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In reply to the discussion: I don't care what anyone thinks about their right to own guns [View all]the band leader
(139 posts)because you have been that good for their business. Your fail is the stuff of legends. Historians will talk about your fail a hundred years from now when all those firearms are still floating around. You couldn't have been more successful at arming this country if you had set out trying to do that. I sometimes wonder if that's actually what you were secretly trying to do in fact.
Here's what the ATF says about it:
Gun production has more than doubled over the course of the Obama administration, according to a new report from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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The ATFs annual firearms commerce report tracks the number of guns manufactured in the United States, which provides an indication of gun sales around the country.
The number of guns manufactured increased by 18 percent during the George W. Bush administration, while the Clinton administration actually saw a 9 percent reduction.
But under President Obama, gun production has spiked 140 percent to 10.8 million firearms in 2013, the most recent year for which data is available.
The year before President Obama entered office, gun manufacturers produced about 4.5 million firearms.
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Pistols are the most popular type of gun, accounting for 4.4 million of the firearms made in 2013, according to the report. Meanwhile, gun manufacturers produced 3.9 million rifles and 1.2 million shotguns.
The number of pistols made has nearly tripled during the Obama administration, which could also reflect more people turning to firearms for personal protection, Pratt suggested.