Gun sales rise in United States as Obama unveils control plans

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade group representing firearm manufacturers and retailers, said it will “carefully review all aspects of the executive actions that President Obama announced today”. Gun sales skyrocketed after the Sandy Hook massacre on fears the federal government would crack down on gun ownership. “It’s not there, but its close”.

“We experienced strong consumer demand for our firearm products following a new administration taking office in Washington, D.C., in 2009”, said the management of gun maker Smith & Wesson. Congress blocked such proposals in 2013.

On the day that President Obama launched his latest initiative to promote more gun control laws in the United States, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. So we hope he keeps talking. The number of gun trust applications grew from fewer than 900 in 2000 to more than 90,000 in 2014, the White House said.

“Obama is the best gun salesman since Samuel Colt”. Christmas shopping time also coincides with hunting season in many states where Smith & Wesson sells rifles, particularly those of its Thompson/Center division.

Currently, when you purchase a gun at a gun shop; the gun dealer must submit your name for a federal background check.

Circumventing the political deadlock in Congress, president Obama met with attorney General, Loretta Lynch, to announce a new executive order that will limit the availability of firearms by introducing background checks on buyers and force more sellers to have a license. People can purchase more than one weapon in a transaction on a single background check.

Martin wouldn’t speculate on what could happen later this week with an announcement from the White House. The entertainer started advocating for stricter gun controls in America after three people were shot and killed at a movie theater in Louisiana during a screening of her film Trainwreck.

Twitter user @justafarmer4 wrote: “I have been a gun owner for decades and fully support @POTUS in his thoughtful, reasonable and responsible efforts to #StopGunViolence”. They’re not going to change anything as far as preventing any kind of crime. Spikes in firearm sales nationally have previously followed discussion of tougher firearms control, usually in the wake of a mass shooting incident.

“Background check required as per today’s executive order”.

Tom Clayton, owner of Clayton’s Hunting and Fishing in Willow Grove, said his store already processes several private sales a day, and encourages customers to get cleared for long guns even if it wasn’t legally required.