Whoda Thought: Gun Industry Suffering Under Trump Regime

This is a very unusual article from a very unusual source (for Blogging Blue at least). But America’s gun industry is suffering under the Trump regime and layoffs have already been announced. Why you ask? Because he’s not coming for your guns and the hoarding of guns and ammunition has ground to a halt. Go figure.

For the previous eight years, gun rights advocates, gun owners, and the firearms industry had been fighting an all-out war with the Obama administration and its allies in Congress, the media, and the courts to fend off the constant chipping away of the Second Amendment. From magazine limits to ammunition bans to attacks on the character of gun owners, it seemed each day brought a new skirmish.

Unfortunately, Trump’s win has had the unintended consequence of throwing the firearms industry into a deep slump, forcing major companies to lay off workers, driving prices deep into the red, and forcing some gun dealers out of business. While the Obama years might have been a dark time for gun rights, the Democrat president was a boon for gun retailers and manufacturers (a fact Obama has admitted himself). Each time the needle ticked further in the direction of gun restriction, Americans flocked to their local gun store and plunked down cash for more irons.

The industry swelled because of the “panic buying,” with new manufacturers popping up, old names in the industry swelling their ranks, and more new gun owners pushing into demographics with previously tepid interest.

n the Trump era, however, that fear is gone, and with it the market’s urgency to beat the clock on the next “commonsense” gun ban. That’s helped nudge iconic gunmakers Colt and Remington to lay off hundreds of workers and shut down entire divisions of their companies, forced manufacturers to close their doors, and prompted retailers and distributors to offer deep discounts on firearms, with one offering an AR-15 rifle at prices below even the cheapest handguns.

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1 thought on “Whoda Thought: Gun Industry Suffering Under Trump Regime

  1. ??
    This happened in less than two months?
    Also, I thought the NRA’s latest was that you have to buy more guns because far-left liberal female trans illegal alien science-loving protesters, who somehow still have all the power, are coming to get you. No one’s buying that one?

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