When the price of survival exceeds the price of illegality, such as after a major catastrophic event, the price of these items will drop substantially.
For now, the price is too steep. Tomorrow, maybe the price of a tank of gas. Your mileage may vary.
Class 3 firearms will never go down. It’s been illegal to register any more of them since 1986. Black market guns may be a different matter, but I’m not interested in a 10-yr vacation in Club Fed.
Did they stop building houses twenty years ago?
Guess again. This market is definitely finite and supply is squeezed. But there is no shortage of buyers. Look at the law of supply: When supplies are down and demand is up....prices are up. Supply is never going to improve since the law that governs it was reformed in 1986.
When the price of survival exceeds the price of illegality, such as after a major catastrophic event, the price of these items will drop substantially.
In fact under such a circumstance, the prices will rise still further. So will the price of ammo. Of course that's for the legal markets. If you want to try sniping the national guard that becomes a whole 'nother issue. Of course by that time (heck this is prolly true NOW) most national guardsmen will be veterans of several combat scenarios in different theatres. That makes taking them out a far riskier propisition!