Summer of rage in the United States fuels the appetite for weapons. The country has never seen so many mass shootings, and violence between the police and ethnic minority.
Well, as a spice to the already acute situation on TV practically on a daily basis is a story about the growing threat of terrorism in Europe. What remains to do for the President, even the outgoing soon? Of course, making public statements hinting at tightening control over the circulation of firearms.
However, these words have the opposite effect: every time Barack Obama promises to limit the circulation of weapons, the Americans triple inroads in gun shops.
July was no exception. According to the FBI, was purchased about 2 million 200 thousand units of firearms is almost 40% more than in July last year, and three times more than in 2008.
Well, the main beneficiaries in this situation are the arms manufacturers. For example, shares of the second largest manufacturer Smith & Wesson has renewed on Monday a historic high, and the paper’s largest arms company USA Sturm Ruger was up 2%.
By the way, the dynamics of the shares of Smith & Wesson it is interesting to observe with reference to those or other bloody events in the United States. The Guardian just published just such a chart:
Note that the demand for weapons in the United States is steadily growing for 15 consecutive months and in July was a record for this time of year. Well, the absolute maximum recorded in December last year – after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino.
With terrifying regularity, Americans used high-power firearms for the mass execution of defenseless people. With the same alarming regularity any attempt after such terrible tragedies to reform the laws on arms trafficking America fail miserably.
Opponents of gun control insist that all of these numbers are the opposite direction. From their point of view, widespread gun ownership prevents crime and, therefore, benefits society. Proponents of the tightening of arms trafficking does not agree, they believe that the growth of such crimes is mainly because of its availability.
