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None of which matters do it? The NRA got in bed with the Russians and anything they say now is corrupted by that. There are outfits listing gun stats https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/ in opposition to the NRA. I used could say that the likelihood of being in a mass shooting is less than hit by lightning, now I am working my way toward swimming pool deaths, but voters can avoid lighting and swimming pools, but not a crazy with a gun. NRA and the GOP used to say thoughts and prayers to soothe things until a batch of teenagers from Florida made fools of them. Now there is fear.The NRA magazines each month have a list of crimes stopped by armed citizens. The NRA quotes a Sociology Professor who has conducted studies to show armed citizens stop more crimes the police.
On the other hand some cities that have very permissive laws in carrying firearms such has New Orleans and St.Louus have higher violent crime then cites that don't such has NYC and Los Angeles. Then again some cities such has Baltimore which have strict gun carrying laws have a very high crime rate. So lots of factors.
Kirk's Raider's
Gun rights/control is literally how much blood are US voters willing to allow for the 2nd amendment. All rights are a cost v benefit of that right to society in the minds of voters. Run rights were liberalized because voters saw a benefit for personal protection, then the worm turned. So how much blood and fear is needed before a majority turns on a minority's right.
Gun Sales down.
Why Are Gun Sales Falling? - Bloomberg
Gun maker stocks benefit after mass shootings, right? Not anymore
Thanks To 'Trump Slump,' Shops Have More Guns Than Buyers
"The gun manufacturers ramped up production," he says. "They figured this is it – the motherlode we are gonna get another one just like we did the Obama surge. We are gonna get a Hillary surge. It didn't happen."
"So you put those two together, you have a 40 percent increase in production and a 20 percent decrease in demand and you have sliding prices and you also have people buying guns who say 'I've had enough now, I've bought enough guns,' so the market has gone down because of that."
It's not stats. I can quote stats that gun control laws are ineffective and stupid until the cows come home and there are no cows near me, but stats don't really count when folks fear. The NRA screwed up, the GOP is fearing that association with the NRA is icky, gun makers in financial trouble along with gun sellers. Not a good sign for run rights."So you put those two together, you have a 40 percent increase in production and a 20 percent decrease in demand and you have sliding prices and you also have people buying guns who say 'I've had enough now, I've bought enough guns,' so the market has gone down because of that."