Gun Explosion

Tails of the Gun The Gun Explosion

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I want to make sure the next generation of manufacturing isn’t taking root just in Asia or Europe— I want it taking root in factories in Detroit and Pittsburgh and Cleveland and California.…I want to reward companies that are investing here in the United States and creating jobs all throughout this country.  —That Obama person, February 2012 At least one component of the manufacturing sector is still making stuff in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, California, and thousands of other places in America, and making more of it than it had in decades.  The firearms industry, reports Greg Beato [The Gun Explosion], is cranking out iron at a record pace.  His list of probable reasons do not include our increasing fear of government, or the hooliganism it's allowed to fester. Tsk. They do include  (under the unfortunate use of a "feminism" tag)  the increase in women gun owners. Women serving in the military being his big reason.  I'm not so sure that's  primary. My own wife surprised me some years ago with a request for a handgun.  She was driven by a raw instinct  for self-defense.  There are more women at the gun range than ever before, but only a few seem to be vets.  But, military experience is a factor, and for that, and myriad other reasons, we are I believe a lesser people for having chucked the (admittedly less efficient)  universal draft for an all volunteer army.

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