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Firstly it's not "gouging" That term only applies to necessities like food, water, medical supplies in an emergency situation. Until we have some serious manure hit the oscillating rotor, I'm afraid guns don't count as "survival necessities", certainly not AR-15s.

Secondly, it's basic laws of supply and demand. When supply is low and demand is high, prices go up (like now) When supply is high and demand is low, prices go down (a.k.a A Sale)
I don't see anyone complaining when guns are cheap because they're on sale. So you certainly don't get to complain now.
 
If I remember correctly, it's called inelasticity of demand. When the price goes up, the quantity demanded remains constant or drops only slightly. It's part and parcel of economics. The suppliers are getting all the market can bear, and that's called capitalism. If you'd bought 500 lowers two weeks ago, you could be enjoying some well deserved profit for correctly predicting a seller's market. But, you wouldn't be able to sell complete rifles unless you'd have bought 500 uppers as well.

The supply of AR rifles is fairly constant, because X number of manufacturers can produce Y number of ARs each week. When the demand for AR's is meeting the supply, the market is in equilibrium and suppliers have to compete for your business. When something happens to upset that equilibrium (like when everyone decides to buy an AR on the same weekend), the supply dries up quickly. Then, sellers adjust their pricing to try to get the market back into equilibrium.

The same thing happens with unleaded gasoline, pork bellies, and unsweetened orange juice. It's part of the market and folks spend lifetimes trying to determine what other folks will want next week.
 
dave9969 said:
I'm not crying
I have all the weapons I need to defend my home.

I just find it disappointing the way this trend looks for the country I grew up in. So it is now screw everybody its the American way. Interesting.
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Fairness is the mantra of Socialism.....the American way is capitalism. For some, jealousy is a tough thing to live with.
 
If no one buys a $900 lower, it will not be $900 for long. I almost bought another RRA AR15 about 5 or 6 weeks ago. It would have been $1,000 for one of the Operators. Didn't need it, so, I didn't buy it. I'm certainly not going to do any panic buying now. I do wish I would have bought a bunch of PMags over the last few years. I would sell those at a nice profit. As it is, I'll keep the 15 I do have.
 
I just find it disappointing the way this trend looks for the country I grew up in. So it is now screw everybody its the American way. Interesting.
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Kindly explain how it's "screw everybody" to charge what people are willing to pay.

If there IS a ban, then the value of the firearms will go up. Would you expect the buyer, if they get pre-panic prices, to give more money to the seller? For some reason I doubt it. The prospective ban is increasing prices of the rifles that are already in existence for the time being... if supply were unlimited, you'd see things still going for pre-panic prices. People are waving money at people with rifles to sell because these rifles are seen as a precious and very limited commodity.

Again, have you ever invested money into stocks, bonds, or precious metals in the expectation of rising value? If so, what's the difference when it's a rifle that gained value?
 
Yup, guns are definitely not necessities at this time. Not gouging at all. Capitalism at its best...
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Whether you consider it a necessity or not, it's basic supply and demand. If we were communists the prices would be fixed, but you'd be standing in line for hours and never get one, because there would be no incentive for someone to think ahead and make sure you got one.

Fairness is the mantra of Socialism.....the American way is capitalism. For some, jealousy is a tough thing to live with.
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And it's always been that way. It's why there was such an outcry for socialism in the early part of the last century.
 
I read the other day where someone was recommending an insurance law on guns. This was not for replacement value but a liability insurance in case a gun was used in a crime. (Example: Your gun is stolen or taken without your approval and used in a crime.)

I see this as gouging and could only of been conceived by the insurance industry. Think of how much it would cost if you had to insure each gun you owned. We might see people almost giving away guns to keep from having to pay annual insurance on each weapon.

Lets hope nothing like this comes into play in a gun control and/or ban legislature. :eek:
 
I wouldn't count on insurance requirements passing. That would require registering all guns and licensing gun owners (otherwise it's impossible to enforce that all guns be registered if noone knows where the guns are and who has them).

And registration/licensing is a very tough thing to sell the populace on even after the recent events.
 
I'm not seeing the point of this being open. We're talking more about the market of guns, loosely, and a general rant of pricing of today's guns. I see this going nowhere as it is.

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