Gun Sales Spike As People Buy Deadlier Weapons to Protect Themselves

newsweek.com ^ | 6/22/2017 | Douglas Main

[rktman]

People are increasingly buying more lethal guns, and arming themselves for purposes of protection rather than for hunting or recreation, new research shows.

In a study of gun manufacturing and sales from 1990 to 2015, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers shows that the production of larger-caliber handguns skyrocketed in this time period. The paper found that since 1994, the manufacture of .38-caliber guns rose 12-fold, with nearly 820,000 of the pistols produced in 2015. The manufacture of 9 mm guns also increased seven-fold in this 15-year stretch, while those larger than 9 mm jumped 150 percent

[arthurus]

The writer is familiar with the .22 he got to shoot once as a child.

[moovova]

"Well, .38 and 9mm are larger caliber than say, .223."

Guess I'll stick with .223 since it's only 3/1000's of an inch larger in diameter than a .22 LR. That's not much difference at all.

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[arthurus]

I love my Hungarian FEG. It’s cheap and so is the ammo, and it’s accurate.

[rktman]

Well, if it’s newsweak, it’s most likely BS to the nth degree.

[rktman]

Well only the ULTRA SUPER DUPER HIGH POWERED versions.

[Noumenon]

Yep. 7.65x25 is a nasty little ice pick of a round. That TTC carries well, and it’s loud and accurate.

[DoughtyOne]

More deadly...

Hmm, I guess folks will soon be even deader than they would have been had they been shot with a normal gun that could kill.

[MortMan]

It’s fake click news bait.

[wastoute]

Had nothing to do with the fact one couldn’t get .22 cal ammo...

[Stentor]

Tokarev rounds are small caliber, yet can be deadlier and more lethal than .45 rounds.

And potentially to more than one target.

[DBrow]

This is funny! Usually hunting guns are deadlier than self-protection guns, like a 30-06 deer rifle vs a pistol caliber carbine or an AR.

[Obadiah]

People are now buying assault pistols!!

[Phlyer]

Deadlier guns? Who makes this crap up?

Exactly. I think it's amusing that all the gun-grabbers think of 'assault rifles' as high-powered weapons. They're not. The cartridges are deliberately reduced in power so that the recoil is controllable for burst/auto fire. That applies both to the .223/5.56 and the 7.62x39.

More than that, they are deliberately not as 'deadly' as their predecessors. A wounded combatant can take several enemies out of the fight as they care for or evacuate him. Of course, you can 'shoot your eye out' with a BB gun so there aren't any 'safe' cartridges, but they are not more deadly than their truly high-power predecessors.

Plus, the statistics are very misleading. Revolvers were very out of favor as the glamorous semi-autos took over the world. It wouldn't take that many actual sales to show a large percentage (12-fold) increase in .38Special revolvers - another relatively low-power cartridge.

All in the sight of those ugly, evil, dangerous things and wants them all eliminated (well, except for the ones his own guards carry).

[FlingWingFlyer]

Some guns are “deadlier” and more scary than others. LOL!

[DH]

My little .22 long rifle bullet kills just as well as one from a 600 Nitro Express.

You simply gotta know where to shoot them.

[arthurus]

But can you re-supply from a dead soldier?

[KarlInOhio]

I was expecting the .88 magnum: it shoots through schos.

[rktman]

Foolish if you don’t.

[M Kehoe]

Newsweak should stick to bashing president Trump.

Reporting on something they know nothing about is embarrassing.

5.56mm

[SkyPilot]

Reminds me of when Liberals say, "We need safer guns and safer bullets!"