Posted on 04/08/2015 6:05:11 PM PDT by 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 countrys largest state.
Industry backers say they arent 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Most positive results for our nation!
Bump for millions more. :-)
Lots of people are buying suppressors, too. There is renewed interest in de-listing them from NFA. They’re just mufflers, after all.
Excellent!
It just amazes me how many guns are in the hands of private citizens in this country, and how few accidents really occur.
I makes my heart glad.
>>>Gun sellers might be sad to see him leave office lol<<<
Don’t worry, once the Mulatto Marxist leaves office, there are two Menopausal Marxists named Hillary and Lieawatha that will take the Mantle.
In contrast five gallon buckets and step ladders cause more injuries than guns precisely because people don't respect their potential dangers. It comes down to assessing potential threats based on emotion rather than a dispassionate reasoned analysis of one's environment.
“In the following year I purchased an armory”
Has a familiar ring to it!
There have been some recent Big News propaganda pieces about how survey companies are reporting a decline in public firearms ownership.
I always believe anything that comes from the News Cartel.
Yes, they know the truth. In spite of the purchase of millions of guns each month those sales can’t keep up with the rate of old guns dissolving into piles of rust. Rust never sleeps. lol
We seem to be good at celebrating "victories" while we continue the descent into tyranny.
Could not have happened without Obama’s help!...THE ONLY THING I give him credit for! Thanks Numbnuts!
At least he did something right.
5.56mm
Yeah....
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