What The Left Won't Tell You About The Boom In U.S. Gun Sales

[tmoore912]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankmi...ont-tell-you-about-the-boom-in-u-s-gun-sales/

A well written OP/ED piece in Forbes Magazine that has losts of stats and figures. I encourage you to read it.

But the thing is the surge is gun sales didn’t begin in 2008. Over the last 10 years (from 2002 to 2011) there has been a 54.1 percent rise in the number of NICS checks and the increase hasn’t all taken place since 2008. In 2005 there were 8,952,945 NICS checks. In 2006 the number topped 10 million. In 2007 NICS checks pushed passed 11 million. In 2008 NICS checks passed 12 million, and then hit the 14 million mark in 2009. They increased slightly (4 percent) through 2011.

So attributing this entire trend to President Obama’s anti-gun reputation is disingenuous, yet many in the media like this explanation because by saying the increase in gun sales is only about President Obama they can then write the whole thing off as a simple-minded fear from those who “cling to guns and religion.”

 

[KORNBREAD]

Thanks for posting this, everyone shoould read it.

 

[mountainpass]

The sunset of the AWB I think encouraged a renewed interest....maybe a pent up demand for less "Gun Control."

 

[timbgtm]

Can attribute to the 2001 terrorist attack.I know lots of folks went out and purchased firearms after attack.

 

[smokymtnsmoke]

Yes , I can say 9-11 woke me up.

Thanks for posting this.

 

[Tiberious]

Yes , I can say 9-11 woke me up.

Thanks for posting this.

agreed.

 

[shadowman3861]

Very good read, I think media is the problem with every in this country

 

[ArmedinAtlanta]

I'm on "the Left" and I'd tell anybody who would listen about the facts in this article! Thanks for posting this up!