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When I was working in the machine shop business around 2016 another shop owner called our shop asking if we had any work to sub out. I was surprised because hi
by opwieurposiu 6y ago
When I was working in the machine shop business around 2016 another shop owner called our shop asking if we had any work to sub out. I was surprised because his shop was running at max capacity the year before, making gun parts. Apparently when a republican becomes president the gun parts market dries up; when a democrat wins, the market booms.
I think the arms retailers are having a boom right now and have plenty of money for ads.
- casefields 6y agoIt makes sense. When the sky is clear I don't need to worry about rain. When it's cloudy I do. Only 1 is a danger therefore people prepare.
- yao420 6y agoWhile historically that has been somewhat true, 2020 saw an extreme rise in gun sales due to covid, mass protests, and tons of growth in both right and left wing militias.
- archagon 6y agoLeft wing militias?
- ashtonkem 6y agoRelatively rare in modern American politics, but not unheard of. In the 1960s and 1970s left wing militias and terrorism was a pretty common thing. A great example of this is the Weather Underground, who ended up bombing a lot of people. Whether or not you’d call these groups “militias” or “terrorist groups” probably depends on who you ask, but they certainly were armed. It’s gotten a bit mixed up lately, but historically left wing militias made more sense than right wing militias. Left wing groups are usually in opposition to this form of government and therefore have a lot of things they’d like to change with force if necessary. Historically right wing groups usually wish to preserve (to whit, conserve) things as is, which usually doesn’t require militias per se. Anti-government right wing militias are historically speaking, kind of weird, even though they’re the norm since Ruby Ridge or so.