I think it stopped being a free market with the onset of the very first regulatory laws regarding sales and commerce.
Excellent point. I am a believer in capitalism, and such I believe markets should be regulated as little as practicable to achieve normal supply/demand pricing and prevent fraud. At the same time, truly “free” markets would have zero regulations regarding counterfeit merchandise, fraud in equity pricing evaluations, and a number of other issues that anyone would agree is criminal conduct. That’s not to say I’m on board with this lawsuit, I’m just correcting the “free market” mantra that supposes our current markets are truly and totally free. Regulation exists, and rightly so.
As to charging high prices for ammo currently, hey I’m all for supply/demand pricing.
Imagine how 'good for shooters' it would be if they put a $5/50 price limit on a box of 9MM.
We'd all be rolling in cheap ammo. I wonder why 'they' don't?
Larry
That’s a pipe dream. Demand is literally taking everything an ammo manufacturer produces right now at whatever price it can get. Manufacturers aren’t dying to invest the capital in expanding manufacturing because, like every time before, this boom/bust ammo run will end and they’ll have a hard time giving ammo away.
There’s literally been no excuse for people to not already be rolling in cheap 9mm, unless they’re like my son who is 26, just got out of the USMC, and just started his gun/ammo addic... I mean collection.