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		By: MN		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MN]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48878&quot;&gt;Mike Howard&lt;/a&gt;.

Fake news.  Ruger return rates are around 1.35 out of 100...and that&#039;s a return of ANY nature through a nationwide distributor (#4 in the nation selling Ruger).  Not sure why you are spewing this nonsense, but it&#039;s just a smear campaign against a great American gun manufacturer.  There is nothing wrong with Ruger quality, at all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48878">Mike Howard</a>.</p>
<p>Fake news.  Ruger return rates are around 1.35 out of 100&#8230;and that&#8217;s a return of ANY nature through a nationwide distributor (#4 in the nation selling Ruger).  Not sure why you are spewing this nonsense, but it&#8217;s just a smear campaign against a great American gun manufacturer.  There is nothing wrong with Ruger quality, at all.</p>
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		By: DaveP.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[DaveP.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People have been buying guns like crazy for the last few years. The customer base is saturated, especially with the current cost of living diminishing impulse buys and nonessentials. This is the hangover after the party.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People have been buying guns like crazy for the last few years. The customer base is saturated, especially with the current cost of living diminishing impulse buys and nonessentials. This is the hangover after the party.</p>
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		By: Old Guy		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Old Guy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Based  on a wife&#039;s friend of mine - she decided she need something for home defense - not sure why but she took a course and bought a .22 semi auto but it has been over a year and while I told I would take them down to the range (I have ammo and self marking targets) she has not done a thing - it would cost her $30 for the range fee.  Nothing, Nada.  si many bought but that don&#039;t follow up to even be proficent.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Based  on a wife&#8217;s friend of mine &#8211; she decided she need something for home defense &#8211; not sure why but she took a course and bought a .22 semi auto but it has been over a year and while I told I would take them down to the range (I have ammo and self marking targets) she has not done a thing &#8211; it would cost her $30 for the range fee.  Nothing, Nada.  si many bought but that don&#8217;t follow up to even be proficent.</p>
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		By: Mike Howard		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interesting... for all that corporate jibber jabber, the one word missing is &quot;quality&quot;. A control-F yielded this result:  0/0

Yes, the gun industry as a whole is in a lull. But that is the natural order of things when there is a gun-friendly administration in the White House.

What Ruger is experiencing is something that is (almost*) unique to Ruger: a total lack of commitment to quality. In my gun shop, I have to send back to my distributors two out of every three Ruger firearms I order. They&#039;re junk-- very poorly assembled, and unfit for public sale.

And I&#039;m not the only one to experience this. I&#039;m in regular contact with all the gun shops within a 150 mile radius of me, and they all have the same problem. Some of us have decided to no longer carry new Ruger firearms at all. Ruger&#039;s problems are entirely self-inflicted, and I see no desire on their part to correct their problems.

*I say &quot;almost&quot;, because Smith &#038; Wesson, and Sig to an only slightly lesser extent, seem similarly dedicated to producing trash. The return rates are on par with Ruger. One only has to google &quot;Sig Sauer lawsuit&quot; to get a detailed analysis of their problems.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting&#8230; for all that corporate jibber jabber, the one word missing is &#8220;quality&#8221;. A control-F yielded this result:  0/0</p>
<p>Yes, the gun industry as a whole is in a lull. But that is the natural order of things when there is a gun-friendly administration in the White House.</p>
<p>What Ruger is experiencing is something that is (almost*) unique to Ruger: a total lack of commitment to quality. In my gun shop, I have to send back to my distributors two out of every three Ruger firearms I order. They&#8217;re junk&#8211; very poorly assembled, and unfit for public sale.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m not the only one to experience this. I&#8217;m in regular contact with all the gun shops within a 150 mile radius of me, and they all have the same problem. Some of us have decided to no longer carry new Ruger firearms at all. Ruger&#8217;s problems are entirely self-inflicted, and I see no desire on their part to correct their problems.</p>
<p>*I say &#8220;almost&#8221;, because Smith &amp; Wesson, and Sig to an only slightly lesser extent, seem similarly dedicated to producing trash. The return rates are on par with Ruger. One only has to google &#8220;Sig Sauer lawsuit&#8221; to get a detailed analysis of their problems.</p>
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		By: Pablo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pablo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48790&quot;&gt;Penny Pincher&lt;/a&gt;.

Turkish crap. Hard primers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48790">Penny Pincher</a>.</p>
<p>Turkish crap. Hard primers.</p>
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		By: Penny Pincher		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Penny Pincher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48698&quot;&gt;Geoff PR&lt;/a&gt;.

https://aeammo.com/limited-time-sale-bps-ammo-9mm-124gr-fmj-1210-fps-brass-cased-50-box-30-boxes-1500-rounds-free-shipping/?sku=BPS-22D919P006-1500]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48698">Geoff PR</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://aeammo.com/limited-time-sale-bps-ammo-9mm-124gr-fmj-1210-fps-brass-cased-50-box-30-boxes-1500-rounds-free-shipping/?sku=BPS-22D919P006-1500" rel="nofollow ugc">https://aeammo.com/limited-time-sale-bps-ammo-9mm-124gr-fmj-1210-fps-brass-cased-50-box-30-boxes-1500-rounds-free-shipping/?sku=BPS-22D919P006-1500</a></p>
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		By: .40 cal Booger		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[.40 cal Booger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weird Juneteenth correlation (using an aggregate of various government sources and archives) : 

In 1853 the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery became part of the constitution - 100% of republicans vote in favor of it, 77% of democrats voted against it - it would take another 15 years after that for all slaves to be informed they were free people as the Democrat slave owners and Democrat politicians did everything they could to keep that from happening. 

