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

[friendly_iconoclast]

7. Congratulations- you've discovered that durable goods manufacturers are subject to business cycles

It was inevitable that the rise in new gun sales over the last ten years or so couldn't be sustained- especially since
guns are far easier to maintain in good condition than cars, and don't wear out nearly as fast.

So why buy new, when used guns in good shape have fallen dramatically in price?

Don't worry, business will pick up again if and when your ideological fellow travellers start banging on again about bans
and confiscations...