tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post3356380150860977808..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Guns in America: Gun Sales are PlungingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-50154751617336462182014-02-22T22:50:41.156+01:002014-02-22T22:50:41.156+01:00Oops--forgot the link. Sorry. Here it is.Oops--forgot the link. Sorry. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-20/record-u-s-gun-production-as-obama-demonized-on-issue.html" rel="nofollow">Here it is</a>.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-79794073270867817782014-02-22T22:37:18.888+01:002014-02-22T22:37:18.888+01:00Oh, about these "plunging" gun sales (ex...Oh, about these "plunging" gun sales (excerpt):<br /><br /><i><b>Record U.S. Gun Production as Obama ‘Demonized’ on Issue </b><br /><br />U.S. gun makers led by Sturm Ruger & Co. and Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC) churned out a record number of firearms in 2012, government data show, continuing a trend of robust production during Democratic presidencies.<br /><br />More than 8.57 million guns were produced in 2012, up 31 percent from 6.54 million in 2011, according to data released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which has been tracking the statistics since 1986.<br /><br />Almost as many guns -- 26.1 million -- were produced during Democrat Barack Obama’s first term as president as during the entire eight-year presidency of his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, the ATF data show. <br /><br /> . . . </i><br /><br />Guess we know how to "stimulate" any industry now--just have a Democrat try to ban it.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-67428829537612378422014-02-17T18:48:25.758+01:002014-02-17T18:48:25.758+01:00Why? Are you going to take guns against gun contro...Why? Are you going to take guns against gun controllers? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-84174356129669228082014-02-17T17:54:37.133+01:002014-02-17T17:54:37.133+01:00Well, Mikeb, all your side has to do in order to k...Well, Mikeb, all your side has to do in order to keep gun purchase rates on the decline is back off from the push for more oppressive gun laws.<br /><br />Hint: saying that half of American gun owners should be disarmed is probably <i>not</i> the way to do that.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-69520986742920618912014-02-17T15:00:11.303+01:002014-02-17T15:00:11.303+01:00Well, 1.66 million sales is a good baseline. If i...Well, 1.66 million sales is a good baseline. If it holds, that's around 20 million guns sold in a year. That doesn't include all the private sales. The more guns in private hands, the harder it is to make the real goal of gun control succeed.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-68298959342904212792014-02-17T09:21:46.915+01:002014-02-17T09:21:46.915+01:00Weird about the bolt action. Just goes to show ho...Weird about the bolt action. Just goes to show how skewed the market still is while it's still settling to an equilibrium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-31853941425999764842014-02-17T08:59:39.139+01:002014-02-17T08:59:39.139+01:00"Though gun sales have dropped from their pea..."Though gun sales have dropped from their peak last year, they're still outperforming monthly sales that preceded Obama's reelection, said Lawrence Keane, spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun industry group based in Newtown.<br />For example, the tally of 1.66 million gun sales in January, 2014 is significantly higher than the 1.38 million sold in January, 2012."<br /><br /> Maybe I can actually find some .22LR sometime in the future then. Strangely enough, I had the biggest problem getting a bolt action rifle I had been looking for, ended up getting it shipped in from Omaha, while my AR was right on the shelf waiting when I stopped by the store.<br /> As the article states, the only thing plunging is the surge. Its still higher than it was. One could think of it as an economic stimulus on the President's part.<br />ssgmarkcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480230040370709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-39922414612122453162014-02-17T07:15:51.506+01:002014-02-17T07:15:51.506+01:00And so we're returning to equilibrium in most ...And so we're returning to equilibrium in most parts of the market.<br /><br />Still little to no .22 lr to be found.<br /><br />Don't get too excited for that "plummet"--everyone knew that the spike would eventually taper off or plunge back to normal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com