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Source: SecurityDegreeHub.com

300 Days in 2015 = 312 Mass Shootings

2 Largest Gun Manufacturers

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: SWHC) — up 90%

Sturm, Ruger & Co. (NYSE: RGR) — up 70%

Gun stocks almost always soar the week after prominent mass shootings.

Stocks plummeted after Sandy Hook, but sales increased dramatically.

12/17/2012 – 12/23/2012, the week following Sandy Hook, 953,613 guns were sold.

The highest weekly total ever – 200,000 more than the 2nd highest.

Why?

1) Fear – stricter gun laws

2) Fear – threat of similar violence

3) Fear – uncertainty

The Supply and Demand of Guns

Guns Processed

1999 9,138,123

2000 8,543,037

2001 8,910,191

2002 8,454,322

2003 8,481,588

2004 8,687,871

2005 9,952,545

2006 10,036,933

2007 11,177,335

2008 12,709,023

2009 14,033,824

2010 14,409,606

2011 16,454,951

2012 19,592,303

2013 21,093,273

2014 20,968,547

Guns Manufactured

1986 3,040,934

1987 3,559,663

1988 3,963,877

1989 4,418,393

1990 3,959,968

1991 3,563,106

1992 4,175,836

1993 5,055,637

1994 5,173,217

1995 4,316,342

1996 3,854,439

1997 3,593,504

1998 3,713,590

1999 4,047,747

2000 3,793,541

2001 2,932,655

2002 3,366,895

2003 3,308,404

2004 3,099,025

2005 3,241,494

2006 3,653,324

2007 3,922,613

2008 4,498,944

2009 5,555,818

2010 5,459,240

2011 6,541,886

2012 8,578,610

2013 10,884,792

1998-2015:

202,536,522 gun transactions

1,238,298 federal denials

.6% of transactions

Reasons for Federal Denial

Convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year or a misdemeanor punishable by more than two years 55%

Fugitive 11.4%

Domestic Violence Misdemeanor 9.5%

Unlawful User/Addicted to a Controlled Substance 8.6%

State Prohibitor 5%

Protection/Restraining Order for Domestic Violence 4%

Under Indictment 2.6%

Adjudicated Mental Health 1.6%

Illegal Alien 1.3%

Federally Denied Person .5%

Dishonorable Discharge .08%

Renounced U.S. Citizenship 0%

Don’t expect the firearms market to curtail.

Gun sales are on record pace for 2015.

And gun manufacturers continue to make lucrative profits.

Since Columbine:

+ more than 80,000,000 guns produced

+ 200,000,000 guns bought

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