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Gun Boom Continues Despite Florida Shooting. Washington FreeBeacon.com

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Herr Heckler Koch

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http://freebeacon.com/gun-boom-continues-despite-florida-shooting/
Washington Free Beacon staff said:
Despite calls for stricter guns laws in response to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, firearm stocks are soaring as gun companies struggle to keep up with high demand. ... Shares of Sturm Ruger & Co. (RGR) were up as high as 14 percent Thursday ... Shares of rival firearm maker Smith & Wesson (SWHC) were similarly up about 13 percent Thursday ... said Michael Hammond, legislative counsel for Gun Owners of America. “Government by lynch mob hasn’t worked particularly well in this country when it’s been employed, and I don’t think it’s going to work now.”
 

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OK....OK....I admit, that I am actively engaged in assisting these companies in their efforts to increase their profits. So, I am contributing to the 'gun boom' from the consumer side.

Buy stock in Sturm-Ruger and S&W, you'll thank me later.
 

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OK....OK....I admit, that I am actively engaged in assisting these companies in their efforts to increase their profits. So, I am contributing to the 'gun boom' from the consumer side.

Buy stock in Sturm-Ruger and S&W, you'll thank me later.


Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR), announced today that for the first quarter 2012, the Company has received orders for more than one million units. Therefore, the Company has temporarily suspended the acceptance of new orders.

Chief Executive Officer Michael O. Fifer made the following comments: .............
 
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