Mainsail
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I was recently discussing the mad rush to buy guns just before and after the elections in ’08 with a friend, and he asked who I thought bought more, people who didn’t own guns before (first time buyers) along with people who may own one -or- people who already owned several guns and felt the need to buy more.
I sort of expected the market to open up on a lot of pre-owned but seldom-if-ever fired guns bought during the Obama gun buy, but that hasn’t materialized. I was pretty confident that there would be a big sell by people who bought during the rush…because of the rush, and that by now they’d be convinced the White House isn’t so much a threat and look to unload their purchases. That doesn’t seem to be the case though. So it appears that, for now anyway, the people who ran out and bought guns during the ’08 elections have decided to hang on to them.
So who were all those buyers, new/few gun owners or people who already owned several?
I sort of expected the market to open up on a lot of pre-owned but seldom-if-ever fired guns bought during the Obama gun buy, but that hasn’t materialized. I was pretty confident that there would be a big sell by people who bought during the rush…because of the rush, and that by now they’d be convinced the White House isn’t so much a threat and look to unload their purchases. That doesn’t seem to be the case though. So it appears that, for now anyway, the people who ran out and bought guns during the ’08 elections have decided to hang on to them.
So who were all those buyers, new/few gun owners or people who already owned several?