Good News: Gun Sales Falling

[billh58]

* Amarillo: Gun Sales on the Decline

http://www.myhighplains.com/story/d/story/gun-sales-on-the-decline/21138/d_AbwuUR0Um9cq5CittlZQ

* Smith & Wesson: Gun sales decline, but demand is still strong

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2014/0620/Smith-Wesson-Gun-sales-decline-but-demand-is-still-strong

* Decline in gun sales puts Cabela’s stock on watch

http://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2014/06/20/decline-in-gun-sales-puts-cabela-s-stock-on-watch.html

* Share of Homes With Guns Shows 4-Decade Decline

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/us/rate-of-gun-ownership-is-down-survey-shows.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

* Gun Sales on the Decline

http://www.onenewspage.us/video/20140218/1629141/Gun-Sales-on-the-Decline.htm

* Chart of the Day: Gun Ownership is on a 30-Year Decline

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/03/chart-day-gun-ownership-30-year-decline

New demographics and changing mindsets are causing Americans to disavow the right-wing gun lobby's influence on gun sales. An overall reduction in the number of new guns entering society, and increased gun control efforts will eventually reverse the NRA's decades long political influence and a gradual reduction of gun violence in this nation.

[underpants]

1. They were mostly being bought by the same people

And they may have actually realized that they had bought enough.

The increase was due to free news marketing anyway.

[Hoyt]

2. As current gun fanciers become saturated with guns, and potential new fanciers become ashamed of

expressing any love/desire for the dang things, maybe gun sales will continue to decline. That will lead to closing of gun stores, smaller gun shows, etc.

Like cigarette smoking, the key is to keep people from ever starting down the road of gun fancying/addiction.

[flamin lib]

3. NRA membership is old and white and getting older as people under

30 buy fewer and fewer guns. Eventually the numbers will dwindle to the point of insignificance.

[arcane1]

4. That's why the NRA is scaring people so much. Stockpile!!

[MisterP]

5. well, it's like their buddies Big Tobacco: there's a whole big market in the Third World ...

[billh58]

6. USA: Arms merchant

to the world.