Fewer People Go for Their Guns

Gun buyers see Second Amendment threats subsiding, and that’s bad news for sales

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September 4, 2014 at 9:28 PM UTC

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This article is part of the September 8, 2014 issue of businessweek.

After a 10-year run, Americans’ rush to get FBI background checks so they can purchase guns is cooling, partly because of diminished concerns about curbs on gun ownership. That’s bad news for gun stocks.