So, the takeaway from all of this number-crunching and obsession with Black Friday 2018 sales is that while NICS checks were down overall from 2017, it’s not enough to focus on that one specific day.

“Though it’s too early to discuss performance, we’re optimistic these changes will better serve the athletes in these communities,” Dick’s CEO Edward Stack said in a conference call.

“People don’t realize that just because hunters go out and kill that they’re not humane or they don’t have those feelings about animals and the environment,” explained Slide.  “That’s the way we are. It captured who we are.”

The federal ban on bump stocks is coming soon. Real soon. “In the coming days,” according to a CNN Exclusive.

“He brought this on himself,” said Sweeny.  “I have no sympathy.”

“I don’t believe it’s radical at all. I think it’s conservative. It’s constitutional,” Gurtler continued. “In the constitution it says (the right to keep and bear arms) ‘shall not be infringed.’ We believe that’s a no-compromise statement.”

“I would ban all semiautomatics,” wrote Drum in a recent article. “That would leave the gun owners of America with three types of weapons they could legally own: single-action revolvers, shotguns, bolt-action/pump-action rifles.”

Californians who wish to avoid problems in the future should consider applying for and acquiring a “REAL ID” through the DMV.

“The groups and individuals behind this scheme are not friends of private gun ownership. They want to open a new front in the attack on Second Amendment rights,” he added.