Gun sales by type for 2024 (bars). 2023 by type (lines)
Gun sales by type for 2024 (bars). 2023 by type (lines)
Money is tight.
Unemployment is up.
Short term, food comes before firearms.
The sporting goods outlets are having a lot of “Sales”.
Ammunition and reloading components have gone up a lot. But suppliers are running sales off of those prices in short spurt rotation.
If things go hot due to the border invasion, who knows what supply channels can supply.
I’m about to get back in the market myself. I have wanted a carbine chambered in 9mm since I fired one a couple of years ago. Other things in life intervened, and I sort of forgot about it until recently, when it just poppedback into my mind out of nowhere.
At some point, most of the people who want to make a purchase will have made one. That will hold them for a good while. Not every owner is an enthusiast. Demand will probably come in waves.
At some point there is some market saturation. Except for real collectors, how many firearms do people really want to own? A couple of pistols, a shotgun or 2 , and AR type rifle or 2 and a couple of hunting rifles if you hunt. Guns don’t generally go bad and technology is not really progressing much to make one firearm vastly superior warranting an upgrade.
After several years of soaring sales and the Supreme Court reigning in gun control and very little talk of gun control as the election nears, a slow down should be expected.
Yeah, I apologize that I have kept up my buying, but I have to get another gun safe first.
Gun sales slowing.
Ammo sales strong.
They are dropping because discretionary money is tight thanks to the stool sample in the White House.
Less disposable income. Inflation is taking it’s toll on everything.
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One thing that is not tracked (at the moment, and it’s not for lack of federal attempts) is private sales due to their, ah, private nature. That is not likely to change much if the ATF does manage to bull-rush background checks for private sales into law. The parties involved simply keep their respective mouths shut. No blip on the graph.
Why buy from a source that reports you to the enemy?
I suspect that's the primary reason.
Any sensible person has what they need, by now.