Just checking in with your guy’s recent experiences regarding availability on guns/gun parts. The shelves still seem pretty well stocked. My friend is looking to put together a few AR’s for himself & his wife before the panic starts & availability dries up. Predictions?
probably on a wed in november…we have no candidate.
Yea, I was just thinking about this. Probably not until he’s elected? Hopefully the opposing candidate is solid and we can avoid another panic.
If this time is anything like last time, everything should start drying up soon. I hope it doesn’t, but it may not be a bad idea to wrap up any loose ends just in case. I remember a while back G&R posted something about this.
I have actually started stocking up on ammo now. 
IMO, its already started. I realize that it is tax return season and all, but Im seeing a huge influx of brand new gun owners buying semi-auto rifles and pistols this year. Joe Six Pack is no longer buying a used J Frame to protect his house, he’s now buying a 6920 and a crate of ammo.
I see a LOT of parts out of stock already at my favorite dot com shops. I just ordered all the parts I needed to build a new upper for my wife and I had to buy from three different places to get exactly what I was looking for.
It started back in early 2011. . .
http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=77752&highlight=warning
Did it ever stop or did supply just catch up with demand? Maybe it just slowed a bit.
I know three very conservative people who decided in the last year, that for the first time, one or more firearms needed to be part of their planning.
Did it ever stop?
I don’t think it’s slowed up much but I think if it looks like he has a chance of winning everything will be crazy because you can bet Obama will go after guns when reelection is not an option.
That was the one I was referring to Moose. Thanks.
I think it died down over that last 2 or so years. Most stores have just about anything on the shelves in my area. Most of the online vendors seem to have a good selection in stock.
I remember last time around some said Obama wouldn’t touch guns during his first term due to more important things to focus on. They predicted his second term would focus on the typical petty lib topics such as being green, guns, etc… Well, here’s his possible second term. BTW, I’m not trying to feed the panic here. I have all I need. Just discussing.
I don’t know about you guys, but with regards to gun control, I would rather have Obama in the whitehouse than Romney.
The dems know its political suicide and the Republicans will never side with a dem President on gun control.
…Now what happens when a RINO in office is pushing for “reasonable” gun laws? (Like a permanent ban on those evil assault weapons or a hughes amendment II on all NFA weapons?)
Obama is not out of the woods yet…The ecomomy still isn’t that great, unemployment is still over 8%, Iran is a growing problem that has yet to be resolved, And now, the price of gas has started to rise again, if gas gets to $5 a gallon…The economy will start to falter,and start sliding back into another recession, Not to mention his new “budget” which adds something like $4 trillion to the defcit…
Never underestimate the power of hope when it comes to elections. Once Romney steals the R nomination in a brokered convention people will still have “hope” that he could win.
thus the frenzy by the morons wont begin until after obama wins his second term. I predict selling will markedly increase after the repub convention tho. Summers are typically slow times for the arms industry, where fall/winter is better.
the lengths people will go to to avoid a Ron Paul presidency (he’s the only one who can actually could beat obama this time believe it or not) is just ASTOUNDING. “Conservatives” just keep torpedoing themselves by being conservative (note lower case “c”) with whom they “nominate” (and I use that term really loosely). Reliable reports of voter fraud on the “R” side in favor of romney, surface at every new primary/caucus. Republicans are handing it to obama.
Romney is McCain.
Oh God, you said Ron Paul.
Now this thread’s going to be full of people saying any RP supporters are pot heads that live in their mom’s basement.
Republican Party = Status Quo
I don’t know what people see in Romney. Living right next door to the state that he ruined, I have a pretty good idea what he would do as president, and honestly, Obama doesn’t seem that bad in comparison…
Was at a gunshow in Bloomington, IL yesterday. When you look up the phrase “ass-to-elbow” in the dictionary - well, there should be a picture of that show! I haven’t seen a turnout like that for years!!! And most dealers had someone at their tables signing paperwork:)
john
According to my Vietnam vet buddy, who just got HIS first AR, the frenzy has ALREADY begun. No ammo in Pittsburgh, apparently (not counting the 12k I already own 
)! :eek:
Yep, same happened here this weekend. Ive never seen a gun show this crowded. Took twice as long to look around because of the massive crowd.