3 ms·
The "firearms industry" is a subset of the "arms industry." "Firearms" are rifles, pistols, and shotguns. "Arms" include those, plus tanks, fighter jets, arti
by ARandomerDude 7y ago
The "firearms industry" is a subset of the "arms industry." "Firearms" are rifles, pistols, and shotguns. "Arms" include those, plus tanks, fighter jets, artillery, nuclear weapons, etc.
- nyolfen 7y agothere is crossover but you might as well lump together stealth bombers and SUVs. the vast, vast majority of firearms produced by US companies are for civilians.
- ARandomerDude 7y agoCompletely agree, that was my point. The parent comment lumped them together, including a Wikipedia link to an article on "the arms industry." But the arms industry is so vast that high-level conclusions about government purchasing have almost nothing to do with the grandparent comment about credit card fees at local gun stores.
- manfredo 7y agoAgain, the vast majority of "firearms" but not the vast majority of "arms". People aren't buying F-35s at their local gun store.
- catalogia 7y ago> "there is crossover but you might as well lump together stealth bombers and SUVs." Saab comes to mind.