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I Spoke With Gun Manufacturers From Across America. Their Optimism Is Waning.
The Daily Signal ^ | January 28, 2019 | Ted Bromund

Posted on 01/29/2019 11:39:51 AM PST by Perseverando

Edited on 01/29/2019 12:21:13 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

Two years ago at the annual SHOT Show

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; armedcitizen; atf; banglist; guncontrol; nssf; shotshow
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To: rexthecat

Uniparty never wanted it. Too much of an election leverage issue for them.


41 posted on 01/29/2019 3:32:48 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: NFHale

And “Woof!”.


42 posted on 01/29/2019 3:39:01 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Meh... I was at shot show this year. One exhibit after the other looking exactly the same; “Tactica-cool” and “gear-queer” shit; BORING. Their problem (big industry types) is there is pretty much nothing more to do with “modern” firearms at this point. They kill REALLY good.
What I TRULY enjoyed was the 5th level small business exhibit’s. THAT is where I saw innovation going on.
First couple days were spent on levels 1/2/3. Meh, didn’t pick up much of anything to follow up on. Even the “new products” exhibit was 100% “so what?!!!”. Last day, level 5; two bags FULL of guys/gals and companies I want to talk to in 2019 and anything they could give me to further read.

Only reason I will probably go next year is for the small business level. Had a great, great time talking to all of them and learning how and why they were shaping their business and products. And yes, I intend to use more than a couple of their services as it directly can help my business.


43 posted on 01/29/2019 3:50:40 PM PST by afterhoursarmory
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To: Drew68
So many opportunities presented to supporters of the Second Amendment.

Instead, we got a bumpstock ban.

Las Vegas was the pivot point where the pro-gun momentum stopped. As usual, the left (and/or Deep State) is willing to kill as many people as necessary to turn things in their favor.

44 posted on 01/29/2019 4:04:10 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: wastedyears

My mother did that when she caught a herd of does eating her prized chrysanthemums. But she’s 78 and needed back surgery after body-slamming the third one.


45 posted on 01/29/2019 5:17:20 PM PST by Viking2002
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To: Jimmy The Snake

Give your wife a big HUG for me - and if she’s not a hugger, then a big High Five! :)


46 posted on 01/29/2019 6:04:31 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Perseverando

We’re pretty well set in this household, but it’s been a way of life for a long time for Country Folk. ;)

Still have some finishing touches to add to the third floor machine gun turret, and the perimeter from the north needs a little more work. ;)


47 posted on 01/29/2019 6:07:06 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: Texas Fossil

Think about this, bump stocks are a gimmick that really impedes accuracy, hardly a loss.


48 posted on 01/29/2019 6:43:04 PM PST by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Viking2002; Chode; Squantos; snooter55; Lockbox; carriage_hill; SkyDancer; All

ROFLMAO !!! I can see that in My head.

Did She gut/skin/butcher/tan the hide or go for shoulder mounting or free standing before getting medical help ?

At Canyon Lake, TX people either love Bambi and feed them or are at total war with them. You can leave a trail of corn from the yard into the garage and sit in a chair waiting for them to come in and then POP ‘Em in the head with a Hammer.

Or spend all your money on fencing, scent deterrence, electric fencing, motion sensor sprayer heads (they just get used to the sprayers, then after a few days They start bringing Soap,Shampoo, Conditioner, Towels and the Hairdryer.) OR just stop trying to have Flowers and Veggie Gardens.


49 posted on 01/30/2019 12:42:36 AM PST by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Here in NJ there a pest.


50 posted on 01/30/2019 2:17:17 AM PST by jmacusa ("The more numerous the laws the more corrupt the government''.)
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To: Perseverando

When a President backs the 2nd Amendment, folks don’t get worried about them actually coming for their guns - no emergency sales spurts....they need to adjust to a smoother sales model w/o the Obama type spikes...


