Gun Store Crowds

[wyocarp]

I was in a couple gun stores in Colorado yesterday and I couldn't believe the numbers of people. I'm sure that if the fire marshal would have been in the one, he would have been counting heads. And, the biggest group in that store was standing in "line" to buy stuff. I really liked it better when it was a quiet little sport and I could buy what I wanted when I wanted.

When is this going to get back to "normal"???????

Heck, I keep thinking that everyone is out of work, poor, and waiting for Our King, Obama, to redistribute the wealth.

Talking to a Hunter's Safety instructor last week here in Wyoming, he said he had 100 people signed up in his last class two weeks ago. (In Wyoming, a Hunter's Safety course qualifies for getting a permit.) That is in a town of 20,000.

Where were all these people when it was time to vote?

 

[Guitarslinger46]

I don't know. It's really wierd out there. I stopped in a local gun store yeserday, and it wasn't that bad. On the other hand, I also went to the range yesterday, a members only gun club I just joined. When I was done shooting, a guy and his 16 year-old son came up to the firing line with some brand new semi auto pistols, a Taurus PT-92, and a Beretta 92. The guy bought one for all his kids, saying they could have them when they're 21. Another case of "buy everything now" coming from that guy. Anyway, I let him shoot a few rounds out of my wheel gun, and called it a day. I will say that the members at the club I joined are all very friendly. I just didn't relish the thought of going to a public range in today's environment.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

A pawnbroker friend is nearly out of handguns. He used to have dozens and dozens on display, and dozens and dozens more in the back. He's getting a little concerned about an upcoming show. He used to turn away sellers, as he wouldn't be able to offer them enough on the gun to make it worth their while or his. Now, he's got mostly western style revolvers spread out to cover the empty space in his cases. They're the last handguns to move, and his customers are starting to look at them. The autoloaders are nearly all gone except for quirky things without a mass market. A few modern revolvers are left, but same deal -- massive, expensive things, not common defensive pieces. The mass market guns in my community are all snapped up, pretty much, and the gun stores have the leftovers, widows and orphans.

 

[X-Rap]

I hope the countrys leadership is paying close attention to the American Street and understands we have no intention of falling under the rest of the worlds gun control standards.

 

[ravonaf]

When is this going to get back to "normal"???????

Hopefully never. I would rather see every home in America armed to the teeth and the market adjust to it.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

Yes, I've been asking my friends in the retail firearms business who the buyers are. Many new buyers, they say. Oddly, they also say that some of us "advanced collectors" are buying, too. I've been contrarian, taking the opportunity to trade some appreciated autoloaders for undermarket vintage Colts and the like. Trading a gun that's tripled in value for no good reason for a gun that hasn't budged is like getting 2/3 off on the new gun. It's allowed me into a new aspect of the hobby.

 

[levrluvr]

Two local gunshops I frequent aren't even worth going to on the weekends anymore. They are small shops, and you can't even turn around in there. I go during the week. Both owners have told me they've never seen anything like it. Almost all are new buyers, and almost all want AR-styled rifles and semi-auto pistols.
I guess the days of starting out having a lever-gun, shotgun, and a single-action revolver are over.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

I guess the days of starting out having a lever-gun, shotgun, and a single-action revolver are over.

It might also be because those are less likely to be banned.
At the very least, I don't think shotguns are going away.

 

[Lightninstrike]

Hopefully never. I would rather see every home in America armed to the teeth and the market adjust to it.

Exactamundo. Echoing previous comment, where were these people in November? Image what the crime rate would look like if every home was armed and criminals could only prey upon each other?

 

[DeathByCactus]

I want to know what happens if this ban doesn't happen. Eventually all these weapons are going to get sold off. Guess whose hands they will probably end up in... I guess in the end we can thank crime on Democrats.

jkjk... Srsly, I am tired of being crowded at the gun ranges now. It is quite ridiculous. I have actually re-sighted my 7mm mag for 200 yards and go to the 200 yard range where the crazies stay away from.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

I want to know what happens if this ban doesn't happen. Eventually all these weapons are going to get sold off.

Not true. We will probably have a number of new shooters, who keep them. This will also mean more gun voters.

 

[GEM]

TX stores are starting to have lots of guns. There is no shortage of standard semi autos in the stores. Ammo is starting to reappear in some. Cabelas had lots of 223 and Academy had lots of Blazer 9mm.

