Gun prices up?

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I am asking because I don't know but are all handguns in short supply? Are the newest, improved models the ones that are hard to find like the Solo and the new Sig .380 yet the old reliable Glocks are there if you want one? It seems that the newest CCW options are hard to find as well as the "new" 1911s but are revolvers (other than the newest like the LCR) stable? It seems like you can find LCPs everywhere today but that was a hard to find gun not too long ago. Does everyone want the new Gen 4 Glocks? Is it more a shortage of the newest hype and not so much across the board? Is every handgun hard to find or just some?
 
Our local gun/pawn has three shelves full of handguns and lots of rifles and shotguns. The have a couple of m1 carbines marked in the $1000 range and a couple of AR rifles which don't seem to be moving.

Price wise, it's kind of strange, some are marked way to high such as the M1's, but they have a shelf full of blued Taurus .38 spls. for $199. I talked to the manager and he said sales were steady but not overwhelming by any means. He did say the price of ammo was getting to be unreal.

One thing that has disappeared is SKS rifles, none on the shelves and when one comes out of pawn or is sold when it hits the shelf its gone asap.
 
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That's weird. It was just a Google search result page. If you go to Google and type "Obama gun sales" you will get the same result: links to a bazillion news articles referencing the surge in gun sales being related to a possible re-election of Pres. Obama.
 
Demand for firearms of all descriptions, fuel costs for shipping, inflation due to weak dollar cause by terrible monetary policies, all add up to the rising cost of firearms both to your dealer and from your dealer. I do not think that pure greed has much to do with it. I imagine there margines are pretty tight.
 
I saw the S&W 642(no ILock)now is $380ish when it was only $335 two months ago!!!!!
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Must be nice, they have never been below 449 here in the last two years

More panic, more end of the world in December shows, more worry over the election, more demand for raw materials, gas at another high.....coupled with increases in insurances, taxes, utilities, etc.....you really expect things to stay the same? Every new tax gets added onto everything you buy......people who think you can tax those greedy corporations and not have it affect your cost are also to blame
 
if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. The taxes on it just went up though, so it may cost you a little more. Record profits, you say? Only because I work harder than you.
 
Regardless of those links, I think increased firearm sales have absolutely nothing to do with politics for the majority of buyers. Folks are buying because they want a new or different firearm. Women buyers is a strong segment of the market these days (I read).
 
I think increased firearm sales have absolutely nothing to do with politics for the majority of buyers.
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For the last two years, you'd be right. Despite the media's perception that it must be political, I've heard nary a whisper of that from buyers and students.

Until now. In the next few months, we'll start seeing a siege mentality building.
 
I agree. If the Republicans don't come up with a strong candidate and we get closer to November I think you'll see a lot of "panic" buying in guns and ammo similar to what happened 4 years ago. If you want something, now is the time to get it. Wait until the end of the year and this BS Mayan calendar talk and the election talk will surely raise prices on all gun related and survival items.
 
Oooh, the Mayan calendar thing! I forgot that particular chestnut. Let's stay on topic, folks.

Regardless of who the candidates are, there's going to be a spike. It comes from an overall sense of unease. When a few folks who are ostensibly in our camp start stoking the fires, it'll turn into a full-blown panic.

Then the gouging starts.

Then people see higher prices and reduced supply.

Then they start believing the gun store clerk rantings and chain emails.

The most ironic part? The 2nd Amendment is healthier and stronger now than it has ever been in any of our lives, and our collective heads are stuck too deeply in our navels to simply enjoy it.
 
Then they start believing the gun store clerk rantings and chain emails.
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Bingo! Fear mongering by those who stand to profit and those ignorant enough to believe and spread the word.
 
Change. Change we can believe it.... Remember that? Some ignored it as an election year campaign slogan. But more people than not started to believe it. That's when the ammunition shelves got emptied and gun shops started selling ARs and so forth as quickly as they could get them in stock.

If people keep repeating the fear mongering it will become a reality. Gun Shops stand to profit from increased sales. Follow the money...

All that said, it is a topic of some interest to me.
 
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...I don't hear people saying they are buying guns because of some regulatory fear after November 2012...
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I do--Google this and you will gets lots of hits on why people are once again "panicking".

The major fear with a BO re-election is not necesarliy anti-gun Congressional Legislation as there exists (and will continued to be) major opposition which will continue to work in our favor--Ironically though, it's actually and potentially much worse is the expectation that at least one and most likely two Supreme Court Justices are thought to be close to either major illness/expiration or simple retirement. Of course, the President has already appointed TWO liberal SC Justices and we currently have our Second Amendment Rights 'precariously hanging' in the balance 5-4 via their last "Heller" ruling. If BO can appoint just one or two ADDITIONAL liberal justices, there will be no need to consider the difficult and laborious Congressional route for Gun-Control as the subsequent new 6-3 vote overturning the Second Amendment would trump current Laws on the books placing the very legitimacy of our guns in severe jeopary of coordinated confiscation such as that which has already occured, for example, in the U.K. and N.Z.. Not tryng to be an alarmist folks but these are the simple and cold-hard facts of which, if researched, are quite obvious just by virtue of reading the historical record of both BO and AG Eric Holder's respective Second Amendment philosophies (which go back to their days in Chicago:(). Definitely it's our inherent responsibility as gun owners to get out and vote this coming November.
 
subsequent new 6-3 vote overturning the Second Amendment would trump current Laws on the books
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Well, even though we'd have a liberal majority in the SC it doesn't mean they can just decide to eliminate a right we've had for over 200 years. Heller is in the books and is there for future sessions as well. What concerns me the most is Hillary's elbow rubbing with the world powers to have the UN ban guns which would trump the US Constitution. I don't see us (gun owners) giving up our guns because the UN says we have to but it can be a hard fight if that ever occurs.

We can also be "put out of business" with high taxation on ammo and firearms as well as national registration and extra fees per gun like they are trying to do in IL right now. They may not make it illegal to own firearms but they can sure make it too expensive to enjoy a day at the range or to buy further firearms. They'll do an end-around the constitution.

If you don't vote then that will be a vote for Obama. To get him out of office we need to show up in record numbers to vote him out. If you won't take the time to register and to vote then you are giving your vote to Obama.
 
larryh1108,

Heller would no longer be on the books at that point as it would have been found by the new Court as unconstitutional and, therefore, overturned.

I agree with you 100% on the UN Small Arms Treaty as well that the President's Administration is supportive of.

Can't stress the absolute significance of this next Presidential election for so many reasons with our cause perhaps first and foremost among them.

I agree that the panic has major adverse consequences on prices and leads to even some degree of gouging (no different than gas prices in some cases). Nevertheless, the fear is real and justified IMHO.

-Cheers
 
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