This week, I stopped in a few local guns stores to check out the inventory. I am seeing some of the more popular handguns showing up at the stores. AR's are still in short supply, but the factories are catching up with the hording crowds. An interesting statement was made recently on a gun enthusiast show stating that though Ruger's sales had been through the roof, it was about 85% first time gun purchasers. The implication was that if the general public fulfills their need for a firearm, the sales would drop dramatically. Now there was no comparison to prior year sales but one could surmise that if the hording stops, Ruger will cut back it's overtime.
The gun show vendors are still able to provide bulk ammo and the prices are starting to come down some. YEAH! However, I still find the reloading components challenging to find at reasonable prices. This entire exercise caused the prices of guns and ammo to skyrocket. Are we safer? Hell no.
Just an example of the change. A popular .22 mag semi-auto sold for $299 mid last year. The lowest I have found it is now over $500. Most of the stores that do have a few are pricing over $600. Come ON, its a .22mag! Not something that Dirty Harry would have been caught dead with.
We can only thank our legislators and the main stream media for creating a crisis out of a tragedy.
Hmmm. Where are they on abortion? A rather striking ad I saw this week showed a football stadium empty. The title was " abortions killed enough people this month to fill this stadium". Similar statements could be made for smoking. But where are our country's leaders? Off arguing over whether to enforce our laws or not. Didn't think that was optional.....
More later, be safe, be prepared, pray.
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Thank you for your comments. However, in the case of an EMP, all this is an exercise in futility.