Gun Makers Are Reeling Even as Threat of Regulation Recedes<br />background checks on prospective firearms buyers — a rough proxy for sales — surged nearly 50 percent in the month of the<br />Sandy Hook attack in 2012, compared with the same month a year earlier, as calls rang out for tighter legislation.<br />Formerly Smith & Wesson<br />Firearm background checks, often used as a proxy for firearm sales (for which<br />data is not readily available), fell farther last year than they had before.<br />Firearm background checks, often used as a proxy for firearm sales (for which<br />data is not readily available), fell farther last year than they had before.<br />Firearm background checks, often used as a proxy<br />for firearm sales (for which data is not readily<br />available), fell farther last year than they had before.<br />Firearm background checks<br />Guns flooded into the American market in the past decade as manufacturing surged during<br />the Obama administration, creating an inventory glut that now exceeds slowing demand.<br />Oppenheimer, the large mutual fund company, also owned some of the bonds issued by Remington, but said it sold its debt holdings last year
