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The Annoyed Man wrote:What about DPMS lower receiver parts kits? Are they still in decent supply?

OldCannon wrote:This is probably obvious to most folks, but I thought I'd lay this out for everybody: The gun buying frenzy is in full swing already, and will continue through the rest of the (election) year.

As an FFL, I can see wholesaler reports and notices, and there are MANY manufacturers that are running a severe backlog. This includes things as minor as AR-15 springs and small parts. In many cases, be prepared for a 3-5 month wait for many items. This is particularly true of metal items, which are suffering not only from high demand, but supply shortages as well. AR-15 uppers, for instance, are becoming increasingly harder to find.

I should add, however, that there is really no cause for panic buying. Even if the current administration wins another election, we have an extremely large number of congressmen and women, including a huge number of Democrats, that support our second amendment rights. They're not going away. What I _am_ saying is "be prepared to be patient."

If President Obama is re-elected, I predict that we will see the strongest attack on gun owners’ rights that has ever come out of the White House. And forget about the strategy of “we’ll just endure four years until the next election.” The constituency of the Supreme Court, in four more years of an Obama administration, will have changed considerably from the one that barely gave us the Second Amendment-affirming decisions in Heller and McDonald. It will set the stage for the man most likely to get the Democratic nomination for President in 2016, Rahm Emanuel. In many ways, Emanuel is Obama’s familiar, and much less inclined than his mentor to keep his anti-gun leanings even temporarily in the closet. As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel has already proposed a draconian, impossibly expensive gun registration and ownership scheme for the entire state of Illinois. And don’t be surprised if President Obama announces that Rahm Emanuel will be his Vice-Presidential running mate in the 2012 election.

VMI77 wrote:I stopped by Cabela's in Austin yesterday to look at Glocks. The pickins were slim. They had nothing in 9mm. The guy behind the counter told me Glock wasn't shipping much (of course, he may not be correct).

VMI77 wrote:Massad Ayoob disagrees: http://backwoodshome.com/blogs/MassadAyoob/

If President Obama is re-elected, I predict that we will see the strongest attack on gun owners’ rights that has ever come out of the White House. And forget about the strategy of “we’ll just endure four years until the next election.” The constituency of the Supreme Court, in four more years of an Obama administration, will have changed considerably from the one that barely gave us the Second Amendment-affirming decisions in Heller and McDonald. It will set the stage for the man most likely to get the Democratic nomination for President in 2016, Rahm Emanuel. In many ways, Emanuel is Obama’s familiar, and much less inclined than his mentor to keep his anti-gun leanings even temporarily in the closet. As mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel has already proposed a draconian, impossibly expensive gun registration and ownership scheme for the entire state of Illinois. And don’t be surprised if President Obama announces that Rahm Emanuel will be his Vice-Presidential running mate in the 2012 election.

OldCannon wrote:

VMI77 wrote:I stopped by Cabela's in Austin yesterday to look at Glocks. The pickins were slim. They had nothing in 9mm. The guy behind the counter told me Glock wasn't shipping much (of course, he may not be correct).

They have a > 150,000 unit backorder. Pickings will be slim for a VERY long time.