Handgun Market Decline
The old west and the days of prohibition perhaps were dramatized back when we were kids when we would play Cowboys and Indians or Cops and Robbers. But, today the drama is much more serious and the issues about handguns can be debated until both political parties declare war on each other. In what has become a key topic of the political debates and reason for some of the United States economic struggles there are many things affected by guns and the control of guns. The handgun market has declined so sharply industry experts worry it may never fully recover. Among the numerous factors contributing to the decline critics cite, tougher rules for purchasing handguns, the horror caused by office and school shootings and the possibility that Americans already own the guns they desire. Handgun sales worldwide have tumbled 52 percent between 1993 and 1999, according to figures released by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and firearms. Experts in the industry anticipate more hard times in the future for the country's handgun manufacturers, many located in New England's Connecticut River Valley, where George Washington himself established an armory during the Revolution and
Headlines in the news the last couple of years have all had their effects on the market. The Columbine shootings have made the nation as a whole wonder if gun ownership is someone's personal business or a community's responsibility. Other headlines like the World Trade Center tragedy have made more people concerned about national defense as well as self-defense. With all the effects guns have on a nation I am sure the market may see surges and revulsions depending on varying conditions including presidential office and the headlines. With a history dating back to the revolution and a constitutional right to bear arms it seems as though handguns may be around forever. But the history we are making today could have as much an effect on handguns in the future as the history of our past has had. I don't think I can imagine being a kid growing up and not playing Cops and Robbers or Cowboys and Indians. gun manufacturing has been there every since.
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