Comments on: The drop

By: kaveman

kaveman — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:50:12 +0000

I’ll be buying a new gun for July 4th.

By: Rabbit

Rabbit — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:30:55 +0000

Yep, Robb’s right.

Piss us off and see how many more we’ll buy. Maybe rope, tar, and feather futures will take off, too.

Regards,
Rabbit.

By: Robb Allen

Robb Allen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:29:36 +0000

Ah, but the damage has been done.

Even if not another firearm was sold, think about the message that has already been sent “We bought a lot of guns. A whole *&^ing lot of ‘em. Don’t even think of touching them.”

These are perishable items.

By: JKB

JKB — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:10:40 +0000

Well, not exactly news to people watching as Ruger went to great pains to define this possibility in their annual report. They also were ramping up in a measured manner so as to not develop a huge warehouse stock.

On the other hand, there are those like me, who have been waiting for the slow down to make purchases of desired firearms. So I would expect the decline to be a gentle slope.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:29:57 +0000

The shortage of desirable firearms at reasonable prices has finally been reflected through a smaller increase year over year in background checks for gun purchases.

15% year over year quarterly sales increases are still OK, just not overwhelmingly as positive as the nearly 50% year over year growth of previous quarters.

Another way of headlining this story might be, “Firearms buyers unwilling to spend yet another mortgage payment on yet another firearm.”

By: Lornkanaga

Lornkanaga — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:26:05 +0000

Does this mean that ammo will start being more available and cheaper?