The production of guns has more than doubled since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, amid his frequent demands for more gun-control and fewer guns. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has released its annual Firearms Manufacturing
At the close of the quarter, ending January 31, Smith & Wesson’s sales were up “61.5%” compared to the same time last year.
After a campaign rally in New Hampshire, Senator Marco Rubio revealed to a voter what kind of guns he and his wife own.
On January 4 Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Strum, Ruger & Co. rose sharply while “the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 276 points.”
In a year marked by a relentless Democratic push for more gun control, stocks of two of the most prominent gun makers—Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co—saw their value nearly double.
On December 22, The Daily Beast criticized the ongoing availability of AR-15s, suggesting shotguns are a sufficient type of weapon but are largely rejected as a substitute for ARs because they “lack capacity for mass carnage.”
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On December 6 President Obama used his terrorism address to call on Congress to pass new gun controls, and on December 7 gun stocks surged.
UCLA law professor Adam Winkler suggested the NRA’s demise is “inevitable” because Americans feel safer than they did in the 1970s and 80s.
While President Obama, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Hillary Clinton, and others have been pledging gun control in 2015, investors who own stock in Sturm Ruger, Smith & Wesson Corp., and other firearm manufacturers have seen returns at approximately 70 percent.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute are appealing a court decision earlier this year that favored California’s “micro-stamping” requirement.
On July 17 The New York Times reported on the Obama administration’s failure to get any significant gun control passed in Congress by suggesting there is still one avenue open–using federal contracts as a means to backdoor controls on gun manufacturers.
The Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation are waiting for California Eastern District Judge Kimberly Mueller to issue a ruling in their request to prevent the state from banning the sale of new handguns which lack microstamping technology.
Over 12.5 miles of aisles full of new handguns, rifles, and shotguns, as well as new firearm optics, laser sights, holsters, ammunition, and other firearm accessories from a total of 1,681 exhibitors will be on display at the 2015 National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) SHOT Show, which takes place in Las Vegas January 20-23.
