Once again.... yes... it would make for more SHORT TERM profits.... but if they want to limit gun sales.... at what price? A BAN is bad for business... especially since the stock is a forward looking mechanism.
The runup already happened. Obama was elected, the stock went from $2.50 to $11.25 this year. Party is over.... in the short term.
If the ban happens, SWHC will be forced to look for profits in the government sector... and we are cutting spending. Furthermore, already parted with some government businesses.
In the time from 2002 to 2004, SWHC ws down 23%. During the last ban.
It ran up when the ban expired, from under $2 to over $20 in 2007
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