MagnumDweeb
Member
The thought occurred to me today when someone was asking me about concealed carry. They had heard that more folks than usual were signing up for concealed carry and wanted to know who offered it. Well I could only smile and admit that I couldn't teach the class till my official paperwork showed up at the end of February, NRA certified Pistol Instructor.
The economy is down but crime as I understand it, is not really all that up. And those folks who were going to get their CCW permit after the election already did it. I think the explosive wave of new gun owners has started to crest and will start to go down hill. In Florida, Central Florida, we have had two incidents where lawful gun owners (one with a Concealed Carry Permit holder) used their firearms in lawful justified defense, I wonder if that maybe has stirred public sentiment for people to get their own, or maybe steer clear of it entirely.
I've seen the prices on AKs start to stagnate and come down, ARs are still high but that I think is to be expected, and .308 anything is hard to find because the ammo is expensive (oddly .30-06 is far more expensive). I wonder what will hold for Concealed Carry permits in those states that are shall issue where open carry isn't an option. Could it be "build it and they will come" or has the market petered out.
I got my Instructor certification for the heck of it because I figured it was ultimately a better investment (got my NRA annual membership while I was at it) because I could help bring folks into the fold more readily.
The economy is down but crime as I understand it, is not really all that up. And those folks who were going to get their CCW permit after the election already did it. I think the explosive wave of new gun owners has started to crest and will start to go down hill. In Florida, Central Florida, we have had two incidents where lawful gun owners (one with a Concealed Carry Permit holder) used their firearms in lawful justified defense, I wonder if that maybe has stirred public sentiment for people to get their own, or maybe steer clear of it entirely.
I've seen the prices on AKs start to stagnate and come down, ARs are still high but that I think is to be expected, and .308 anything is hard to find because the ammo is expensive (oddly .30-06 is far more expensive). I wonder what will hold for Concealed Carry permits in those states that are shall issue where open carry isn't an option. Could it be "build it and they will come" or has the market petered out.
I got my Instructor certification for the heck of it because I figured it was ultimately a better investment (got my NRA annual membership while I was at it) because I could help bring folks into the fold more readily.