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With Christmas a week away, shoppers are crowding into malls, outlets, and downtown shopping districts looking for last-minute gifts.  But, for those looking for unusual handmade gifts, there’s another, unorthodox, option available.

In the days following the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut one gun shop in New Hampshire reports higher than normal sales. 

Riley's Sport Shop in Hooksett sells a variety of firearms. Manager Doug Dack says the week before Christmas is normally busy.

But this past weekend the store saw a noticeable spike in sales.

Dack attributes it directly to the school shooting that took place in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday.

Senator Jeanne Shaheen says she supports a federal ban on assault rifles.

But Shaheen says more needs to be done to prevent tragedies like the one that happened in Newtown, Connecticut Friday.

Shaheen says there needs to be a comprehensive response to the school shooting.

Twenty-six people were killed in the shooting, including 20 children.

Shaheen says the nation must make sure mental health services are available for those who need it.

NH roads are slippery this morning after the winter's first widespread snowfall .

Highway speed limits have been dropped to 45 miles an hour.

Laura McCarthy of the state Department of Transportation says travelers to should take it easy.

All the crews have been out all night so the reads are being treated, but it still remains that we’ve got winter weather,  so drive accordingly.

McCarthy says there have been no major accidents, but says there are been plenty of spin outs, and drivers off the road.

Relatives of a Connecticut woman fatally shot by her son before he killed 26 people at a school then killed himself say in a statement that they share the grief of the Newtown community and the nation.

A sheriff in New Hampshire, where Nancy Lanza once lived, read the statement Saturday, saying the family is trying to understand "the tremendous loss."

New Hampshire's governor and governor-elect are expressing sympathy for the victims of a shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.