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Despite All Expectations, Gun Sales Reached a Record High in May

• shtfplan.com by Daniel Lang

His administration stoked plenty of fears that gun rights would be restricted, which resulted in shortages of firearms and ammunition, and drove record gun sales. During the second half of his administration, it seemed like gun sales were at times, breaking records every few months.

So when Trump was elected, most people assumed that gun sales were finally going to slow down, myself included. Last March I wrote:

But with a Republican in the Oval Office, it appears that gun sales are finally going to slow down for the first time since the early 2000's. Despite the fact that there aren't any recent statistics to back this up, we can safely assume that it's true based on a recent action taken by Remington.

The gun manufacturing company revealed last week that they are going to lay off 120 workers from their Ilion plant, and 16 workers from their plant in Kentucky. According to Zerohedge and the Wall Street Journal, Remington isn't alone. American Outdoor Brands, which used to be known as Smith & Wesson, is also losing sales. And this is a very recent trend. A month ago, the number of firearm background checks was still breaking records.


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