Is President Barack Obama really bad for the gun business? One pro-gun group doesn’t think so.

 

Online ammunition supplier Ammo.net recently posted on its website that Obama is “the greatest gun salesman in America.”

 

“Ironically, the perceived hostility towards gun owners by President Obama has actually helped the firearms industry tremendously,” according to Ammo.net. “Since the 2008 election, more Americans than ever before are purchasing firearms & ammunition. This has meant massive increases in sales by firearm & ammunition makers, billions more in federal and state tax collections related to guns & ammo, increased membership in the [National Rifle Association (NRA)], and hundreds of thousands of new Americans carrying concealed handguns. Therefore, should the firearms industry support President Obama for a second term or not?”

 

The authors of the Ammo.net post were being sarcastic, but the pro-gun control Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence gave Obama an F after his first year in office.

 

When Obama was elected, the National Rifle Association (NRA) claimed that he would take away guns from the American people. That didn’t happen, so now NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre is saying that the president is just waiting to be reelected to do it.

-Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky

 

To Learn More:

The Greatest Gun Salesman In America: President Barack Obama (Ammo.net)

Firearms Group Calls Obama ‘Greatest Gun Salesman In America’ (by Stephen Webster, Raw Story)

Gun Rights Expand under Obama (by Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov)