The biggest factor affecting demand for guns and ammo is fear, and more fear is generated when it is easier, not harder, for criminals and those deemed unfit to own weapons due to serious mental illness to get guns. Additional fear-driven increased gun sales are generated when the NRA promotes the false assertion that universal [...]
Always Thinking First, who determines when it’s time to overthrow or even just shoot at the duly elected government, police and the US military? Isn’t that against the law and why we have elections and our form of government? How many angry militant second amendment rights people with semi automatic weapons will it [...]
The NRA’s influence on government officials and policy is solely focused on the interests of the profit-making gun and ammo manufacturers and against the interest of the vast majority of Americans, even most NRA members and gun owners. Tyrannical rule is not when elected officials impose constitutionally allowed and reasonable restrictions on gun ownership and [...]
With 90% of Americans, 80% of Republicans and a similar percent of gun owners, including NRA members, supporting universal background checks 46 US Senators, mostly Republicans but also some Democrats, voted to block the passing by majority vote of even the watered down bill that would have expanded background checks to include sales at gun [...]
Besides military and law enforcement, I can see that there are some reasons why some people might need an assault weapon and high capacity magazines. But there are very few cases. Well trained, licensed and disciplined guards of high security buildings and armored cars might benefit from these types of weapons. If you need to [...]
