{"id":14087,"date":"2012-04-17T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=14087"},"modified":"2012-04-17T20:04:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T01:04:48","slug":"down-range-radio-261-the-mother-of-all-bubbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/down-range-radio-261-the-mother-of-all-bubbles\/14087\/","title":{"rendered":"Down Range Radio #261: The Mother of all Bubbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14089\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DRradio261.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14089\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14089 \" title=\"DRradio261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DRradio261-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DRradio261-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DRradio261.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Down Range TV at the Ruger booth. From left: Ed Head, Michael Bane, Dave Spaulding and Marshal Halloway<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week, Michael wraps up the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in St. Louis last weekend. NRAAM drew more than 500 vendors and 73,740 NRA members. He talks about the huge impact Gun Culture 2.o is having on firearms sales. Not only does the industry receive a staggering number of orders, but the shooting organizations are experiencing a peak in new members. Folks, the bubble is comin&#8217; and it&#8217;s the mother of them all!<\/p>\n[powerpress:http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/mp3s\/261-mb041812.mp3]\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/podcast\/podcast.php?channel=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10228 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Subscribe RSS Feed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/subscribe-drradio-rss.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=215817745\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Subscribe through iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/images\/itunessubscribe.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"44\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can also listen to <a href=\"http:\/\/stitcher.com\/listen.php?fid=18815\" target=\"_blank\">DR Radio on Stitcher<\/a> and download it to your mobile phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Down Range Radio Sponsors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Down Range Radio Sponsors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/images\/dr-radio-sponsors2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ruger Firearms<\/a> * <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertysafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liberty Safes<\/a> * <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimsontrace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crimson Trace Laser Grips<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/danieldefense.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Defense<\/a> * <a href=\"http:\/\/star15.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Double Star<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gunrightsradio.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10211\" title=\"GRRN-Member_160x160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GRRN-Member_160x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GRRN-Member_160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GRRN-Member_160x160-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/GRRN-Member_160x160-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><strong>Reference Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelbane.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Michael Bane Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2012\/04\/23\/120423fa_fact_lepore\" target=\"_blank\">One Nation, Under the Gun &#8211; The New Yorker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruger.com\/products\/1022Takedown\/models.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ruger 10\/22 Take-Down I<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefirearmblog.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/29\/ruger-1022-takedown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ruger 10\/22 Take-Down II<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruger.com\/products\/2245Lite\/models.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ruger 22\/45 Lite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smith-wesson.com\/wcsstore\/SmWesson2\/MP_Shield\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Smith &amp; Wesson 9mm Shield<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/2012\/04\/robert-farago\/new-from-fnh-usa-p-12-pump-action-shotgun\/\" target=\"_blank\">FNH P-12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kitup.military.com\/2012\/04\/colt-unveils-precision-rifle-nra.html\" target=\"_blank\">Colt M2012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heizerfirearms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heizer Double Tap Derringer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bondarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bond Arms Derringers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/satanspilgrims.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Music of Satan&#8217;s Pilgrims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostfiremusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Music of Ghostfire<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Michael wraps up the NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits in St. Louis last weekend. NRAAM drew more than 500 vendors and 73,740 NRA members. He talks about the huge impact Gun Culture 2.o is having on firearms sales. Not only does the industry receive a staggering number of orders, but the shooting organizations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":14089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21,1],"tags":[410,2395,2396,2397,602,25,2381,2390,1951],"class_list":["post-14087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-down-range-radio","category-featured","tag-bond-arms","tag-colt-m2012","tag-fnh-p-12","tag-heizer-double-tap-derringer","tag-nra-annual-meeting","tag-ruger","tag-ruger-1022-takedown","tag-ruger-2245-lite","tag-sturm-ruger-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}