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Trump's pro-Second Amendment platform could end gun sales boom
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Posted on 11/24/2016 5:15:30 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to push to relax gun laws when he takes office, but significant changes in the firearms industry began as soon as he was elected – and some put the law of unintended consequences squarely in the cross hairs.

For instance, while Trump’s unapologetic pro-Second Amendment stance may be good for gun owners, it has already dealt a blow to manufacturers, who enjoyed record sales throughout President Obama’s eight years in office. Stocks in companies like Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. plunged on Nov. 9, and experts say it is because Trump’s election erased fears that guns would become harder to get.

“A lot of people were buying guns simply because they were worried Hillary Clinton’s regulations would make it more costly and more difficult to buy guns, and people are not going to feel quite the need to go out and buy guns now,” Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott told FoxNews.com. “I think the stock market is a pretty good predictor of what’s going to happen, and the fact that you see drops in stock prices by almost 20 percentage points –I think that’s pretty significant.”

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KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; donaldtrump; guncontrol; gunsales; rkba; trump
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To: Vaquero

Yeah, I need CCI mini-mags and they are still hard to get.


21 posted on 11/24/2016 5:48:01 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Jimmy The Snake

There’s plenty of AR-15 ammo online. Get on the email list of some of the best retailers like SGAmmo or Target Sports USA or Palmetto State Armory. Lots of good deals and free shipping.

I get two to three good offers every day.


22 posted on 11/24/2016 5:48:17 AM PST by ChildOfThe60s
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To: Vaquero

Price of .22 Ammunition to Drop

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2016/11/price-of-22-ammunition-to-drop.html

From a week ago.


23 posted on 11/24/2016 5:48:29 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Renegade

The Walmarts here in Richmond VA have everything but .22.
One can find it online, but at a price well above what it used to be.
.22 magnum is still scarce.


24 posted on 11/24/2016 5:52:17 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Oh good! Maybe I can get a Kel-tec PMR-30 now. Ammunition too would be a plus.


25 posted on 11/24/2016 5:53:39 AM PST by The Working Man
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To: Red in Blue PA

The good is I can buy my next gun cheaper, maybe ammo as well. The bad is that a gun in my collection will now sell less than it might have otherwise. Oh well, I’ll take that loss for the promise of what Trump might bring us: National recognition of our 2nd amendment and pre-emption of most/all local laws so that my rights do not vary when I cross city or state lines.


26 posted on 11/24/2016 5:56:01 AM PST by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp: Replace Ryan & McConnell; Primary Lyn' Ted and others.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

i took a bath on Smith and Wesson


27 posted on 11/24/2016 5:58:08 AM PST by School of Rational Thought
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To: marktwain

I have 3 large Walmart style boxes of 500 or 555 rounds plus a bunch of 50 round boxes. I really need more, best quality boxes of copper plated rounds for my Ruger Mk II which is fussy about fodder. I hereby apologize for hoarding. Probably do it again if we’re in the same situation.
BTW. I Love CB caps for offing vermin in ‘close neighbor’ situations. Pffft they go....quieter than a pellet gun.


28 posted on 11/24/2016 5:59:57 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Maybe, on the bright side, prices will drop and sales will still be good, preparing for the next anti-gun regime!


29 posted on 11/24/2016 6:00:15 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: ChildOfThe60s

Walk into a Walmart or Dicks. They have huge boxes of .223 real cheap.


30 posted on 11/24/2016 6:01:47 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: CapnJack
Except that the pic isn't an M240, it's an M60 from my era of service known as The Cold War.

I agree that this is a good thing, and maybe I won't have to save for so long to buy the final rifle in my collection (my wife is rolling her eyes in disbelief) an M1A SOCOM CQB, .308. The purchase I made of a KEL TEC KSG Shotgun ended that collection and I've got all the handguns I could ever want. Seriously. The only item I'll be constantly buying is AMMO, both practice and premium defense. Once I get that carbine, I can finish the various upgrades to the rest (like refinishing the firearms I've inherited from family and adding some accessories to others) and move forward in life.

Next up: Finally dedicating myself to some custom features on my 2008 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara edition 4x4. I put this off since I bought it new and untitled in 2009. So, a new obsession emerges after 50 years!

31 posted on 11/24/2016 6:02:10 AM PST by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Make America Armed Again!


32 posted on 11/24/2016 6:03:33 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident)
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To: Vaquero
Walmart in my area of the country (South Florida) hasn't sold ammo in decades and the only Dicks here are Democrats!
33 posted on 11/24/2016 6:04:56 AM PST by ExSoldier ("Terrorists: They hate you yesterday, today, and tomorrow. End it, no more tomorrows for them!)
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To: SamuraiScot

You said: “Millions of people who weren’t allowed to buy or carry will suddenly act on their right to do so.”

Bingo! We have a Winner!

My first thought also. And even so for people who already live in a gun friendly state, that may buy another gun to carry into places they travel to but could not carry in before.

I might actually be one of those, I go to the East Coast every year. Currently leave my gun at home. See no reason to have a permit in Texas, it’s legal to have one in auto without concealed carry permit.

My current pistol is not that concealable.


34 posted on 11/24/2016 6:09:07 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Red in Blue PA

You might still want to buy stuff, after all, Trump wants to lift the restriction on silencers.
THere’s likely to be a boom on noise suppressors and the stuff that goes along with them.


35 posted on 11/24/2016 6:12:38 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Own a rifle. Be an American.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Just to see the liberals freak out, I would LOVE to see some Congressman offer a bail out bill for gun manufacturers. Cite the massive drop off in business, and say they are too big to fail. :-D


36 posted on 11/24/2016 6:20:28 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Vaquero
I hereby apologize for hoarding.

That's funny. I don't consider 22000 rounds hoarding.

37 posted on 11/24/2016 6:26:29 AM PST by Stentor
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To: Red in Blue PA

We expect reduction/relaxation of gun laws, making things available that haven’t been. Save the money awaiting new fun stuff!


38 posted on 11/24/2016 6:29:00 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: Red in Blue PA

So if we really want to support gun industries, we should push for far more restrictive gun laws, and find clever ways to oppress and inconvenience gun owners. You do want gun companies to do good business no?


39 posted on 11/24/2016 6:31:19 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: Stentor

Is that all you got?


40 posted on 11/24/2016 6:32:57 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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