OPD - Obama Purchasing Disorder might be subsiding.

 

[Tim L]

OPD - Obama Purchasing Disorder might be subsiding.

GEM I think it is more likey that the manufacturers have ramped up production and are starting to get more supply into the market. I think the OPD is going to run for another 6-8 months.

Tim

 

[TX1911fan]

I used this current trend for my own advantage too. I sold two autoloaders for great prices and bought a Beretta shotgun that they guy was practically giving away because no one was interested in it. Not tactical enough for the current trends. I'm happy as a clam.

I do agree that if all of these people had VOTED then they wouldn't have to be buying now.

 

[ATAShooter]

I have also noticed reloading supplies dwindling down. I went to a local store to get some primers. Plenty of 209 shotshell primers, but rifle and handgun of all sizes... gone. Shelves were empty.

 

[Logos]

I was in my local gun shop the other day and there wasn't really a crowd but everybody there bought a gun of some kind.

I think I saw seven in a row.....everybody in the shop except me bought a gun.....one guy bought two.

So I got out.....the paperwork and calls to the gubmint were backed up quite a ways and I really don't need anymore guns.

I grabbed a free calendar and left quickly.

 

[ambidextrous1]

Let's hope the booming (no pun intended) firearm business reminds our Congress that repressive firearms legislation can be hazardous to their political health - as was demonstrated in the '90s.

They also have their hands full with an economic crisis that they don't know how to handle; that may also encourage the voters to "turn the rascals out".

The political pendulum has swung wildly to the Left; we should expect (and work for) the Ship of State to right itself in 2010 and 2012.

 

[4thPointOfContact]

Ravonaf beat me to it.
I am hopeful that the frenzy never ends and that the number of gun stores doubles or even triples.

 

[chuckusaret]

I can only guess it will continue until Obama Bin Biden is kicked out of office.
Most folks in my neck of the woods believe the gun ban is just the first stepping stone to the removal of other rights and a complete move to socialism. The gun removal removes our means to resist the government.

We have a gun show here the 14 and 15 and they expect another very large showing of buyers. We have ten shows per year and all have been well attended.

 

[devilc]

While it is unpleasant to experience higher prices and scarcity . . .
I am EXTATIC that people are buying guns in droves.
Relatives and friends I thought would NEVER own a gun now have 1 or 2.
Let every wanna-be buy an AR and an AK, let them buy 10!
Obama, Holder, Pelosi, and Reid will have to come up with a real DOOSEY to convince all these new gun owners and users to lay down their arms.

 

[lamebums]

I'm sure that if the fire marshal would have been in the one, he would have been counting heads. And, the biggest group in that store was standing in "line" to buy stuff. I really liked it better when it was a quiet little sport and I could buy what I wanted when I wanted.

The stores are nothing. Try a gunshow. There was one in Sharonville, on the north side of Cincinnati, last December. The line of people getting in was all the way around the block. The last of the line didn't get in until 3:45, and the show closed at 5.

The Indy 1500, in the middle of January, was physically *******s and elbows. I had to leave by 2 PM because I could not move through the building, I had probably only checked 1/5 of the tables.

 

[Boba Fett]

When is this going to get back to "normal"??????

I second the "hopefully never" of others.

I imagine it will be "normal" when (a) The liberals ban everything we are purchasing, or (b) the threat of losing our firearms is no longer an issue.

 

[Lightninstrike]

Its a zoo alright, but I say the more the merrier. It sends a message.

You just have to keep your sense of humor. I was picking up a transfer last week at my favorite shop when the phone rang. I could only hear one side of the conversation but it was clear that the person on the other end was new to firearms.

"What kind of gun were you interested in sir? Uh-huh, uh-huh, well, uh, yes, we have rifles and pistols......We have autoloaders and revolvers........Autoloaders have magazines sir and........uh, there is no magazine for a revolver, they don't use a magazine..........Yes, I can see you are new to this.......Me?.....I like revolvers, don't think autoloaders are worth spit but I'll sell you one......."

 

[amflyer]

Does anyone think that the large number of purchases will move new gun legislature from the back burner to the front?

I see lots of new shooters at the range lately, and many of them are bringing their kids. I always look at my 1 year old and wonder if he'll enjoy the same freedoms I did.

 

[5 Screw Smith]

Barry, just like Slick Willie, has unwittingly armed America. Just imagine what the lines will look like when they tell us to turn them in!