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Gov. Gianforte even offered some praise to his colleagues, though there’s plenty of friendly competition among them, saying, “And I’ll tell you, if you’re in the firearm industry, you’d do well by yourself to move any one of these red states.”

If “more guns equals more murders” were a dependable rule, this is the period when the trend should be unmistakable and persistent. Except it isn’t.

For comparison, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported an unadjusted December 2025 NICS figure of 2,220,852, reflecting a 16.1 percent decline from the unadjusted 2,647,933 checks recorded in December 2024.

The younger Soros, Alexander, has already made it abundantly clear he will not just continue his father’s work, but will go even farther to dole out the Open Society Foundation’s approximately $1.5 billion to favored causes.

NSSF just dropped the numbers for 2025’s “Black Friday” week, and while they’re slightly lower than last year’s record pace, the appetite for firearms among law-abiding Americans is still running hot.

This week marks 20 years since the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) became law.

More than 1.1 million adjusted NICS background checks were conducted in September 2025 for firearm sales, marking a 2% increase over last year’s figures.

That policy had throttled U.S. firearm exports, slashing the lifespan of export licenses, piling on red tape, and costing the industry an estimated $500 million annually.

While he might ignore it, those in the firearm industry can’t – and won’t – forget.