Mon Dec 24, 2012, 09:54 AM

Ammo supplier Brownells sells more than 3 YEARS' worth of AR-15 magazines in 3 DAYS

Source: NY Daily News

Gun owners have fired up “unprecedented” sales of assault weapon ammo in the days after the carnage at a Connecticut elementary school.

Brownells, the world’s largest supplier of firearms accessories, announced less than a week after the Dec. 14 tragedy that it had sold 3-1/2 years worth of magazines for the AR-15 assault rifle in just 72 hours.

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Pete Brownell, president of the Iowa-based, family-owned company, wrote on AR15.com that “the demand for magazines actually exceeded the ability for the system to keep up with the volume that was being ordered.”

“We’re working like crazy to get these orders to you as quickly as possible,” Brownell said, adding that “we ordered more material yesterday that will allow us to up production again in the coming weeks.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ammo-supplier-sees-unprecedented-sale-ar-15-magazines-article-1.1226536

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Ammo supplier Brownells sells more than 3 YEARS' worth of AR-15 magazines in 3 DAYS (Original post)	Redfairen	Dec 2012	OP
Magazine fondling	BeyondGeography	Dec 2012	#1
I can picture some of these guys...	CincyDem	Dec 2012	#7
Who would've thought that there were that many individuals with tiny penis complex…	Champion Jack	Dec 2012	#2
Sickos scarfing up tools of war after a tragedy.	Hoyt	Dec 2012	#3
yech /nt	Ash_F	Dec 2012	#4
Classic case of a knee-jerk reaction triggered by another knee-jerk reaction	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#5
Gun nuts kill me.	loyalkydem	Dec 2012	#6
A futures market in action	Recursion	Dec 2012	#8
So	heaven05	Dec 2012	#9
Not exactly.	Igel	Dec 2012	#16
you	heaven05	Dec 2012	#18
Are you suggesting that the companies that make firearms or accessories....	spin	Dec 2012	#34
you're kidding??!!!	heaven05	Dec 2012	#44
That sarcasm thingie does come in handy. (n/t)	spin	Dec 2012	#47
My sister was found dead christmas eve, 1998	CountAllVotes	Dec 2012	#26
So obviously the best solution to gun violence	bowens43	Dec 2012	#10
That would be a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction	slackmaster	Dec 2012	#14
The obvious solution is halberds for everyone, dammit. (nt)	Posteritatis	Dec 2012	#22
Knee-jerk Reaction to a Knee-jerk Reaction - sounds like a bad college band name	entanglement	Dec 2012	#52
The best solution is one that can be implemented. ...	spin	Dec 2012	#36
What exactly is the argument for these magazines?	hexola	Dec 2012	#11
The idea is to be able to continually fire	underpants	Dec 2012	#19
An interesting part about this magazine discussion is	Jenoch	Dec 2012	#37
They are fun to shoot at the range	Mojorabbit	Dec 2012	#45
"the only way to stop a bad guy with a magazine is a good guy with a magazine"	wordpix	Dec 2012	#68
Millions of kids	sulphurdunn	Dec 2012	#12
Wait	Berserker	Dec 2012	#50
Anyone who actually	sulphurdunn	Dec 2012	#53
I don't do Christmas.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#56
Your behavior at Christmas	sulphurdunn	Dec 2012	#59
Folks "stimulating" the economy?	BumRushDaShow	Dec 2012	#13
It does.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#57
Pathetic, pathetic. How fucked up do you have to be for THIS to be your reaction	catbyte	Dec 2012	#15
It is a reaction to a perceived coming shortage	Mojorabbit	Dec 2012	#46
and they laugh all the way to the bank. nt	Javaman	Dec 2012	#17
Bad news is (free) good advertising for that industry n/t	underpants	Dec 2012	#20
This is why bans need to have no lead time	realgreen	Dec 2012	#51
That's not how laws work.	Codeine	Dec 2012	#55
Wow. Just... wow.	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#58
If we take their guns, how would there be a Civil War?	realgreen	Dec 2012	#60
You're going to volunteer for the door-to-door collection teams, right?	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#61
Definitely not a job I would want.	tradecenter	Dec 2012	#62
I think after the first few dozen of such teams get anihilated...	PavePusher	Dec 2012	#64
Because reloading is so hard for these people	pwb	Dec 2012	#21
THe shootings are good for gun industry business	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#23
Get ready National Guard. You may be needed very shortly to protect innocent Americans from these	judesedit	Dec 2012	#24
Each days sales are at historic highs. The major gun/ammo sellers stock doubled in 4 years.	Sunlei	Dec 2012	#25
Dickless pussies.	AAO	Dec 2012	#27
i think that adequately describes you resorting to such sexist language. nt	seabeyond	Dec 2012	#65
I'm sorry. I sincerely apologize. I'm unfortunately not a perfect person. It was wrong.	AAO	Dec 2012	#70
There's no limit on how many AR-15 type guns or magazines a NRA'er can buy obviously...	Little Star	Dec 2012	#28
There are a lot of cowards in America	bongbong	Dec 2012	#29
Do you favor any of the Patriot Acts?	Leontius	Dec 2012	#38
What does that have to do with gun nuts?	AAO	Dec 2012	#48
Future mass murders will be using them too /nt	workinclasszero	Dec 2012	#30
The gun nuts are extra nuts	liberal N proud	Dec 2012	#31
Probably mostly speculators	JustABozoOnThisBus	Dec 2012	#32
So afraid of depressed kids	AlphaCentauri	Dec 2012	#33
Gun companies profiting like a mad thanks to gun massacres. What a racket. n/t	Ed Suspicious	Dec 2012	#35
Viagra is cheaper. nt	onehandle	Dec 2012	#39
Require hand gun & assault rifle owners for $100 to register their weapons every year like car tags.	bocaoma	Dec 2012	#40
I think that's a great idea, actually	theHandpuppet	Dec 2012	#71
This is a sick country	ramapo	Dec 2012	#41
And time and again these f'g people	Smilo	Dec 2012	#42
Sick	iwillalwayswonderwhy	Dec 2012	#43
Whats sick is that people where having a political argument to ban guns before the body's where cold	Luke5420	Dec 2012	#49
When should we have the discussion?	ForgoTheConsequence	Dec 2012	#54
good NRA talking point there but I don't buy it, it's BS	wordpix	Dec 2012	#69
I s'pose the marketing branch	LanternWaste	Dec 2012	#63
That's a bullshit headline	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#66
I suggest the families of the next ones killed by Brownell magazines/firearms sue this company	wordpix	Dec 2012	#67

