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I visited 4 gun shops this week looking for home defense type shotgun. The walls were pretty much bare. Each had just a few rifles and practically no shotguns hanging on the wall. Each had plenty of handguns in the counters. I just got to thinking I don't remember seeing anyone looking at handguns. Everybody was looking at Long guns. Has everybody that's wants a handgun got one or has the long gun suddenly become the necessity of today.
 
At Academy Sports recently I've seen NO AR-15s, few shotguns, bare spaces in the handgun cases, and NO ammo in common pistol calibers and many common rifle calibers -NO 5.56mm. for instance.
Welcome to the club.
In my case I have what I need. I hope you're all right.

People should take THIS as a lesson to prepare in advance, if no previous panic, or "banic" has served as an example, this one SHOULD!!!
 
I'm old, in the early part of my seventh decade. With that said I have experience in more than several panic balls on rush crisis buying cycles. Buy between those cycles. Six months to a year from now dependent on the elections in this coming Nov, used (very little) firearms will reappear almost like magic in dealers inventory.
 
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Hangingrock said:
I'm old, in the early part of my seventh decade. With that said I have experience in more than several panic balls on rush crisis buying cycles. Buy between those cycles. Six months to a year from now dependent on the elections in this coming Nov, used (very little) firearms will reappear almost like magic in dealers inventory.
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At 78 YO I have also lived through all the crisis gun buying over the past 5 decades. @Hangingrock is right. Barring that the Covid 19 situation causes more economic hardship in a surge I think that by gun sellers will have an abundance of used guns in stock by spring of 2021 or maybe even sooner. Emotional and panic buying of guns has often proven to be regretted later when the buyers hope to recover some of the money spent.
 
New, and reluctant, shooters are often more comfortable with long guns.

It’s very common among anti groups and popular culture to stigmatize handguns. Someone who has been driven from an anti-gun background to get a gun out of fear of current events isn’t going to drop all their mental baggage all at once.

But I am surprised they had a good stock of handguns. From what little I’ve seen around here it seems like everything except scoped hunting rifles and high dollar guns is getting equally thin.
 
It's the opposite at my LGS. They have quite a few shotguns. Most arent pump action but they had a few Beretta semiautos. Most of the rifles were bolt action hunting. Handguns were bare except for some higher end stuff or crappy looking used ones. Yea they had a Beretta M9A3 new, but that $900 price tag will deter most buyers
 
Just was in my LGS and saw any number of bolt action and lever action rifles on the walls s except for a few but not all that many ARs. If you were looking for .22s, both revolver and semi-autos, you had a much better selection to choose from. Not much in the way of 9mm. semi-autos except for a couple of SIG P220s in 10mm. and Kimber .380s.
 
tws3b2 said:
Think about it. Its really a sad day in this country that so many people feel the need to have a gun for personal protection.
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Perhaps its not sad.
There are people that are content to live unarmed, apparently being a victim is a tolerable thought for them. I know some.
Maybe some people decided they were not content to be a victim?
 
If you are near atlanta ga. Check out trading places in monroe. They are stocked pretty well. Decent amount of long guns and pistols. Prices are ok. Friendly staff and knowledgeable. Indoor range as well. Ammo is hit or miss.
 
I bought my first gun when I was 15 and have had at least one in my home since. I'm 73 now and have 13 in my safe now. But not untill the past few years have I felt a real need to keep a gun loaded and ready to go. Now this year I have felt a real need to go to home defense type weapons and ammo. To stock up and be ready cause bad days are coming. I have never felt content to be a victim. I don't think anybody feels content to be a victim. I think some people have just not felt a real need. Like a lot of people feel a need to carry concealed. In my 73 years I never felt the need to carry a gun . And, in my 73 years I've never needed one. I just think things have changed. I do think people have just gone plane mad.
 
I dropped in to my LGS yesterday.
They had about 3/4 of their normal stock, with plenty of self-defense pistols, carbines (including a couple of Albanian SKSs), a number of AR variations and even a few short pump shotguns.
I even spotted a Joe Biden Special - a 12 gauge double... .
 
Did a small job recently and have gun $$ to "invest",haha. Just isn't a good time,will save it and buy something later.
 
Frequenting the pawn shops, pistols are cleaned out.

One pawn shop likes to put out new low cost firearms when inventory is low. About all they they had out were new Beretta APX's, compact and full sized. This chain diverts all of their "tactical" rifles to online sales, but they had their typical inventory of ordinary shotguns, lever actions, and bolt action rifles.

Another one only had two or three junk revolvers. I'm talking ruined rusty H&R top-breaks and such. Their longarm rack is mostly rusty shotguns.
 
tws3b2 said:
Think about it. Its really a sad day in this country that so many people feel the need to have a gun for personal protection.
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That's hardly new...According to stats(2019), 5% of the gun owners in CO have a CCWP..that's a lot of people. Way before the hoopla going on now.
 
Honestly, I have no idea any longer what way the buying public's wind will blow.
Toilet paper?
Bicycles? (seriously. go check your local bike shop. All of mine are below 30% stock, selling EVERY bike that comes in before it's even arrived, and can't get stock in the most demanded models.)
Doesn't shock me that gun stores would be sold out of a almost random particular type of firearm.
 
tws3b2 said:
Think about it. Its really a sad day in this country that so many people feel the need to have a gun for personal protection.
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Conversely, it's heartening to see that more people are realizing what most of us have known all along; that ultimately, one is responsible for one's own security.
 
entropy said:
Conversely, it's heartening to see that more people are realizing what most of us have known all along; that ultimately, one is responsible for one's own security.
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AND hopefully those new people to this actually do some study and training..It's so much more than just buying a gun
 
Ed Ames said:
, and reluctant, shooters are often more comfortable with long guns.

It’s very common among anti groups and popular culture to stigmatize handguns. Someone who has been driven from an anti-gun background to get a gun out of fear of current events isn’t going to drop all their mental baggage all at once.
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For what its worth, long guns are safer for people with little training. Also are easier to make hits with.

Overall I hope its a sign that people realize the govt wont save you. Save your money, learn broad based skills both for work and home, and be prepared.
 
sota said:
Honestly, I have no idea any longer what way the buying public's wind will blow.
Toilet paper?
Bicycles? (seriously. go check your local bike shop. All of mine are below 30% stock, selling EVERY bike that comes in before it's even arrived, and can't get stock in the most demanded models.)
Doesn't shock me that gun stores would be sold out of a almost random particular type of firearm.
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The thing with toilet paper and bicycles is that there are reasonable reasons for those markets to have shifted.

With the lockdowns and businesses closing, a whole bunch of the bathroom use that was taking place in commercial settings is now happening at home. The manufacturers weren’t able to switch production around to meet the new usage patterns, so they were building up warehouses of commercial grade toilet paper while the stores were bare of consumer grade.

And bicycles? Millions of people no longer commute to work, and were no longer going to movies, bars, restaurants, shopping malls, etc. for entertainment. They’ve walked every part of their immediate neighborhood. Buying a bicycle makes a lot of sense, so they bought bicycles.

Guns are different mainly in that the buying is driven by fear instead of immediate utility.
 
I just thought everyone already had a bicycle.
Hell I have 4 just for me! :D

(had to edit... forgot about one.)
 
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