And now , for a totally fresh take on this thread and subject material.
First of all, you are not going to have
any gun dealers or gun shops left to buy guns from because of insurance companies refusing to insure gun shops or charging so much for the insurance that the gun shops are forced
to raise the price of guns so high to pay the outragious insurance premiums that no one but the wealthy or drug dealers would be able to afford to buy a gun that includes insurance costs.
Because of this, look for 70 % of gun shops to go out of business. The remaining
shops will make full retail price look like
a give away price to a close family member.
To give some background: in 1993, Federally Licensed Gun Dealers in the entire USA numbered 300,000 . In 1996, thanks to the efforts of Bill Klinton & BATF ,only 30,000
remained. 90% or 290,000 FFL gun dealers were put out of business. In 2000, we are reduced to 20,000 gun dealers.
Now, not only does our libility insurance premimiums go through the stratosphere , which is several miles past
the roof; but we and the gun manufacturers
are notified that our insurance will not
pay for private lawyers or provide insurance company lawyers for the court cases.
I wouldnt be suprised if a judgement goes against the firearms industry, that the insureance companies refuse to cover judgement fines.
Because of this ,I do not recommend
investing in a sued firearms company but rather to start up a new and never sued firearms company, which can not yet be responsible for the cost of gun violence,
having never made any guns. The trick with the new company is to insure than none of its guns ever fall into criminal hands.
Fire arm companies do not deal direct
with the customer or even with the gun shop .
Firearm companies deal only with regional distributors of firearms.
What the gun shops really need is for some fund or company to provide us with reasonable product and libility insurance
to keep the price of new guns from costing like smith custom shop x 4.
The increased insurance costs are passed along to the shooters by wholesale price increases by both the manufacturers and the distributors.
Ruger just increased the wholesale cost
of all models in the Ruger Line by $75.oo
across the board, to pay for lawyers fees.
If you guys could put together some kind of insurance fund for gun shops so that the gun shops did not have to tack on increased insurance costs to the firearms and of course the UPS overnite air on all handguns means
instead of paying 12.00 shiping ,you now pay $45.00 shipping , added to the price of your gun.
You will see the effect of UPS handgun rippoff shipping, just as soon as gun shop hand gun stock depleates & you have to start paying the new shipping fees on new hand guns
at the higher mfg. wholesale prices.
Without taking into account the increased gun shop insurance costs and looking at only the effects of ups next day air and increased mfg wholesale due to lawyers fees , at this time, look for all
handguns to increase by $120.oo
As a prediction, if things continue on as they are heading, in 6 to 9 months, look for handguns to increase to $200.oo over current gun shop prices. I see this second price increase of 80.oo per gun as a mfg
wholesale increase, caused by yet more lawyers bills. Keep in mind that I have not yet counted the increased cost of gun shop insurance premiums. But, i can see this as costing 75.00 to 100.oo more per gun.
So, now we have the hand gun increased by 300.oo over current gun shop price.
This is where we might be at the end of 2000,
I might be wrong because I am unable to see all mitigating factors.
I know one thing, the 100.oo single action pot metal pocket pistols are gone for good. Wave by by to Brico,Raven, Jennings,
Loricin & Davis. The couldnt afford the lawyers and went out of business.
Hi-point yet endures but not for long ,I fear.
Well, I have given you some food for thought! I hope it leads you somewheres.
(Probably a trip to the gun dealer before the price goes up,yet again.!)
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