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 11-12-2008, 10:38 AM | #1 | Supporting Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,749 |  AR's sold like hotcakes
I was at a small privately owned local gunshop yesterday, and I was ASTONISHED. It was standing room only as the place was packed with people. The gunshop received in a pallet load of AR-15's and they were selling as fast as the guns were checked in. It was amazing. These AR's ranged from 800.00 to 1600.00 dollars. Most were .223 but a few 7.62 and even a few 308's were in there.
The entire pallet was enpty by 6:00pm. Interestingly, there isn't a single box of ammo to be found here. Normally, there is 1000 round cases lining the walls. Not any more...
I told the owner (A. B.) he needs to write obama a thank you letter... __________________ *** Don't Mess With TEXAS *** Μολὼν λάβε | 
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| 11-12-2008, 10:44 AM | #2 | Supporting Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Radcliff, Kentucky Posts: 3,506 |
Been a lot of this going around in the last few months __________________ Lo there do I see my Father...Lo there do I see my mother and my brothers and sisters...Lo there do I see the line of my peoples back to the begaining...Tho they do call to me...They bid me come take my place among them in the Halls of Valhalla...Where the brave may live forever
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| 11-12-2008, 12:46 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 272 |
I was in a local gunshop yesterday (11/11) and expressed surprise that there were still 7 or 8 ARs in his floor rack. He told me that those were the last ones he had and that he had sold 7 guns today to people who were standing outside waiting for him to open up. He said that had never happened before in all the years his family (multi-generation ownership) had owned the store.
He usually has about 30 to 50 AR's on hand. He figures they will be gone by Friday or the weekend at the latest. | |
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| 11-12-2008, 03:26 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 548 |
My local gun shop has called about a dozen suppliers and no AR's. One manufacturer,( DPMS I think) has stopped production on all but their three most popular AR's just to try to catch up to the demand. The gun shop ownwer said the last time he saw "panic" like this was 9-11. His wife and son were working at the shop and they had to call him in to help. When he got there he had to park on the shoulder of the road 'cause the parking lot was completely full. When they opened their ammo shelves were full. When they closed there was not one single round left in the building. __________________
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| 11-12-2008, 04:58 PM | #5 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Atlanta Posts: 909 |
same with my local gun shop
they had walls and racks of AR-15's
i went last weekend they had one left... __________________
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| 11-12-2008, 05:20 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 272 |
Obviously this reflects a high level of trust by the gunowners of America in the integrity of Obama's stated intentions of "respecting the 2A". | |
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| 11-12-2008, 05:50 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: everywhere Posts: 9,640 |
Same here. Even the oddball ammo is gone.  | |
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| 11-12-2008, 05:52 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: B/CS, Rexas Posts: 100 |
well the last time i was at my local shop (last Monday before elation day) all the stripped lowers and most of the Ar's where gone.... haven't been there since but I know one of the other shops (champions) in CS) is always packed now selling pistols and the such.... Its amazing how much trust the people have in Obama. __________________
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| 11-12-2008, 06:35 PM | #9 | Supporting Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,885 |
You guys know what supply and demand is?
Methinks the market may be taking advantage of paranoia, founded as it may be, to make a few extra dollars.
If I were of the foil hat wearing crowd, I would bet that the gun industry backed Obama's campaign.
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| 11-12-2008, 07:06 PM | #10 | Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hill Country, Texas Posts: 3,632 |
I'm not even trying to buy now. I've expressed it before but I don't think the AWB if implemented will be done quickly. So come March/April your going to have a ton of people with AR's and a sagging economy so I expect to see a huge influx of cheap AR/AK for sale. __________________ Not Registered? Register now! - It's free and helps the community grow. | |
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