Ignore the lies.....Gun sales are UP and growing.... [View All]

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The Violence Policy Center as always is full of crap. Gun sales are up and growing. And will continue to grow.....

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) keeps track of the number of background checks made when someone buys a gun. Although a check does not correlate directly with a sale - a single check could involve the purchase of multiple firearms, for example - the figure is a reliable indicator of trends. Last year's 14.4 million checks represented an all-time high. In fact, the numbers have increased year after year since 2002, and there is no sign of slowing down. Checks are up 11 percent this year.

To meet the demand, gun factories are running overtime. From 2000 to 2009, the number of firearms manufactured and offered for sale in the United States increased 45 percent while the population only increased 9.1 percent. ATF reports 38,611,108 brand new guns were put on the market in the last decade, but even that figure tells only half the story. ATF estimates an additional 2 million used guns trade hands each year.

As the number of guns per capita increased, the violent crime rate has fallen - down 6.2 percent last year, according to the FBI. With murders down, the left had to come up with a way to pretend there are fewer guns. Otherwise, the public might draw the obvious conclusion that the repeal of useless gun-control restrictions like the so-called assault-weapons ban has only made us safer. National Rifle Association (NRA) spokesman Andrew Arulanandam suggested groups like the VPC have been feeling left out as gun rights continue to advance in state legislatures and the courts. "The political reality in this country is that it's bad politics to be on the wrong side of the gun issue," he told The Washington Times. "The NRA is the mainstream, and these other groups are the fringe and they find themselves on the outside looking in."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/27/gun-grabbers-grasp-at-straws/print/