2014年12月30日 · Sensing the public's concern for public safety, gun manufacturers launched a full scale marketing assault. Gun magazine covers featured the word "Y2K" like cereal boxes feature "free prize."

Several firearms manufacturers released special edition Y2K guns. A key marketing tool involved the "gun press" in magazines aimed at retail gun buyers. Magazine headlines illustrated a climate of fear associated with Y2K and articles presented …

1999年9月23日 · Gun retailers say they're seeing an especially high demand for .223-caliber military style rifles and close-in defense weapons. Ammunition sales have also soared.

The Violence Policy Center (VPC) today released Cashing in on the New Millennium, a report detailing the gun industry’s shameless exploitation of fears that the Y2K bug will lead to a social meltdown in order to sell more firearms to an already saturated market. Some gun makers have even issued “special edition” Y2K guns, such as the ...

Several manufacturers have released special edition Y2K guns, including the Bushmaster Y2K Limited Edition AR-15 assault rifle and the Wilson Combat Millennium Protector .45 pistol. One Wilson Combat ad promises, "The new Millennium Protector will give you security and peace of mind in these uncertain times with its accuracy, total reliability ...

1999年12月27日 · Y2K gun buyers say they're afraid of everything from terrorism to 911 failures, and those fears may not be all of their own making. It seems some dealers and manufacturers are adding...

1999年3月25日 · Raso's Web site offers half a dozen "Y2K Survival Kits" and admonishes customers to "'Be a Glad I Did' instead of a 'Wish I Had.'" One especially popular weapon: The AR-15, a semiautomatic...

1999年11月1日 · If nothing else, Y2K provides us with an opportunity to consider our home defense strategy. This in turn leads us to consider our options for the Ultimate Urban Defense Gun. Here is our answer: A short-barreled Colt AR-15 with an M4 upper receiver, accessorized with specialized tools, will enhance a family's survivability in an urban setting.

If there is a Y2K problem, you'll need among other things a gun. If Y2K doesn't happen, you'll still have gained a measure of self-protection. The best legal choice for self-defense in this vision of chaos is a rifle, of course, for a handgun or shotgun is a very short-range tool with which to fight.

1999年12月30日 · FBI officials ending their first full year of monitoring federal background checks say more time is needed before national sales patterns can be tracked accurately. But some gun sales associates and law enforcement officials here say they think Y2K fears are driving the 16.7 percent increase found in federal records checks this month.