VPC Executive Director on The Huffington Post - The Collapse of the AR-15 Assault Weapon Market

March 4, 2010—One of the greatest talents of the National Rifle Association and the gun industry has been their ability exploit high-profile events to pump up gun sales: Bill Clinton, the Brady Bill, the federal assault weapons "ban," Y2K, September 11th, and now, of course, Barack Obama. Regardless of the event, the solution remains the same: buy a gun, preferably--if industry and gun fan mags are any indication--an AR-15 assault rifle.