Although there were slave owners during that era that were &#039;republican&#039; in political orientation, ~77% of of slave owners were &#039;democrats&#039; in political orientation.

Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when Biden signed the bill into law, but he had originally wanted to sign it on June 15 because he got the dates confused (no big surprise there). For some reason there were 15 different &#039;final&#039; drafts of the bill before it was presented in Congress. 

Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, specifically marking June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in Texas were informed of their freedom. On June 17, 2021, Biden signed the bill into law. After Biden signed the bill into law, on June 19th 2021 while away from the white house his staff had to tell him he had already signed the Juneteenth bill because he had forgotten about it. 

In 2021 (after the bill was signed into law).... during the rest of that year ~77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. 

In 2022  ~77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. The average number of elections (including local, state, and federal) these groups (collectively - the criminals and the victims) had voted democrat was 15.  

In 2023  ~ 77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. The average number of elections (including local, state, and federal) these groups (collectively - the criminals and the victims) had voted democrat was 15. 

In 2024 ~ 77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. The average number of elections (including local, state, and federal) these groups (collectively - the criminals and the victims) had voted democrat was 15. 

Juneteenth is a day that Democrat politicians like to use to virtue signal to pretend they were not and are not the party of racism and the KKK and Jim Crow, history and actions show otherwise - but virtue signal to pretend they do. ~77% of democrat politicians do this virtue signaling on Juneteenth.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weird Juneteenth correlation (using an aggregate of various government sources and archives) : </p>
<p>In 1853 the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery became part of the constitution &#8211; 100% of republicans vote in favor of it, 77% of democrats voted against it &#8211; it would take another 15 years after that for all slaves to be informed they were free people as the Democrat slave owners and Democrat politicians did everything they could to keep that from happening. </p>
<p>Although there were slave owners during that era that were &#8216;republican&#8217; in political orientation, ~77% of of slave owners were &#8216;democrats&#8217; in political orientation.</p>
<p>Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when Biden signed the bill into law, but he had originally wanted to sign it on June 15 because he got the dates confused (no big surprise there). For some reason there were 15 different &#8216;final&#8217; drafts of the bill before it was presented in Congress. </p>
<p>Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, specifically marking June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in Texas were informed of their freedom. On June 17, 2021, Biden signed the bill into law. After Biden signed the bill into law, on June 19th 2021 while away from the white house his staff had to tell him he had already signed the Juneteenth bill because he had forgotten about it. </p>
<p>In 2021 (after the bill was signed into law)&#8230;. during the rest of that year ~77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. </p>
<p>In 2022  ~77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. The average number of elections (including local, state, and federal) these groups (collectively &#8211; the criminals and the victims) had voted democrat was 15.  </p>
<p>In 2023  ~ 77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. The average number of elections (including local, state, and federal) these groups (collectively &#8211; the criminals and the victims) had voted democrat was 15. </p>
<p>In 2024 ~ 77% of black people that were victims of crime (all types, including misdemeanors), the perpetrators of the crime were black people who voted Democrat and the victims voted Democrat. The average number of elections (including local, state, and federal) these groups (collectively &#8211; the criminals and the victims) had voted democrat was 15. </p>
<p>Juneteenth is a day that Democrat politicians like to use to virtue signal to pretend they were not and are not the party of racism and the KKK and Jim Crow, history and actions show otherwise &#8211; but virtue signal to pretend they do. ~77% of democrat politicians do this virtue signaling on Juneteenth.</p>
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		By: Geoff PR		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff PR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48697&quot;&gt;Geoff &quot;I&#039;m getting too old for this shit&quot; PR&lt;/a&gt;.

Make that : 

&quot;Can I find 10-dollar boxes of 9mm shipped anywhere?&quot;

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48697">Geoff &#8220;I&#8217;m getting too old for this shit&#8221; PR</a>.</p>
<p>Make that : </p>
<p>&#8220;Can I find 10-dollar boxes of 9mm shipped anywhere?&#8221;</p>
<p>(An editing option sure would be nice&#8230;)</p>
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		By: Geoff "I'm getting too old for this shit" PR		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff "I'm getting too old for this shit" PR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48529&quot;&gt;Bucephalus&lt;/a&gt;.

&quot;After the lunacy of the Summer of Love and COVID craziness when gun sales were through the roof, it should be no surprise that the market has slowed down&quot;

Is ammo drastically cheaper?

Can I find 10-dollar boxes of 9mmshipped  anywhere?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://staging.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-nation/gun-business-indicators-of-industry-unease-moving-toward-full-blown-concern/comment-page-1/#comment-48529">Bucephalus</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;After the lunacy of the Summer of Love and COVID craziness when gun sales were through the roof, it should be no surprise that the market has slowed down&#8221;</p>
<p>Is ammo drastically cheaper?</p>
<p>Can I find 10-dollar boxes of 9mmshipped  anywhere?</p>
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		By: .40 cal Booger		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[.40 cal Booger]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite Washington State&#039;s Gun Laws, Women Flocking to Gun Stores, Ranges. (I guess they are not buying Rugers)

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/06/19/despite-washington-states-gun-laws-women-flocking-to-gun-stores-ranges-n1228991]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite Washington State&#8217;s Gun Laws, Women Flocking to Gun Stores, Ranges. (I guess they are not buying Rugers)</p>
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