'Trump slump' in gun sales continues despite control debate

Monday, March 5, 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gun store owners called it the "Trump slump." Sales of firearms slowed dramatically after the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016 allayed fears of a Democratic crackdown on gun owners.

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