I realize this has become a cliche

But clichés become clichés because of repetition:

Caption: In October the number of background checks on people applying to buy guns, an indicator of future sales, increased by 18.4 per cent

Thanks, Telegraph.  I'd never have known Ruger makes an AK-47 without you! 

I'll leave it up to you to determine how much of the rest of the article is full of shit; I'm just sharing the photo/headline combo because it amuses me.