Democrats Anti-Gun Push Driving Firearm Sales Up Again

By Tom Knighton

Back during the Obama administration, there was this constant threat to the Second Amendment, at least in the minds of many in the gun rights community. We all know Obama wanted to take our guns, he just didn’t have the votes in Congress to do it. That low-level threat, however, was enough to spur many to go and buy guns while they could.

I can’t say I blamed anyone for that, either.

When Trump was elected, that threat seemed to dissipate. We got the “Trump Slump.” There were still sales taking place, but gun companies had manufactured a lot of merchandise in expectations of another Democrat in the White House. There wasn’t as much of a push with Trump in the Oval Office, and gun companies suffered.

Yet it seems the recent push, coupled with the president’s willingness to at least consider new gun control measures, is changing the market yet again.

Background checks for gun sales, concealed-carry permits, and security spiked in August as congressional Democrats renewed their push for expanded gun control in the wake of several mass shootings.

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System recorded a 15.5 percent uptick in background checks last month, <a target="_blank" …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms