Will there be panic buying if an Assault Weapons Ban case is heard by SCOTUS?

Don't seem to take much of anything to promote a panic buying spree in the firearms world anymore....even when there's no legitimate reason. This is a perfect example. We have a 2nd Amendment friendly SCOTUS and a 2nd Amendment friendly atmosphere in the country. There's already been a coupla panic runs on assault type rifles in the past and most have seen what that has done. Some folks refuse to learn tho........

Probably yes but I don't know why

Do you think if US Supreme Court decides to grant cert on an assault weapons ban case that panic buying would start again...

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Perhaps.

But few people are ardent watchers of the judiciary and given the long time between a case being granted certiorari, the arguments being heard and the court issuing a decision, I don't see a generally uninformed and uninterested populace getting worked up about the preliminary wranglings of such a case to generate a sustained round of panic buying.

Hope so. Sell some off for near double and then in the near future when the smoke has cleared, perhaps double my inventory for the same price.

If they define "assault weapon" in its true meaning they won't hear the case at all. Real assault weapons are already banned. Its the result of "liberal speak" changing the language.

Aim1 said:

Do you think if US Supreme Court decides to grant cert on an assault weapons ban case that panic buying would start again?

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No, because any potential Supreme Court ruling would be no worse than the current situation, and would probably be better. Even in a worst-case scenario, the Court would not ban anything -- they would leave it to the federal and state legislatures to do so. The time to panic would be if and when Congress takes up an AWB, after being green-lighted by the Court. The possibility of that happening is remote.

DDDWho said:

If they define "assault weapon" in its true meaning they won't hear the case at all. Real assault weapons are already banned. Its the result of "liberal speak" changing the language.

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Make no mistake -- the gun press was partly responsible for (mis)applying the term "assault weapons" to military-looking semiautomatics. The antigunners just ran with the material that our side gave them.

Selective-fire weapons are "banned" (prospectively, as of May 19, 1986) because of the Hughes Amendment to FOPA. I don't put it beyond the realm of possibility that at some point the Supreme Court will revisit the constitutionality of 18 USC 922(o).

buck460XVR said:

Don't seem to take much of anything to promote a panic buying spree in the firearms world anymore....even when there's no legitimate reason. This is a perfect example. We have a 2nd Amendment friendly SCOTUS and a 2nd Amendment friendly atmosphere in the country. There's already been a coupla panic runs on assault type rifles in the past and most have seen what that has done. Some folks refuse to learn tho........

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"Take the guns first, go through due process second." -Donald Trump

When Ginsburg dies, short firearms stocks.

Never underestimate a fool and his money. Of course there will be another panic.

I predict that will happen not because of any SC ruling but because of some congressional bill, or in the case of the last one, a presidential election.

In the near future? Probably not.

Any case upholding a ban would be a challenge to state law. So even if the statute was upheld, that wouldn’t affect states without such a ban.

This is assuming a federal ban us unlikely.

Real assault weapons are already banned.

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The media has effectively declared them to have been in common use. If they keep that up, maybe "assault weapons" can be re-seated under the Second Amendment where they belong.

imashooter said:

Hope so. Sell some off for near double and then in the near future when the smoke has cleared, perhaps double my inventory for the same price.

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Me too. And many others as well. Which makes me think it would take AWB part deux passing one of the houses to bring about a genuine buying frenzy. Until then, the extras are earmarked as gifts.

Aim1 said:

What?

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He means the bottom will fall out of the market making AWs cheap.

I’d argue that we are there now. You can’t hardly make stuff cheaper than what they are selling for now. I do really like that we’re seeing more “value added” AR15 type guns come to market. Stuff with good triggers in it, magpul furniture, etc. shelves are full. I’d suspect everyone that needs one AR has one. Everyone should have learned their lesson and now just newcomers and those who have insatiable desires for multiples are buying!

Judge Kavanaugh has already written in a lower court opinion that you can no more ban certain classes of firearms than you can ban certain classes of speech.

AR type guns are so ubiquitous and cheap right now that even if you don`t really like them you should own a couple anyway. To cheap to break the bank. IMHO

I don't own an AR, not my cup of tea and not worth the hassle to own one in California. However, I plan on buying a nice one to celebrate once SCOTUS hears a case and declares "Assault Rifle" bans unconstitutional.

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HB said:

"Take the guns first, go through due process second." -Donald Trump

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I pointed out Donald’s words when he spoke these not too long ago, what an unconstitutional statement, that has been glossed over. He should be held account for what was said.

I was initially going to say no
But I think if a case is heard there may be short term panic. I doubt it’ll be long though.

Any panics after that will either be after a ruling that isn’t clear that AWBs are unConstitutional. A clear positive ruling should kill panics for a long time.

Total conjecture..........

460Shooter said:

Total conjecture..........

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True but it’s worth thinking about
If one thinks a panic is coming now is a good time to buy a bit more than one normally would. If not, then a continuation of slow and steady stocking up is wise.

Kavanaugh will likely be the most pro-Second Amend justice on the Supreme Court. If the Court does take up a case it will be to strike down restrictions not expand them.