Economy So Bad, People Aren't Even Buying Weapons 1.71K Max Read 09/13/10 02:22AM Filed to: Recession Recession Weapons Arms Arms deals Economy How bad is the economy? So bad that even the usually-booming "things you can kill other people with" sector is doing badly. According to a recent report, the value of worldwide arms deals in 2009 dropped 8.5 percent from 2008.