Response to Redfairen (Original post)

Mon Dec 24, 2012, 10:14 AM

BeyondGeography (21,313 posts)

1. Magazine fondling

What fun.

Ammo supplier Brownells sells more than 3 YEARS' worth of AR-15 magazines in 3 DAYS

1. Magazine fondling

7. I can picture some of these guys...

2. Who would've thought that there were that many individuals with tiny penis complex…

3. Sickos scarfing up tools of war after a tragedy.

4. yech /nt

5. Classic case of a knee-jerk reaction triggered by another knee-jerk reaction

6. Gun nuts kill me.

8. A futures market in action

9. So

16. Not exactly.

18. you

34. Are you suggesting that the companies that make firearms or accessories....

44. you're kidding??!!!

47. That sarcasm thingie does come in handy. (n/t)

26. My sister was found dead christmas eve, 1998

10. So obviously the best solution to gun violence

14. That would be a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction to a knee-jerk reaction

22. The obvious solution is halberds for everyone, dammit. (nt)

52. Knee-jerk Reaction to a Knee-jerk Reaction - sounds like a bad college band name

36. The best solution is one that can be implemented. ...

11. What exactly is the argument for these magazines?

19. The idea is to be able to continually fire

37. An interesting part about this magazine discussion is

45. They are fun to shoot at the range

68. "the only way to stop a bad guy with a magazine is a good guy with a magazine"

12. Millions of kids

50. Wait

53. Anyone who actually

56. I don't do Christmas.

59. Your behavior at Christmas

13. Folks "stimulating" the economy?

57. It does.

15. Pathetic, pathetic. How fucked up do you have to be for THIS to be your reaction

46. It is a reaction to a perceived coming shortage

17. and they laugh all the way to the bank. nt

20. Bad news is (free) good advertising for that industry n/t

51. This is why bans need to have no lead time

55. That's not how laws work.

58. Wow. Just... wow.

60. If we take their guns, how would there be a Civil War?

61. You're going to volunteer for the door-to-door collection teams, right?

62. Definitely not a job I would want.

64. I think after the first few dozen of such teams get anihilated...

21. Because reloading is so hard for these people

23. THe shootings are good for gun industry business

24. Get ready National Guard. You may be needed very shortly to protect innocent Americans from these

25. Each days sales are at historic highs. The major gun/ammo sellers stock doubled in 4 years.

27. Dickless pussies.

65. i think that adequately describes you resorting to such sexist language. nt

70. I'm sorry. I sincerely apologize. I'm unfortunately not a perfect person. It was wrong.

28. There's no limit on how many AR-15 type guns or magazines a NRA'er can buy obviously...

29. There are a lot of cowards in America

38. Do you favor any of the Patriot Acts?

48. What does that have to do with gun nuts?

30. Future mass murders will be using them too /nt

31. The gun nuts are extra nuts

32. Probably mostly speculators

33. So afraid of depressed kids

35. Gun companies profiting like a mad thanks to gun massacres. What a racket. n/t

39. Viagra is cheaper. nt

40. Require hand gun & assault rifle owners for $100 to register their weapons every year like car tags.

71. I think that's a great idea, actually

41. This is a sick country

42. And time and again these f'g people

43. Sick

49. Whats sick is that people where having a political argument to ban guns before the body's where cold

54. When should we have the discussion?

69. good NRA talking point there but I don't buy it, it's BS

63. I s'pose the marketing branch

66. That's a bullshit headline

67. I suggest the families of the next ones killed by Brownell magazines/firearms sue this company