Businessweek: “First, there’s intimidation. The lobby group has incited potentially ruinous consumer boycotts against firearm makers that fail to follow the NRA line with sufficient zeal. Second, regardless of some executives’ concerns about civil discourse, gun companies benefit financially from the NRA’s hype. Alarms about imminent gun confiscation–an NRA staple, despite its implausibility–reliably send firearm owners back to retail counters. Sales are booming.”
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