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They are a business like any other.
They will adjust.
The Republican Congress had the chance to pass nationwide concealed carry reciprocity and failed to do it.
The most important thing President Trump can do to protect the 2nd amendment is to appoint more Strict Constructionists to the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts.
I gently suggest that people are buying guns they think they're going to need, and that focus is on self and home defense due to the current political environment. ARs are flying off the shelves. Concealable semiautos are selling like hotcakes. That buying pattern suggests a population preparing for war, not hunting. Make of that what you will.
I am not begrudging them, but for a long time manufacturers and ammunition manufacturers were charging premium, albeit responsible, prices due to shortages. Trump was elected and now ammo shortages have evaporated and it is a buyers market.
This is all part of the business cycle. It is also why the ammo manufacturers consistently told us they did not want to expand production in fear of this day.
The tragic part of all this? The time will come again when gun and ammo manufacturers will be firmly back in the driver’s seat.
Plan accordingly.
Oversupply means low prices for the consumer.
Bad for the manufacturers, good for us.
Plus there is a lot of innovation right now, as guns that have been in the development pipeline for years are finally seeing the light of day.
Low prices, new product and cheap and available ammo. What’s not to love?
“plus the fact that Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives regulation under Trump is—incredibly—more secretive and arbitrary than it was under Obama”
I’m not buying this logic. I simply don’t care about the bump stock thing, never had any interest in that gimmick. It has very questionable value to me for anything.
I will not, climb on the wagon to criticize President Trump, even if on some issues it is valid. We need to focus on the ComDems and their insane assault on the nation. We can overlook some minor Trump bloopers.
Pretty good article.
I would have put a little different spin on it, but overall, I agree with it.
Clearly, where you live makes a great difference in how you see the firearms industry. Our congress has shown that, at the expense of Americans, they prefer issues to solutions.
The CEO’s at S&W and Brownell’s are showing the rest of the industry how being a conglomerate is forming a new vibrant industry. Customization and collecting is quickly replacing shooting as a focus for many who have discovered the AR platform or the plethora of handgun configurations currently produced.
The radical policies that are being instituted by desperate leftist politicians are clear examples of who is loosing the self protection argument. The people committing the highly publicized, horrendous shootings are clearly committed leftists, not NRA members.
The changing face of the modern gun owners makes those stuck on defending against the same old leftist propaganda look like they like the argument more than the solution. In other words, they like the issues that were framed by the democrats and they see no reason to change the discussion.
Another article in which the author demonstrates that he is a moron.
Stupid me. I expected that DC under full-GOP control would pay back the gun rights supporters who dutifully vote lockstep Republican in election after election and repeal some of the more pointless gun laws that we've had to put up with for decades; laws such as bans on silencers and short-barreled rifles, roadblocks making FFLs difficult and expensive, and maybe even repealing 1986's assault weapon ban.
So many opportunities presented to supporters of the Second Amendment.
Instead, we got a bumpstock ban.
And today the NRA is sending me mail, asking for money, warning that Nancy Pelosi is coming after my guns.
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Guns and ammo are cheap and plentiful right now. What’s not to like?
Well duh. This always happens when we have a freedom loving President. The time to sell and bank money is when some commie freak dem is in office.
Meh... I was at shot show this year. One exhibit after the other looking exactly the same; “Tactica-cool” and “gear-queer” shit; BORING. Their problem (big industry types) is there is pretty much nothing more to do with “modern” firearms at this point. They kill REALLY good.
What I TRULY enjoyed was the 5th level small business exhibit’s. THAT is where I saw innovation going on.
First couple days were spent on levels 1/2/3. Meh, didn’t pick up much of anything to follow up on. Even the “new products” exhibit was 100% “so what?!!!”. Last day, level 5; two bags FULL of guys/gals and companies I want to talk to in 2019 and anything they could give me to further read.
Only reason I will probably go next year is for the small business level. Had a great, great time talking to all of them and learning how and why they were shaping their business and products. And yes, I intend to use more than a couple of their services as it directly can help my business.
We’re pretty well set in this household, but it’s been a way of life for a long time for Country Folk. ;)
Still have some finishing touches to add to the third floor machine gun turret, and the perimeter from the north needs a little more work. ;)
When a President backs the 2nd Amendment, folks don’t get worried about them actually coming for their guns - no emergency sales spurts....they need to adjust to a smoother sales model w/o the Obama type spikes...