[matthew fuller]

"a significant contract in an era of declining civilian handgun sales ."

Declining civilian handgun sales? Say what? Didn't Ruger stop accepting new orders a year or so ago because they couldn't keep up with demand? Aren't all gun manufacturers selling at record levels? Ammo can't be found at any price. Right.....

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, I don’t know if that was a poorly researched assumption or just wishful thinking on the past of some anti gun liberal. Declining sales my foot...

[TigersEye]

"a significant contract in an era of declining civilian handgun sales ."

Maybe the author will read this thread. And cry.

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. ;-)

[vette6387]

“Declining civilian handgun sales? Say what?”

Just look at the stats! Last year there were 21 million background checks done by the feds. Since most states don’t require a BG check to by a rifle or a shotgun, most of those checks were preparatory to the purchase of a handgun. Our local gun retailer has a 50 unit backlog on the new Glock 42 and Glock is only able to supply two guns per month. From what I have seen, if the gun you want isn’t in the dealer’s inventory, you’re in for a wait. And last year, AR’s were in such short supply that the manufacturers wouldn’t even give you a delivery date. Here in California, with all of our nonsensical gun laws, citizens bought nearly 700,000 guns last year.