{"id":134800,"date":"2017-09-20T18:54:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T00:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134800"},"modified":"2017-09-21T07:33:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T13:33:56","slug":"world-needs-american-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/20\/world-needs-american-guns.html","title":{"rendered":"Because the world NEEDS more American guns"},"content":{"rendered":"

American gun manufacturers are in trouble. Ironically, with the departure of Barack Obama from the White House, the gun-buying frenzy whipped up by the NRA and its allies (“He’s coming to take your guns! He’s coming to shut down gun stores! Buy all you can NOW!”) has subsided, leading to a huge dip in gun sales. American Outdoor Brands (the owner of Smith & Wesson) has seen its stock fall 50% since the November election, and Sturm Ruger’s stock has fallen 26% over that time.<\/p>\n

Americans just aren’t buying guns. So the Trump Administration is planning to make it easier for American gun manufacturers to sell guns outside<\/i> of America, by shifting responsibility for overseeing international non-military arm sales from the State Dept. (which was trying to prevent American weaponry from getting into the hands of bad actors overseas) to the Commerce<\/i> Dept. (which is out to increase American trade).<\/p>\n

I’m sure all sorts of foreigners are just dying to see that change happen. Or will be dying when it does.<\/p>\n


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\nExclusive: Trump administration prepares to ease export rules for U.S. guns<\/a><\/span>
\nThe Trump administration is preparing to make it easier for American gun makers to sell small arms, including assault rifles and ammunition, to foreign buyers, according to senior U.S. officials.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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American gun manufacturers are in trouble. Ironically, with the departure of Barack Obama from the White House, the gun-buying frenzy whipped up by the NRA and its allies (“He’s coming to take your guns! He’s coming to shut down gun stores! Buy all you can NOW!”) has subsided, leading to a huge dip in gun … Continue reading “Because the world NEEDS more American guns”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,10,298,374],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-geopolitical-brouhaha","category-guns","category-money-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/guns-and-flag.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134962,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/06\/guns-and-myth.html","url_meta":{"origin":134800,"position":0},"title":"Guns and Myth","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Oct-17 2:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Even as the number of gun owners (and hunters) declines in the US, guns continue to be a hot commodity, with a small fraction of the population buying up ever-increasing weapons for ... well, for all sorts of reasons, including some ever-escalating fear-mongering from the unofficial lobbyists for the gun\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/unnamed-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":129366,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/06\/no-barack-obama-is-not-once-again-coming-to-take-your-guns.html","url_meta":{"origin":134800,"position":1},"title":"No, Barack Obama is not (once again) coming to take your guns","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-Jan-16 6:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"But I'm sure the gun and ammo manufacturers who sponsor the NRA would love for you to think so in order to boost their Q1 profits. 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