[Smokin' Joe]

90% of their "business" for self, family and friends

If I were to add me, my family, and all my friends who shoot, I could probably open a storefront business--all those "little" dealers made it that much tougher to go after the bigger ones.

Get them out of the way, and the effort can be concentrated on just a relatively few retail outlets, instead of all those little guys.

No matter how you look at it, there is a strategy here. Remember this got its start under the Clintons.

[absolootezer0]

90% of their "business" for self, family and friends

i wasn't saying this was a bad thing, i actually thought it was good. it kept prices down. the clinton stratgey wasn't just to make it easier to inspect dealers, it was also done knowing that prices would be driven up. drive prices up and fewer items will be sold, fewer items sold will drive prices up further. eventually, more shops would go out of business and fewer guns would be sold.
its the walmart business scheme. low prices until there's no competition, then prices all go up. but unlike walmart, people don't "need" guns the way they need food. its using a simple business scheme to enact another small measure of gun control.