2013 Gun Sales Skyrocketed, Broke Previous Record by Wide Margin

2013 Gun Sales Skyrocketed, Broke Previous Record by Wide Margin

by AWR Hawkins 6 Jan 2014

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/06/2013-Gun-Sales-Skyrocketed-Break-Previous-Record-By-Wide-Margin

Amid the relentless push for more gun control in 2013, there were 21,093,273 background checks for firearm purchasers.

The NRA sent Breitbart News a breakdown and comparison of this number against the numbers from previous years, and a record-setting trend is evident.

For example, the number of 2013 background checks is nearly two million more than the previous record – 19,592,303 in 2012 – and it far exceeds the 14,033,824 background checks performed during Obama's first year in office.

Although the Christmas season provided only an "average" boost to gun sales last year, December sales were higher than those of any previous December except 2012. The number of background checks during December 2013 sales was 2,041,528.

December 2012 sales were through the roof because the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary created a gun control scare that drove shoppers to buy every gun and every box of ammunition they could find during the last two weeks of 2012.

The strength of gun sales in 2013 lay in their constancy. The whole year was big rather than just one month or one season. This is no doubt because gun control was pushed all year, not just at the beginning or at the end.

It is important to note that the 21,093,273 background checks for 2013 do not represent number of guns sold. Background checks are done on gun purchasers, and each purchaser can buy multiple guns. So the overall number of guns sold could have been two or three times the number of background checks – or more.

Sandy Hook Elementary

2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a mass shootings 28 killed, including gunman.

Note: Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Martin Feinberg is a Newtown (CT) resident, and his son is Stephen A. Feinberg.

Stephen A. Feinberg is Martin Feinberg’s son, and the CEO for Cerberus Capital Management L.P.

Cerberus Capital Management L.P. is the owner of the Freedom Group.

Michael P.C. Carns is a director at the Freedom Group, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Rumor Control: The Truth About Cerberus/Freedom Group

Posted on July 20, 2012

http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2012/7/rumor-control.aspx?s=Freedom+Group&st=&ps

An old rumor has once again resurfaced alleging that Cerberus--the private equity firm that owns Freedom group, a holding company that in turn owns a number of firearms manufacturers, including Remington, Marlin, Bushmaster, and DPMS--is in some way tied to George Soros.

Stephen Friedman is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a major retailer for the Freedom Group, and Bushmaster Firearms.

Bushmaster Firearms is a Freedom Group brand.

Remington is a Freedom Group brand.

George Kollitides II is the chairman & CEO for the Freedom Group, was a director at the Remington Arms Company, and a VP for Cerberus Capital Management L.P.

Stephen A. Feinberg is the CEO for Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and Martin Feinberg’s son.

Martin Feinberg is Stephen A. Feinberg’s father, and a Newtown (CT) resident.

Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a mass shootings 28 killed, including gunman.