It’s probably fair to say that most everyone likes to receive presents. Of course, I’m not talking about that snarky kind of thing where someone says, “Here, I got you a present,” and it’s the “gift” of mandatory overtime at the job that you hate or some other unwelcome “gift.”
I’m talking about real presents, the kind that you receive from someone who takes the time to find and give you something that you actually want.
And some people are saying that the firearms industry may be about to get a very welcome present from President Trump. John Haughey writes,
Record sales made the first year of the second Trump administration a profitable one for the nation’s $92 billion firearms industry, but the potential for federal regulatory rollbacks in its second year could provide manufacturers and retailers with long-term assurances they need to thrive.
Haughey continues:
Among changes expected to be forwarded by the administration in 2026 include proposals to ease private gun sales, ship firearms interstate via mail, export firearms overseas, trim fees for licensed retailers, and change the 4473 Form used when purchasing a firearm by simplifying it and requiring applicants to list their biological sex at birth.
An easing of regulation and red tape on the federal level would be a welcome change for both the firearms industry and for legal gun owners in America.
After all, regulations on firearms have always been nothing more than an attempt to circumvent and nullify the Second Amendment by limiting and preventing people from being able to get and use firearms (in a legal way, of course).
But making it easier and simpler for people to buy firearms? That helps everyone… except criminals and those who hate the Second Amendment. And do we really want to pander to either of those groups who don’t have the best interests of the average person in mind (criminals by intention, anti-2A folks by willful ignorance)?
We’ll have to see what finally comes down the line, but every bit of deregulation is something that I’ll support, and I’ll look forward to.