Subj : Re: Slow times
To   : Gamgee
From : echto
Date : Thu Oct 03 2019 10:47 am

  Re: Re: Slow times
  By: Gamgee to Moondog on Wed Oct 02 2019 08:37 am

 > -=> Moondog wrote to All <=-
 >
 >  Mo> Since Trump has been in office, there has been a slump in the
 >  Mo> firearms industry.  Part of that is due to gun grabbing
 >  Mo> politicians not having as much clout (hope that stays that way)
 >  Mo> but otherwise there was a huge growth in manufacturing and
 >  Mo> ammunition production since 2013, and sales have levelled off.
 >
 >  Mo> The other week Colt announced they are halting civillian sales
 >  Mo> due to a backlog of military and police contracts, plus I get the
 >  Mo> impression civillian sales have been down as well.  Today I read
 >  Mo> BCI Defense, a smaller company south of where I live has
 >  Mo> announced they are pausing individual sales in favor
 >  Mo>  due to a backlog of work their parent company has been working
 >  Mo> through.
 >
 >  Mo> As the presidential debates continue, I expect an uptake in
 >  Mo> demand for arms and ammunition, however I doubt there is enough
 >  Mo> existing supply out there to last awhile.  When Obama entered
 >  Mo> office the first time, the ammunition companies ramped up
 >  Mo> production to supply a shortage that didn't happen.  In 2012 they
 >  Mo> didn't ramp up production, which led to the shortages and the
 >  Mo> panic that happened after the Sandy Hook incident.
 >
 >  Mo> What are everybody's predictions for the following year?
 >
 > I predict that I will buy at least three guns, and a metric
 > butt-ton of ammo.
 >

You can never have enough ammo. :)

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