Gun shortage now = surplus later?

I don't think it will be a money thing as much as so many people who knew nothing about guns and had never even fired one bought them without even firing them. As soon as the ranges open back up and this pandemic subsides they may just take them to the range. Once they discover that a "real" gun is loud and has a recoil they will get rid of them ASAP. " They don't do that on tv!"
 
I think ER’s will be swamped after these ‘first time’ anti’s attempt to clean, load, or shoot their new guns. If they don’t blow their own toes off, the psychological trauma of actually firing a gun will send them right over the edge...

...which is good because they might earn a 72 hour psych hold...
 
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After the Y2K scare I was in a LGS where the owner showed me two identical AR-15's rigged with slings and scopes on the used rack. The previous owner panic bought them to prep for the Y2K crash and sold them back immediately after it didn't happen.
 
I've got an old friend I graduated high school with who went to law school and came back very liberal. A few years ago he wanted me to go look at some land and I brought along a couple of handguns for snakes. I offered to let him carry one and he said "No thanks, I've got a hatchet." He told me he would not allow a gun in his house. He is retired now and last week he called me asking about home protection guns. He was worried about the Corona thing. I was somewhat surprised. I gave him suggestions on a handgun and a short barrel riot gun. I called my FFL and he agreed to hold what my friend wanted until he could get there. Guns and ammo are selling fast but he had one shotgun and a very few pistols left. This was last week and because NICS is backed up he won't be able to pick his guns up until Thursday. My friend asked me why he couldn't get them now and I told him to just consider it the waiting period he had always favored. My dealer was out of all ammo so I let my friend have a couple of boxes of my 9mm ammo and enough #4 buckshot to load and reload his shotgun. We then came back to my house and I familiarized him with what he just purchased as I already had the guns like the ones he just bought but couldn't take home. I loaned him one of my handguns until he could pick his up. He's supposed to come back to my little range when he picks his guns up. I think I may have converted another anti 2A. I'll do it every chance I get.
 
Probably, but they’re all black plastic fantastics and Armalite 16s, guns I’m not so interested in.
 
Telecaster said:
From what I understand, today's buyers mainly want cheap plastic pistols. If they end up trading or selling them, there will be a glut of very cheap plastic pistols. The $300 Shields people are buying will be traded back to the store for $150 or sold for $250.
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I like my shield. Shields are not $300 any more. Gun Brokers showing G19's with no buy now option an bids are up to $700 with days left. A lot of people round here can't afford a $900 HK. There's been several runs on guns/ammo in the last 15 years. I don't recall a glut of used guns on the market after things "settled down". Things will not go back to normal after this debacle. The economy here is going upside down. Anyone with any sense will keep his guns til the last.
 
Stopped in one my lgss yesterday.

The owner's daughter was waiting on a young couple who was looking for a ccw for the gal. They found one she liked and said they'd be in after they get their stimulus money.

The shop keeper told me they'd had a run on Glocks a week ago. Their supplier is out, too, so the auto-loader shelves were a bit bare. She had the usual stock of S&W and Ruger revolvers.


I picked up Gold Dot boxes of 9mm & .357, one of each. The gal told me they'd had a steady run on ammo, but still had a sufficient supply of most calibers. The real run had been on the usual big game calibers -- folks concerned about next fall's hunting season.

The gal added that this really isn't that unusual for an election year. She's been there for 16 years so She's experienced a few of these.
 
Retired LTC said:
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Will there be a surplus of used guns on the market 6-12 months after this is all over?
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There wasn’t a surplus of used guns after the panic in Presidential 2016 elections. Arguably Conservatives were the biggest group buying guns and ammo in 2016.

So the questions are this time why and who are the biggest group buying guns and ammo this time around?

The threat is much different this time. Most everyone realizes that diseases such as cancer and now the Corona 19 doesn’t discriminate between race, sex and political parties.

The who that are buying are new gun owners including Liberals. I believe the Conservatives that stocked up in 2016 are probably still well stocked up.
 
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The worst pandemic is still ahead when they finally come to gather up the guns. Many of the victims won’t survive. Keep a smile on your face and your powder dry. Hope to see you one the far side of this one.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Vultures.....
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I resemble that remark:rolleyes:

Seriously, I don't remember a glut of guns on the market immediately after the presidential elections or various mass shootings but who knows what the new normal will be? Everyone knows how cheap ARs and ammo WAS just before the corona-panic, those will be the new "good old days."

I'm lucky enough to have a guaranteed job (iron-clad UNION contract) [NRA lifer] so it'll be business as usual for me--selectively buying pieces to add to my keeper collection or to flip for a few bucks sometime in the future.

It works for me.
 
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Last fall I tried to sell a Baby Glock that I picked up Blue Label. It was an OK belly gun that was fairly easy to conceal but it has been in the safe for the past two years. I had no interest in it.

The first of March I put it on Armslist with "make offer". Within 4 hours I had sold it for $110 more than I paid for it 7 years ago. It was an opportunity to get rid of some dead weight in the safe.
 
AzShooter said:
How many of these people are going to be selling on their own? The Gun Show Loophole.

The Anti-gunners are going to learn a big lesson on the 2nd Amendment. If we are lucky they will start reading the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and start believing in them again.
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Fl started handing out flyers that prohibits private gun sales at the shows. You can sell to a dealer(Big lose there) or have a private buyer do a background check & 3 day wait. GL with that.
 
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Fl started handing out flyers that prohibits private gun sales at the shows. You can sell to a dealer(Big lose there) or have a private buyer do a background check & 3 day wait. GL with that.
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I would guess that is the gun show doing that as it is legal to sell to another person in Florida without a background check. Just walk away from the gun show and sell it to them.
 
At the end of the year, a bunch of federal programs that have kept folks afloat and from being evicted are ending. Then there are the new lock downs and the resulting job layoffs/losses that are going to cause huge economic problems.
 
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There wasn’t a surplus of used guns after the panic in Presidential 2016 elections. Arguably Conservatives were the biggest group buying guns and ammo in 2016.

So the questions are this time why and who are the biggest group buying guns and ammo this time around?

The threat is much different this time. Most everyone realizes that diseases such as cancer and now the Corona 19 doesn’t discriminate between race, sex and political parties.

The who that are buying are new gun owners including Liberals. I believe the Conservatives that stocked up in 2016 are probably still well stocked up.
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I think that the people who bought because of the civil unrest might be more inclined to keep their gun(s), while folks who bought because of the pandemic may be more inclined to sell. It's a difference between "just in case for the next time" and "I need the money to pay my medical/food/housing bills".
 
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Fl started handing out flyers that prohibits private gun sales at the shows...........
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That's only at Florida Gun Shows (Khaled of Shoot Straight owns the circuit), it ain't law. Go the the Lakeland Rifle and Pistol Club show at Sun'n'Fun (Linder Airport) next month for all the "carry in action" you can handle. These days of course, Billy Joe Willy Bob is wanting to put Babs through another semester of UF on the sale of a single bolt rifle (that he bought last Summer for this hunting season). Enjoy. Joe
 
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