Posted on 06/19/2015 7:52:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The irony of the gun control debate is that when it seems tighter gun control policy is coming, sales spike.
"[W]e experienced strong consumer demand for our firearm products following a new administration taking office in Washington, D.C. in 2009," said the management of gunmaker Smith & Wesson.
That's when President Barack Obama moved into the White House.
The explanation for this phenomenon is pretty simple: If there's a risk that you won't be able to buy guns in the near future, then buy your guns now.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
That is why you learn to reload.
Right. Just think of it as a military supplies cache in, say, Kuwait.
Roughly 75 million guns in less than 8 years. It’d love to see a graphic of how many billions of rounds were purchased by citizens in the same period.
Some people might think you are kidding but I know just what you mean.
Oh yeah! Ammo! I forgot all about that stuff. Is it too late to get some?
Prices seem to have stabilized somewhat lately. Glad I made it a habit to toss a couple of bricks of .22 LR into the cart whenever I went to Cabelas. I probably have 10-12,000 or so put back.
I remember buying Lake City green tip for $139 a thousand, delivered too. All I wanted was the brass. Laid in 4-5,000 of those, too.
You know what they say; buy it cheap and stack it deep.
Best,
L
Sounds like you’re the reason there’s a shortage of 22lr! *sarcasm off
She and I had the same LASIK surgeon, in Tijuana...
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