# The Firearms Industry is Going Broke

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Podcast: [Major Pandemic's Bunker Bar Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/major-pandemic-s-bunker-bar-podcast-7112660)
Published: 2026-06-27T18:07:52+00:00
Episode link: https://www.majorpandemic.com/p/the-firearms-industry-is-going-broke
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.majorpandemic.com Why the Firearms Industry Is Struggling: The Post-2020 Gun Sales Hangover No One Wants to Talk About SEO Title: Why the Firearms Industry Is Struggling in 2026: Gun Sales, NICS Checks, Inventory Glut & the Post-2020 Hangover Meta Description: The firearms industry is facing one of its toughest downturns in decades as post-2020 demand fades, NICS checks soften, inventory piles up, and manufacturers fight for fewer buyers. Suggested URL Slug: why-firearms-industry-is-struggling-2026 Focus Keywords: firearms industry, gun sales, NICS checks, shooting sports industry, firearms market downturn, gun industry sales, firearm manufacturers, gun retailers, suppressor sales, firearms accessories The Firearms Industry Is Not Dead — But It Is Absolutely in Trouble Welcome back to Major Pandemic’s Bunker Bar , where the drinks are cold, the walls are reinforced, and the industry talk is brutally honest. There is no soft way to say this: the firearms industry is struggling right now. Not the Second Amendment. Not gun culture. Not shooting sports as a lifestyle. Those are still alive and well. But the actual business of selling new firearms, moving inventory, keeping manufacturers healthy, and keeping retailers profitable is in one of the roughest spots it has seen in decades. The warning signs are everywhere: slow retail traffic, stacked distributor shelves, manufacturers fighting over the same shrinking demand, and accessory companies wondering where the next wave of customers is supposed to come from. The problem is not that Americans suddenly stopped caring about guns. The problem is that the industry built itself for the boom — and the boom ended. 2020 Was the Peak, Not the New Normal The firearms…

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