Obama gun control push backfires as industry sees unprecedented surge

The Washington Times ^ | April 8, 2015 | Stephen Dinan

[jazusamo]

The American firearms industry is as healthy as ever, seeing an unprecedented surge that has sent production of guns soaring to more than 10.8 million manufactured in 2013 alone — double the total of just three years earlier.

The 2013 surge — the latest for which the government has figures — came in the first full year after the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, signaling that the push for stricter gun controls, strongly backed by President Obama, did little to chill the industry despite the passage of stricter laws in states such as New York, Maryland, Connecticut and California.

Indeed, interest in guns appears to be at an all-time high in California, which shattered its previous record for gun-purchase background checks last month, with nearly 200,000 processed, suggesting a vibrant firearms market in the country’s largest state.

Industry backers say they aren’t surprised firearms buyers and manufacturers alike have responded to the national gun control debate by making and purchasing more.

“The surge in firearms sales in 2013 reflects both a long-term upward trend in shooting sports participation and [a] particular concern that year that law-abiding gun owners and those interested in purchasing a firearm for the first time could face tougher restrictions affecting access to and selection of firearms,” said Mike Bazinet, spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, an industry group.

Little more than two years after the Sandy Hook shooting, which claimed the lives of 20 schoolchildren and six faculty at the school, the staying power of the industry is striking.

[jazusamo]

To 0bama's dismay he's a great promoter of gun sales and concealed carry.

[Star Traveler]

Yep! I thank Obama for his promotion!

[Farmer Dean]

Lots of folks I know have bought their first gun since Obama took office.

[expat2]

A local gun store has a reserved parking space for Barrack Obama, Salesman of the Month.

[jazusamo]

Outstanding. LOL!

[Harold Shea]

Looking forward to seeing the Baretta plant going up here.

Really am impressed by my new Px4 Storm compact 9mm.

He really has created a need to arm up.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Gun sellers might be sad to see him leave office lol

[jazusamo]

That’s going to be super for TN and your economy. Do you know how many they’ll employ?

[BobL]

Gun control is, perhaps, THE ONLY ISSUE that can take an otherwise-loyal Democrat and make him vote Republican.

He may have issues with just about all of the Republican platform, but if he now has guns, he will vote to protect those guns - and the DEMOCRATS know that.

That is why EVEN MANY DEMOCRATS want NOTHING AT ALL to do with voting on gun control. It is also why Nancy Pelosi was able to win back the House in 2006 - she told the Dems running then to say whatever they needed to say to win (i.e., they support gun rights). She knew when the REAL VOTES came, such as Obamacare, they would be there for her, and she was right.

And that worked until 2010, but then Obama’s performance couldn’t fool the voters anymore. And then you had the shooting in Connecticut in 2012. It brought out all the gun-grabbers, and that pretty much determined the fate of the 2014 election. The Dems NEVER had a chance.

[jazusamo]

Well said, I agree.

[jazusamo]

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[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Also, to add to your excellent commentary, the beauty of the gun control issue is that Democrats can’t con the people with cute words and try to claim the false “mainstream” position on it, like they do with abortion and education.

[Iron Munro]

[Vendome]

The day this muslim won the presidency, I bought my first gun in twenty years.

In the following year I purchased an armory and a boat load of supplies, which I promptly lost while cleaning them, on a sail boat.

Weird thing was it a jice sunny day, I was sipping scotch and a damned wave over took the boat.

Nearly capsized too.

Couldn’t save anything but, the scotch and now my sponsor won’t talk to me....

[BobL]

Thanks EEE!

[Harold Shea]

It sure will be a big boost.

Also have a huge construction going on totally

Remaking the airport runways

They say about 350 to start.

[MeshugeMikey]

Obie's about to go off on us!!

[doorgunner69]

Sadly, funny and very accurate.

[TigersEye]

The Dem/libs have been engaging in a steady push to infringe on our right
to keep and bear arms for decades. And this is how it has been working out
for them in the last two decades...

• The percentage of Americans who own guns has increased.
• The percentage of Americans who believe we have a right to own guns has increased.
• The number of guns owned per gun owner has increased.
• The amount of ammunition possessed per gun owner has increased.
• Concealed carry laws have spread from state to state like wildfire.
• Castle Doctrine laws have been passed in numerous states.
• Stand Your Ground laws have been passed in many states.
• Gun rights lobbying groups have become a cottage industry unto themselves sprouting up like mushrooms after a rainstorm.
• In the worst economy since the Great Depression the firearms industry can't keep up with orders or expand fast enough.
• 65.4 Million Guns Bought Since Obama Took Office, 91% More Than Bush's First-Term Total
• 46,455 Background Checks For Gun Purchases Each Day Under Obama

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

• Americans Buy Enough Guns in Last Two Months to Outfit the Entire Chinese and Indian Armies
• NRA membership has increased by 250,000. (Jan. 2013)

And it continues...

• NRA Surges to Record 5 Million Members (May 4, 2013)

And there is more...

• FBI Report: Early 2013 Crime Decrease Coincides with Gun Sales Boom

And more...

• FBI: March 2014 Was Biggest March in Gun Background Check History
  ...the raw data shows "2,488,842 total background checks
  were performed in March 2014."

MOLON LAVE! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)

[jazusamo]

Thanks, that’s a lot of jobs both construction and on going.