To me that means about 70,000 people who will actually realize it's not a talisman, and requires training and upkeep of those skills and the firearm and will commit to that. And 6,930,000 who will either drop it in a sock drawer, hopefully unloaded so their kids don't cause a tragedy with it, sell it at the first 'buyback' offered, or sell it at a huge loss once 'their' president is inaugurated, and they think "the danger" is past.
You don.t know anything about me. Or the people I have taken to the range in 45 years of shooting. Or BSA Venture Crews 308 and 357 I helped with when my son was in scouts. Or shooters I've helped on our annual sight in day at the range. Whats "guys like me" suppose to do? Hang around a gun counter and ask strangers " Hey you a new gun owner, wanna go shooting"? Place a ad somewhere? That would be creepy. Many of the people who bought guns this year were scared and thought they better get a gun even though they normally don,t like them. And many will end up in a used rack just like they have when people panic bought them in the past. And "guys like me" will buy them just like any other gun owner. Sorry if you don,t like that.
I know enough about you to be able to detect that you think you have a crystal ball and that you're projecting the future for the 7 million new gun owners. Your initial statement pretty much reflects a position that you don't care about all the new gun owners beyond what you think you'll be able to buy after they sell their guns. I've actually met quite a few of these new gun owners, and not a single one of them purchased their firearms "because they were scared." Most that I've talked with had been planning to eventually foray into gun ownership at some point; the political climate and civil unrest only hastened their buying. Maybe not all of the new gun owners will turn into "gun people," but so what? With the kind of numbers we're seeing, my bet is that a lot of 'em will.
I doubt it.
If only votes mattered anymore. Watch and get another lesson on January 5th.
No it isn't.
Says the guy making assumptions and predictions himself. What a joke. I base my statement on what gun shop owners and counter people told me when I stopped in through out last year. I,m on the road for work and stop into a lot of places. Probably close to 50 through the Central NY area. From Pa up to Canada. Many of these guys I,ve know for 30 to 40 years. What they said was they were seeing people they never saw before come in looking for primarily shotguns. Pistols also if they had a permit. Most were worried about civil unrest with the BLM protests and riots. We had them all through NY. Another concern was the election and what would happen after. Gun racks were almost empty in many places waiting for restock as was certain ammo. There were reports of this all across the country. I'll trust what the guys I know personally say that sell guns daily. Many for decades over some high post blow hard on a gun sight looking into his own crystal ball or tea leaves. I certanily hope you haven,t bought any used guns either. That seems to be a sore point also. Happy New Year.
That may well be. I’ve got cabinets full of equipment or clothing that hasn’t been used in a long time.
Bingo.
