CoalTrain49
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With every new regulation comes a new administrative fee.
I was just looking at I-594 which will be voted on here soon. If passed it will add a transfer fee to a private sale.
If I carry concealed I pay for the license to do that.
If I buy a gun from a dealer his sales price includes his fee for his time to do a background check and his overhead to maintain his FFL.
I can no longer access public land (gated and locked) so I pay range fees.
If I ship a handgun myself I pay $100 more or less.
If I ship a handgun through a dealer I pay $100 more or less.
Ammo prices have increased 25% in the last few years.
Reloading component prices have increased 25% in the last few years.
About the only good news is firearms prices haven't increased that much but that doesn't begin to offset the increases that I see elsewhere.
It looks to me like about the only people that can afford it these days are boomers. You know, the guys with all the Harleys. It wasn't like that 40 years ago.
I was just looking at I-594 which will be voted on here soon. If passed it will add a transfer fee to a private sale.
If I carry concealed I pay for the license to do that.
If I buy a gun from a dealer his sales price includes his fee for his time to do a background check and his overhead to maintain his FFL.
I can no longer access public land (gated and locked) so I pay range fees.
If I ship a handgun myself I pay $100 more or less.
If I ship a handgun through a dealer I pay $100 more or less.
Ammo prices have increased 25% in the last few years.
Reloading component prices have increased 25% in the last few years.
About the only good news is firearms prices haven't increased that much but that doesn't begin to offset the increases that I see elsewhere.
It looks to me like about the only people that can afford it these days are boomers. You know, the guys with all the Harleys. It wasn't like that 40 years ago.
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