Background checks set new records and yet the gun industry is suffering.

[flamin lib]

6. You seem to miss the point that the chain is NOT remaining intact.

Perhaps the gun shop you visited was busy because some of the competition is no longer open. It doesn't help that the inventory sold at bankruptcy prices further erodes the pricing of the manufacturer's new product. Once the perceived price of a commodity goes down it seldom rebounds, at least not quickly enough to reverse the damage done to existing infrastructure.

The fact that the gun industry must come to terms with is that profit margins are eroding to the point that the sales of guns simply cannot support the cost of the supply chain. It's happening as evidenced by the shrinking dealership base as well as the distribution network.

I really don't understand what point you are trying to make. Is it your position that the article is incorrect and the number of both dealers and distributors is not shrinking or is there some other issue you are taking exception to?

In either case I'm moving on so the floor is yours . . .