Are You Overly Anxious?

[Abraham]

I'm not.

Seems a lot of people are panic buying firearms and ammunition.

The result of this anxiety is a sudden and dramatic increase in cost and making scarce certain firearms.

Will this fear driven buying continue to such an extent that very soon ALL firearms and ammunition costs increase astronomically and stay that way?

Will the attendant hoarding of firearms and ammunition play right into the hands of those who loathe the 2nd amendment?

Or has it already?

Thoughts?

[The Annoyed Man]

I accept it as a given that the effects of the Obama administration will continue to keep firearms and ammunition priced artificially high. I say "artificially" because these items would not command these prices if he were not President.

I don't like the situation, because I need to buy a lot more 5.56 ball and .308 match before I'm satisfied with my supply on hand. But anxious? No, not really. God is in control, therefore I am not anxious.

[CHLSteve]

Will this fear driven buying continue to such an extent that very soon ALL firearms and ammunition costs increase astronomically and stay that way?

Not likely. At some point, those who are buying "in the rush" will have their gun, and be done with it. I expect 90% of guns sold in the last few weeks to live out the rest of their lives in the bottom of a sock drawer somewhere, never to see the light of day again. When the demand drops, prices will adjust back.

[Bunkins]

I'm a tad anxious, but only because I'm low on ammo I do a lot of shooting this time of the yr, hunting season and so forth. I just wasn't aware enough to stock up before I typically do..


I agree with CHLSteve.. I'll be looking in a few more pawn shops in a yr or so, when these firearms are being sold off because who ever bought them needs to pay the bills, and their new gun they never shoot is the first on the chopping block.. I hope most of the people who were not gun people to stick with it, but to a lot of these folks I bet it's just a "fad" right now..

[Mike from Texas]

I'm just glad I built my EBR several months ago or I would probably be stimulating the economy as well.

[thankGod]

Anxious? No. Although I wish I had extra $ to spend on a few shooters and ammo. I think the price will continue going up for a few more months... and a few more months... and a

[OverEasy]

I'm not overly anxious. But I am concerned. Ammo prices had risen dramaticaly over the past few years due to the increase in metals costs. Now that metals prices have dropped, like crude oil, ammo prices should be dropping, like gasoline.
However due the big win for the democrates ammo prices have risen. If the dems are able to pass something like the rumored 500% excise tax on ammo nobody will be able to shoot. Look at the taxes on tobacco, alcohol and gasoline now.

I hope ammo prices come down I like to shoot. For now if I shoot a box of ammo I buy a box of ammo. I'm not stocking up at these high prices but I'm not shooting up my stock either.

Gas prices are going down so are home prices, cars and most everthing else. I don't know what to think about gun prices. I don't think that someone who thought they needed an EBR bad enough to pay $1,000 or more for it is going to turn around and sell it cheap.

Somebody said: "prepare for the worst, hope for the best"
Jesus said: "......do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat......" (Luke 12:22)

I'm not anxious. Regards,OE

[flintknapper]

Yeah, I'm "Anxious" for my stripped lower to arrive (about another week)...so I can put my firing group in it.

Does that count?

[anygunanywhere]

I am not anxious.

I hope more people are taking their RKBA seriously and will join in the fray.

Anygunanywhere

[BTin]

I am counting on Bunkins prediction to come true. Unfortunately, I don't have the cash for a cool EBR right now.

I am more worried about ammo tax and an executive order on imports than anything else. Those items are low hanging fruit for the new president / congress. I see the AWB as a second term objective for them. If a new AWB passed, I would think that he may not get re-elected.

However, all of the above, given this caveat: As with all demagogues (our current govt. regardless of party), all it will take is one mass shooting like the Mumbai incident to TOTALLY change circumstances. Even something unrelated to guns, like another suicide attack could do it.

[fickman]

Here's the way I look at it:
I think ammo will be available, even if more expensive. I'd been shopping for an AR-15 casually for about a year, but it was just never the next thing on our priority list. I felt like BHO was going to win the election way back in the spring. I started looking a little more earnestly, but still kept on with my normal priorities. Even after he was elected, I was a little more purposeful in my research but still not motivated to choose a model and buy.

When I found this site a few weeks before Thanksgiving and saw links to the two possible bills actually circulating Congress and currently in committee. . . well. . . I allowed the AR-15 to leap frog a few things and ordered mine from Rock River Arms through a dealer. They are estimating 12 weeks to delivery, but their prices weren't really up from what I was seeing a year ago. I had to pay 1/2 up front and then will pay the balance when it's delivered. My thinking is that I can still buy a new bedroom set this time next year, but this could be my last time to ever buy an AR-15. (Worst case scenario. . . remember that Bush and the Republicans did not overturn the Clinton gun ban, they waited for it to expire.

The bills I read had a 10 year expiration date on them, so you're hoping the right Congress or President is in place to keep it from getting renewed or strengthened. So, it might be a long shot, but I didn't want to take the chance. I hope I'm wrong, and if I am, then I still don't think I got ripped off, and I plan to enjoy it. I'm also currently in the market for a tactical shotgun (Mossberg 500, Mossberg 590, Remington 870).

. . . this is just one man's story.

[boomerang]

all it will take is one mass shooting like the Mumbai incident to TOTALLY change circumstances.

The Mumbai murders are a perfect example why citizens should be allowed to carry pretty much everywhere.

[asleepatthereel]

Not anxious, just bitter and clingy.

[stevie_d_64]

Not anxious, just bitter and clingy.

[Lodge2004]

all it will take is one mass shooting like the Mumbai incident to TOTALLY change circumstances.

The Mumbai murders are a perfect example why citizens should be allowed to carry pretty much everywhere.

But...THE OTHERS would say just the opposite.

If they happened here, in a city like Houston, they would probably not be nearly as successful. The combined military, LEO and armed civilians of Houston probably "keep and bear" more arms than the combined armed forces of India. Even our least trained LEO are light years ahead of those in Mumbai. The terrorists had unfettered access to the unarmed civilian population and were able to just ignore the local police.

That said, if the perpetrators were locals who used locally purchased firearms and had obtained locally available training, then the fallout could be severe. The new administration would pounce on the event as an opportunity to CHANGE our "gun culture".