51 posted on 01/30/2019 4:11:56 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: PROCON

RESIST: Washington State Sheriffs Vow to Oppose New Gun Control Laws

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/01/29/resist-washington-state-sheriffs-vow-to-oppose-new-gun-control-laws-n2540348?utm_source=thdailypm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad&bcid=be048816b88a43f96837c1ea4070d044&recip=19488896&fbclid=IwAR3luy7BQAMor5PFS3Ky3SvTRoTrUpE4T2CSGvLHSQOdA3qgIytXgvE6ppQ


52 posted on 01/30/2019 5:57:34 AM PST by GailA (Wife of RET. SCPO, GET OVER IT, DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT!)
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To: Jimmy The Snake
My wife is now shooting and getting ready to get a CCW when last year she had no interest.

Ditto. I also see a lot more women at the range than 5 years ago.

53 posted on 01/30/2019 7:48:46 AM PST by Gritty (If the Left will ice a kid for his grin, theyÂ’ll waste you or me in a heartbeat.-K Schlicter)
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To: mabarker1; Chode; Squantos; snooter55; Lockbox; carriage_hill; SkyDancer; All
I've got a buddy in NoVA who owns an acre and a half in the hills of the exburbs, the back side of which is all wooded and runs parallel to two small creek ridges. When he bought the place about 30 years ago, he noticed that the deer would come up just as far as the upslope side of the upper ridge, and stop there. Given that the back of the house was a deck that had been covered and converted to a full room, every fall since then he's sat in there at the dinette table in shorts and a T-shirt, with beer and a deer rifle, no matter how cold, wet, or snowy outside. We're talking Tree Stands Of The Rich and Famous. A ten second walk from a full bathroom to a cracked-open window and heating vent. He's tried feed corn, salt licks, you name it, and has yet to bag one on his property. He'll find hoof prints, rut marks on the trees, chewed up acorn shells, but has never seen one pop over the top of that ridge when he actually has a rifle in his hands. They will crash through the brush and practically dare him to charge at them bare-knuckled, though. I told him they're bedding down in that upper creek bed every fall, taunting him and waiting for another free meal.
54 posted on 01/30/2019 10:39:49 AM PST by Viking2002
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To: Viking2002

“They will crash through the brush and practically dare him to charge at them bare-knuckled, though.”

He should be carrying a 10mm Kimber 1911 w/230gr HPs, for “those special moments”.


55 posted on 01/30/2019 11:14:59 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill
He's got a stainless Ruger Blackhawk in .44 Mag for those occasions, but he has to be careful which direction he aims outdoors. He's almost burned down his neighbor's house twice in unrelated aerial pyrotechnic mishaps, so he doesn't need another 911 call to the neighborhood. The porch window keeps his line of fire directed into the hillside. I think I may have put out his neighbor's kitchen window squirrel hunting about 20 years ago, though. It was a gray, chilly day, the squirrels weren't out barking at each other, so I got bored and went for a crow.


56 posted on 01/30/2019 11:33:55 AM PST by Viking2002
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To: DuncanWaring

As always, my brother...

Dawgs Always.


57 posted on 01/30/2019 12:42:54 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Viking2002

Dear love corn on the cob; I’ve used that as bait, next to a salt lick.

Dozens of deer used to come thru my nursery & garden center to rut the field-grown trees, and ruin them, so I had to lure them to the other end of the 20ac nursery, or shoot them when they came up out of the hollow, on the next property, where they nested.

I shot one with my Kimber 1911 .45cal ACP w/ 230gr HPs, as it was trying to break into one of my 8 30ft x 90ft perennial growing greenhouses.


58 posted on 01/30/2019 1:34:08 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Viking2002

they’re not stooopid


59 posted on 01/30/2019 2:58:50 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: carriage_hill
Just found out my niece's school bus took out a deer this morning. The cops showed up, and had to put it down.

Someone, somewhere in the hills of the MD panhandle is grilling some back-strap in 10 degree air tonight. And I bet they wear a badge.

60 posted on 01/30/2019 3:28:14 PM PST by Viking2002
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