns,” he said, adding that the main reason women are coming to the stores is to buy handguns for self-defense.
“It's pretty scary out there,” Humphreys said, adding that there was even an incident where someone broke down the front door.
He stressed that “people who don't live near the border don't understand what's really going on.”
Humphries added that the crisis has been ongoing for three years, since President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now running for president, took office.
Residents living along the border overwhelmingly supported former President Trump over Harris returning to the White House to secure the southern border.
“It's 100 percent Trump,” Humphries enthused, adding that if Trump is elected he would reinstate his administration's border policies.
FOX News Poll: New matchup, same result — Trump beats Harris by 1 point
A Fox News poll conducted last month found that concern about the border has increased most significantly since February among people under 30 (+20 points), Black voters (+19), Democrats (+14), Hispanic voters (+12) and women (+12).
Further criticism is The Biden administration More people blame former President Trump and Senate Republicans for the lack of enforcement at the border (71%) than for failed immigration legislation (57%).
The survey also asked about proposed policies on immigration and border security and found that 63% favor deporting illegal immigrants to their home countries — down from 67% in 2023 but far below the low of 52% in 2015, when the question was first asked.
Trump also leads Harris by 19 points in who is most trusted to tackle border security.
Harris said at the Democratic National Convention that she would sign a bipartisan Senate border bill that President Trump did not support and that many conservatives have criticized as ineffective. The bill calls for hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent funds to be used for a border wall. But Harris' advisers say the bill does not provide additional funding for the border wall.
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Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
Elizabeth Heckman and Nicholas Lanham reported from Texas.
