Town where Chris Lane died buys up guns FEARFUL residents in the Oklahoma city where Australian Chris Lane was gunned down are buying up handguns to protect themselves. One of Duncan's most popular gun shops, Danny's Gun & Pawn, is reporting a rise in sales of handguns. Top of the shopping list is the Ruger LCP, a US-made, ultra-light .38 calibre pistol that can be carried in a purse or concealed on the body. "Oh yeah," Elaine, a spokeswoman at the shop who did not want to give her surname, replied on Thursday when asked if there had been a rise in sales since Mr Lane's death a week ago. Mostly handguns. It is hunting season coming up, but I'm not selling any hunting guns. Everyone is looking for concealed carry. Despite Duncan police chief Danny Ford denying gangs may have influenced the three boys - James Edwards, 15, Chancey Luna, 16, and Michael Jones, 17 - to randomly target Mr Lane and shoot him in the back as he jogged along a Duncan road, locals disagree. They told AAP gangs are infiltrating the city and recruiting their youth. James Johnson, the father of 17-year-old Chris Johnson who police believe was the next target of the trio, told Fairfax Media Edwards, Luna and Jones were trying to recruit his son into a gang. The three teens were arrested in a car outside Johnson's home four hours after Mr Lane was killed. A shotgun was allegedly found under a spare tyre in the car's boot. Gun advocates in the US say guns are not the problem. "Everyone is screaming gun control, but that's not going to change anything," Elaine, who described herself as being "heartbroken" over Mr Lane's death, said. Guns are already under control. If you take them away from honest citizens, then the only people that are going to have guns are going to be criminals and that is not going to make anything better. All guns come with a lock. Why weren't the guns locked up? Where did they get the gun they had? Obviously somebody didn't have control of it. Mr Lane's death, which police and prosecutors allege happened because Edwards, Luna and Jones were "bored" and "did it for the fun of it," has made headlines across the world, and has also become an issue for US President Barack Obama. US media members, including right-wing radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, have described it as "Trayvon Martin in reverse," a case the president commented on. Florida neighbourhood watch co-ordinator George Zimmerman was acquitted of the second-degree murder of 17-year-old Trayvon in a racially-charged trial earlier this year. "Do you have any reaction to the Christopher Lane case?" a reporter asked principal deputy White House press secretary Josh Earnest at a press conference on Wednesday. "I'm not familiar with it, actually," Mr Earnest responded, drawing criticism from pro-Republican commentators who claimed a double-standard. Edwards and Luna have been charged with first-degree murder. Jones has been charged with being an accessory to murder.