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The fear mongering Right wing certainly managed to increase gun sales.. but the thing to remember is that a small percentage of people buy a very large percentage of guns sold.
There are people who buy dozens and hundreds of guns, and they are a large enough group to shift the data. I am far too lazy to bother digging this up as it is not really that important, more along the lines of fun fact.
yes lots of people have guns.
"The fear mongering Right wing"
Get your facts straight. It is the LEFT who is in fear about guns.
Some start shaking in the boots at just the sight of a gun.
"I am far too lazy to bother digging this up as it is not really that important"
Actually it IS that important.
YOU made a claim and know you CAN'T to back it up so you come you with some lame excuse about being "too lazy" to do so.
Actually, given that Trump is very pro eminent domain, they can just reframe him as the enemy. They just say that Trump will come to take your land and house, so get armed.
"Actually, given that Trump is very pro eminent domain,"
The typical left "diversion" tactic.
Eminent domain has been on the books for a LOOONG time but NOW you are concerned with it.
Why didn't you push to have it removed from the law when the dems controller all 3 branches of govt.
MAYBE, because the dem are just as much for it as Trump is.
The federal government’s power of eminent domain has long been used in the United States to acquire property for public use. Eminent domain ''appertains to every independent government. It requires no constitutional recognition; it is an attribute of sovereignty.” Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U.S. 403, 406 (1879). However, the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stipulates: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” Thus, whenever the United States acquires a property through eminent domain, it has a constitutional responsibility to justly compensate the property owner for the fair market value of the property. See Bauman v. Ross, 167 U.S. 548 (1897); Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States, 467 U.S. 1, 9-10 (1984).
The U.S. Supreme Court first examined federal eminent domain power in 1876 in Kohl v. United States. This case presented a landowner’s challenge to the power of the United States to condemn land in Cincinnati, Ohio for use as a custom house and post office building. Justice William Strong called the authority of the federal government to appropriate property for public uses “essential to its independent existence and perpetuity.” Kohl v. United States, 91 U.S. 367, 371 (1875).
The Supreme Court again acknowledged the existence of condemnation authority twenty years later in United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railroad Company. Congress wanted to acquire land to preserve the site of the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania. The railroad company that owned some of the property in question contested this action. Ultimately, the Court opined that the federal government has the power to condemn property “whenever it is necessary or appropriate to use the land in the execution of any of the powers granted to it by the constitution.” United States v. Gettysburg Electric Ry., 160 U.S. 668, 679 (1896)."
A Rash Of Discounting
The sharp deceleration resulted in a spike in discounting last month as big-box retailers and other dealers who loaded up on MSRs and other firearms in anticipation of a Clinton victory shifted to clearance mode.
“We saw some of the big boxes do some pretty strong discounting after the election, particularly after Thanksgiving,” said Larry Hyatt of Hyatt Guns in Charlotte, NC. “Unless their buying is a lot different than ours, they are selling at cost.”
The market is saturated. With women, being the biggest buyers. The focus is now on handguns and not the scary black rifles.
The gun industry LOVED President Obama...they just couldn't tell their supporters that. I bet all the big weapons company execs voted Democrat. Dems are good for the fear business.
I said this on at least a few threads, and right wingers smirked, dismissed what i said and claimed that a pro-gun president would be all the rage with the gun industry. NOPE!!!
Let this be a lesson to them. Ginning up fear is a great business tactic, but it's also an ephemeral one. Now for the next four years, and just maybe the next eight years (if not longer), the industry will see sales plummet. If you want people to buy your product, make a case for how great it is and don't go the lazy route by claiming that your time (and right) to buy it is limited.
The only people i feel sorry for are the workers who will be losing jobs left and right over the next four years. Why? Because their company's public relations/advertising strategy has been lazy as hell.
This is interesting. And I am aware that just because NICS are at a record level it doesn't exactly reflect firearms sales, since many states do not require one for secondary sales. But for sales of new firearms a call to the system is required so I suppose it reflects new sales only ? For those that already owned a firearm and are applying for a CPL, they get background checked but not thru this system.
I'm willing to bet that the industry is just feeling a market correction from all buying spree prior to the election. Also, in some cases like companies that currently manufacture silencers, they are feeling the burn from consumers waiting to see if they will be pulled from the NFA list , which then will require no additional paperwork. I know I'm waiting. Then if that happens you will see a boon, as many rush to purchase.
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The U.S. Supreme Court first examined federal eminent domain power in 1876 in Kohl v. United States. This case presented a landowner’s challenge to the power of the United States to condemn land in Cincinnati, Ohio for use as a custom house and post office building. Justice William Strong called the authority of the federal government to appropriate property for public uses “essential to its independent existence and perpetuity.” Kohl v. United States, 91 U.S. 367, 371 (1875). 
