The past 12 months have been unimaginably horrible for the loved ones of the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre a year ago, but they have been just fine for the maker of the gun used in that mass killing.
Freedom Group, also known as Remington Outdoor Company, announced this week that its profits have risen by 52 percent in the year after the tragedy, in which 20 school children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., were killed with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifle made by Remington.
The company expects profits in 2013 to reach $235-240 million, up from $156.5 million in 2012, according to an annual financial report released on the company’s website….It’s been a great year for gun makers generally. Sturm Ruger, the largest US gunmaker, will report earnings up 52 percent and sales up 39 percent over the past year, according to the Financial Times.
…Though more background checks are being conducted, it’s getting easier than ever to own a firearm. Seventy state laws loosening gun restrictions have been passed since Newtown, compared to only 39 tightening them, according to an analysis by the New York Times.
And as Congress continually fails to pass gun control legislation, it’s likely that weapons manufacturers will continue to rake in the cash.
Gotta love the “Progressive” spin that somehow these companies are turning record profits on sheer evil alone. Of course that’s bull! Its all connected. Congress hasn’t passed any new legislation, and gun companies are turning massive profits for the same reason.
We don’t want more gun control, and we want our guns! Also while the media over-hypes some rate outlier shootings, America is a safer place .
So, when I say “No More Silence”, I mean we were NEVER silent, and EVERYBODY can hear us, and the anti-freedom forces hate it!
