Another "Gun Sales Surge" thread.

[DaveTN]

No argument on avoiding doing biz with people who take advantage when they have you over a barrel. Karma. What goes around comes around. Was speaking to the comment about katrina gas price and the laws they spawned.
 
A fella wanting to legally make a speculative killing on AR related gear, seems legally safer to deal in uppers, mags, flash hiders, that sort of thing? Are there laws against a non-licensed individual moving uppers or mags at obscene profit short-term, as long as he pays relevant taxes and doesn't fracture local business law too drastically? It would still be the equivalent of katrina gas prices, so there would be customer's choice to be grossed-out at the speculation, but would it need an FFL?

I’m not suggesting any new laws Lester. Yes, a guy could sell all the AR parts, magazines, or uppers he wants, for any price he wants.

But speculating and buying guns, lowers, or receivers requires a FFL license or it is a crime. These are also the guys that are going to lead us to no private sales. Can you sell a complete gun when you jack the price of a used gun up to new? Sure you can when you are selling to convicted felons and people that don’t want a paper trail.

Apparently someone out there is willing to pay $99.97 for a plain GI metal mag. I don’t think that should be stopped. But when everything returns to normal, and it will, I won’t be buying anything from them. I have to admit that I am guilty of doing business with companies I said I wouldn’t. Four years ago when CTD shot the price of ammo through the roof and everyone was going nuts dragging them through the mud, I decided I wouldn’t buy anything from them again. Several months ago I needed a holster for my Shield and they were the only ones that had it in stock. I figured well maybe they just got caught up in things and learned their lesson. Well I was wrong; here we are again.
Someone punch me in the face if I ever try to buy anything from them again.

[Guest Lester Weevils]

Thanks DaveTN. I agree about treating merchants right who treat customers right. I just get fascinated by the difference, how the law can tell the diff between good obscene profit versus bad obscene profit. Which is only tangentially related to this topic, but I tend to drift off topic even worse in my dotage. :)

 

You would think, we've had so many bubbles in so many commodities and businesses, that by now people would be immune to bubble hysteria. Maybe people have very short memories?

[LngRngShtr]

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From the artical.

16.8 million? that's quite a few guns this year."

especially when you consider the possibility of multiple purchases on a single check depending on the state... so the actual # could be up to what 5 times that ?