Posted on 09/18/2015 5:07:23 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
It seems that media reports of the demise of the U.S. firearm industry were, shall we say, premature at best.
Last year and early this year, so-called “mainstream” media were pushing talking points of falling gun sales, reduced consumer interest in firearms and plummeting gun company stocks. Turns out these assertions were simply wishful thinking by those who tend to oppose private gun ownership and call for more stringent restrictions.
In truth, the summer of 2015 might well be remembered as the “Summer of the Gun,” as record gun sales were the trend during the summer months.
According to data gleaned from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), firearm acquisitions set a new record during each of the months of June, July and August. Additionally, gun sales are on track to finish the year higher than any year except 2013, when firearm purchases skyrocketed due to President Obama’s major push for more restrictive gun-control laws.
Background check data indicates there were more than 2.6 million firearm acquisition-related checks during June through August 2015—100,000 higher than in the same period during the 2013 surge, and well ahead of any other year since NICS checks began in 1998.
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Picked up an AR-15 and a new pistol this summer and I’m having a safe delivered tomorrow, Life is good.
I have enough guns but I’ve been stockpiling more ammo all summer.
There is a good probability that each new gun buyer and repeat buyer will be a Trump voter, many will not admit they voted for Trump, but they will to keep their guns.
PROTECTING OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS WILL MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
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Posted on 9/18/2015, 2:23:18 PM by JediJones
Donald J. Trump on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.
The Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right that belongs to all law-abiding Americans. The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away. Our Founding Fathers knew, and our Supreme Court has upheld, that the Second Amendment’s purpose is to guarantee our right to defend ourselves and our families. This is about self-defense, plain and simple.
It’s been said that the Second Amendment is America’s first freedom. That’s because the Right to
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Walmart has been carrying .22 ammo match for $18.60 for
350 rounds lately.
Finally been able to increase my .22 ammunition at decent prices.
The lot of them have to be replaced due to so many ‘boating accidents’
Can’t you just feel the gun-grabber’s pain over the current turn of events from Dec 2012?
(Not really, but work with me here)
Back when Obama’s stealing of the election.. oops did I say that out loud... was fresh in their minds and Sandy hook occurred and they thought this was it - Gun confiscation time!
And now they are in headlong retreat...
But that doesn’t men we shouldn’t be stocking up as much as possilbe!
Just picked up a 20 ga. on Wednesday.
“M&M”’s
(Mosins and Mausers)
The latest crime statistics on police gun killings, legitimate or not, vs. ordinary citizens killing with guns, are quite old, and were measured before the national gun law liberalization.
Then, citizens killing others with guns was roughly 2 to 1 more than police killings.
Today, ordinary citizens with guns are killing a LOT of criminals. So that statistic, that ratio, should jump compared to police killings, which are about the same.
just picked up a new SW 686 4”
...and then the boating accident happened.
A new addition to the family arrived today. Swedish M96 Mauser rifle, made in Oberndorf in 1900. Already have several, but like they say, they ain’t makin’ no more.
No such thing as “enough guns”.
“Swedish M96 Mauser rifle,”
Darn fine rifles.
Sheesh, Ozzie, I can only shoot one at a time; a lot of extra loaded magazines is what I'm hoarding.
I just ordered an ammo can of green tip 5.56MM XM855 from Brownells. Pricey, but another 420 rounds of fun.
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