By Larry Keane The Second Amendment is inalienable and there is a perfect storm right now demonstrating its vital importance. There is a constant barrage of attacks on the Second Amendment in “normal” times. These days are hardly normal, given the coronavirus pandemic, near economic standstill of stay-at-home orders and business closures and now rioting. … Read more
By Larry Keane The National Shooting Sports Foundation has conducted an anonymous survey of our manufacturer and distributor members, to better assist our members during this time of national crisis. According to the survey results, 80 percent of companies have not closed any facilities in the past month. The vast majority report no cases of … Read more
You have to love the mainstream media, bless their hearts. The AP titled this article about the kickoff of the 2020 SHOT Show, Gun industry gathers amid slumping sales, rising tensions. Here’s an indication of those the slumping sales: December adjusted background checks — a good measure of gun sales volume — was up more … Read more
By Larry Keane The firearms industry had reason to celebrate in 2019. NICS checks are now increasing, opportunity arose and the National Shooting Sports Foundation is marking legislative victories. Industry indicators show a healthy and robust firearms and ammunition manufacturing industry. This year’s NICS checks consistently beat the pace of 2018 each month since April. … Read more
While the industry is in a better spot than it has been lately, firearms manufacturers still have a ways to go before they’re truly healthy again. That’s because much of the gain the industry is seeing this year — and what made a lot of buyers shop for guns on Black Friday — is being … Read more
I’ll take ‘Blindingly Obvious Conclusions to Anyone Outside of the Ivory Tower’ for $500, Alex. The team employed a mathematical construct known as entropy transfer, which can establish causal links between multiple variables by examining the degree to which one variable influences another. In these analyses, influence is defined as an improved ability to make … Read more
We’ll go over this again because lots of gun owners aren’t aware of it. Since 1937, under the Pittman-Robertson Act, anyone buying a new firearm or ammunition pays a 10 or 11% federal excise tax. That’s totaled more than $12 billion over the years. Those dollars are distributed to the states and are used for … Read more
Sturm, Ruger and Vista Outdoor reported their first quarter 2019 earnings in the last couple of days and the two firearms industry giants and both reported lower earnings. The introduction of new products is helping Ruger’s results, but inventories continue to rise. Here are some highlights from Ruger’s press release: In the first quarter of … Read more
Forbes editor Elizabeth MacBride takes her astonished readers along on her journey of discovery into the mysterious world of America’s gun business, its customers, and their strange customs. Of course, there are some guns that are still marketed as tools, used for hunting, or purely as collectibles, as items of beauty. Guns are an accessory … Read more
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