Friday, December 6, 2019

NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures: Almost 18 Million ARs in Circulation, Half a Billion Guns

 

The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, released the 2017 Firearms Production Report to members. The report compiles the most up to date information based on data sourced from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF’s) Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports (AFMER). Key findings for public release showed:

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12 comments:

  1. I think that what are called "modern sporting rifles" go back to the early 50's and late 40's. I would call them, if 40's and 50's are modern, "modern self defense rifles", but I digress. Are AK type rifles and other semi-auto imports as well as 7.62 "battle rifles" like semi-auto M14 (M1A's) included in that "almost 18 million" figure? --Ron W

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    1. I'll guess AK's are included because they look evil:) but not the last two.

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    2. From my knowledge, NEVER has one of what is called "battle rifles" (7.62x51) in the gun culture, been used in a mass shooting. The only one I recall was a big shootout between some criminals and LEO in Miami back in the 80's. I believe the bad guys had one or two HK-91's which had the cops badly outgunned. In one of the first mass shootings at the Univ of Texas Tower, Charles Whitman, a Marine vet, I beielieve, used a scoped bolt action back in 1966 to kill 14 people if my memory is correct. Armed citizens with their rifles came to help at police, armed only with handguns, to keep the shooter pinned down until he was killed by police assaulting his position. There have been multiple reports of citizens successfully defending themselves with AR's and AK type rifles, especially against multiple assailants, but those reports are virtually NEVER reported on national media. --Ron W

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    3. those reports are virtually NEVER reported on national media.

      Par for the course and I remember the Whitman action well. Thanks.

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  2. I have the excellent book, "Boston's Gun Bible" authored by Boston T. Party a.k.a., Ken Royce. He says that if the gun banners really knew anything about guns, they would be working to ban scoped bolt action rifles since they were one of the most effective weapons against tyrants and their agents. --Ron W

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    1. "Boston's Gun Bible" authored by Boston T. Party a.k.a., Ken Royce. He says that if the gun banners really knew anything about guns, they would be working to ban scoped bolt action rifles since they were one of the most effective weapons against tyrants and their agents.

      I'm familiar with the book and makes sense. I saw some of today's 'cowboys' who operate a lever action as fast as a semi it seems.

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  3. One of my heroes as a lad was "The Rifleman" played by the late Chuck Connors. I would shoot my BB again from the hip and got pretty good. But I've never gotten a lever action. I'm planning to get one soon, a .357, to be a companion to my Taurus .357 revolver, which is my truck gun. A lever action in the back seat that uses the same ammo would be good. A loaded long gun in your vehicle is legal in Tennessee, so I figure if there was ever a reason to use one, a lever action would not be viewed with less alarm and prejudice as an "evil black rifle". :-)
    --Ron W

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  4. Paladin, played by Richard Boone, was a TV series that preceded "The Rifleman" in the late 50's. It was a favorite of my late Dad. As I recall, it came on Saturday Nights just before "Gunsmoke". I think you can search YouTube and find it's theme song which began: "Have gun will travel reads the card of a man, a knight without armor in a savage land". Great stuff back in those days. Matt Dillon, Paladin and Lucas McCain were wonderful role models for real men. --Ron W

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    1. Here's a video clip I ran across with another great role model, Chyenne Bodie, played by Clint Walker. In this scene, Chyenne stands up for his rights against corrupt "lawmen", James Coburn and Lee Van Cleef who had instituted "gun control" in their town. --Ron W

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGciN9MzKUA


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    2. Thanks and we still have memories, fortunately.

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