Massively increase their market size and profits? It's hard to argue that Obama was the best thing to happen to the gun industry in decades. Fire arm production in the US had DOUBLED since Obama took office.
Stock for Ruger has gone up 4-fold since Obama took office. SWHC was up 50% over its pre-Obama peak, but it dropped after Trump won the election.
> and coal industries
Competition killed the coal industry, so if you want to point a finger, you can blame the oil & natural gas companies that developed and utilized fracking techniques along with the solar and wind-turbine industries that have developed products that can produce electricity much cheaper than coal ever could.
Obama was just trying to get a few good blows in before The Market lands the TKO. He gets to take credit for defeating the coal industry, which looks good on his environmental record. But the writing was already on the wall for the industry.
Massively increase their market size and profits? It's hard to argue that Obama was the best thing to happen to the gun industry in decades. Fire arm production in the US had DOUBLED since Obama took office.
Stock for Ruger has gone up 4-fold since Obama took office. SWHC was up 50% over its pre-Obama peak, but it dropped after Trump won the election.
> and coal industries
Competition killed the coal industry, so if you want to point a finger, you can blame the oil & natural gas companies that developed and utilized fracking techniques along with the solar and wind-turbine industries that have developed products that can produce electricity much cheaper than coal ever could.
Obama was just trying to get a few good blows in before The Market lands the TKO. He gets to take credit for defeating the coal industry, which looks good on his environmental record. But the writing was already on the wall for the industry.