“Gun records checks, fueled by a post-Newtown boom of gun sales, hit a new high in 2013, and industry analysts expect ammunition to be the big seller this year as consumers catch up to all of those firearms purchases. More than 21 million applications were run through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, marking nearly an 8% increase and the 11th straight year that the number has risen. ‘2013 was the best year for firearm sales (commercial, domestic) in history — period! That’s true for NH to Hawaii,’ said Richard Feldman, president of the Independent Firearm Owners Association in Rindge, N.H. ‘Ruger alone sold well over one million guns this year.'”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/6/boom-for-guns-likely-to-trigger-rush-on-ammo/