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buying guns and ammo for those kids is a good idea.
I thought most here already used that reason to rationalize their purchases. That's why you see some items sold for a premium and they talked themselves into it, "$200 more for a gun is nothing if you apply it to my lifetime, my son's lifetime, grandson's lifetime use." Tough to find that balance between smart hedging and overbuying just to have it in hand. Many of us probably have overbought lowers that will stay in their boxes and may never be assembled. But it's a nice feeling to have it and never need it.
Same here. I have 2 safes full. He knows they'll all be his when I'm gone.As far as I'm concerned everything I have is eventually for my son
Do you all think it is crazy to start buying stuff for the next generation? I am thinking trying to get ahead of AWB 2.0 etc.. I feel like it is just a matter of time and I don’t want to be kicking myself in 20 years.
I've only been collecting for about 6 or 7 years and prices have effectively doubled on some of the stuff I bought. Sometimes I still sell for 'back then' prices to cut some slack to new owners in this 'full retard' market.
I don't think we'll ever see a time in our lives where the price of ANYTHING (especially firearms related) will go DOWN. BUY! BUY! BUY! Like your wallet is on fire and your money won't be worth the paper it's made of in a year (this could actually be coming).
Some buy silver and gold...i'm at more of a lead/copper/brass level for precious metals investing.
I hear Lancer L5AWM 5.56 mags come in cases of 50. Or at least they did before distributors started capping purchases to 10.I bought lowers for both my kids when my wife was pregnant with them, not because I worry about an AWB, but because I figured it was something a father should do.
If you are afraid of an AWB, remember, guns are useless with out mags, and mags are supposed to be consumables. Stack mags for what ever guns you think you are going to pass down.
My concern now is that AWB 2.0 will go after other parts besides just lowers. Maybe I am too paranoid, I don’t know.
Look at this guy, asking for permission to exercise his natural human right. A transfer requires two people and a handshake.I think if it really gets that bad you can do whatever you want but unless the B.S is stopped they will get whatever you have. They will just pass some law that says you cant transfer the guns to your kids or something.
I've only been collecting for about 6 or 7 years and prices have effectively doubled on some of the stuff I bought. Sometimes I still sell for 'back then' prices to cut some slack to new owners in this 'full retard' market.
I don't think we'll ever see a time in our lives where the price of ANYTHING (especially firearms related) will go DOWN. BUY! BUY! BUY! Like your wallet is on fire and your money won't be worth the paper it's made of in a year (this could actually be coming).
Some buy silver and gold...i'm at more of a lead/copper/brass level for precious metals investing.
Look at this guy, asking for permission to exercise his natural human right. A transfer requires two people and a handshake.
"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty."
HA! Not me. I was trying to illustrate that planning for gun ownership in 20 years by stocking up now is defeatist attitude and really wont make a difference. If things get that bad going to the range to play with your toys will be the last thing you are concerned with. If his kids grow up without the ability to buy an AR-15 he's failed them anyways. Holding onto whatever toys have been "grandfathered" in just as much asking permission as anything.
Dude, where were you for the past couple years? From like 2017-2019, ARs were easily going for $400. Ammo markedly dropped in price, too.
The gun market, like all markets, functions on supply and demand. Gun makers tooled up to meet 2012-2014 panic buying frenzies with most of that production being ARs and modern, popular calibers like 9x19 and .223/5.56x45. Then, once Trump won, most people took a collective sigh of relief and slowed down on gun buying. Combined with our lessened involvements in the Middle East and we saw a glut in ammo and AR stuff.
Remington shut down Bushmaster, DPMS, and a bunch of other subsidiaries about six weeks before the pandemic and Colt killed AR production last September because they couldn't compete with lower priced competitors:
Remington killing Bushmaster, DPMS, Tapco, and StormLake Barrels
No more Colt ARs
Now, granted some things are going to continuously gain value, but those are things that have fixed supplies or supplies that only increase by a small amount, like the FAL and AK markets. The days of $50-100 FAL parts kits are over, as are the days where AKs are cheaper than ARs. Or, the entire C&R market in most cases. Yeah, that cheapness is largely over, but that's because of legalities and the historic fact that the surplus market was prime right after big wars like WW1, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam.
I have several guns but no toys. The Second Amendment doesn't mention toys, either.
Dude...those are called 'normal prices', dude. Yes, more Chinese garbage on the market gave skinflints other options to add to their Palmetto State Armory dream builds. The prices didn't 'come down' so much as they went 'back to normal'.
You're looking at a very small timeline/sampling and definitely not looking at the bigger picture if you think anything was 'inexpensive' the last few years for any other reason than market saturation for certain over-produced products.
I feel like you type shit just to type sometimes? That's fine though...if it makes you happy going around NES trying to correct people, you do you, dude. From other posts I've seen, you certainly think you're the smartest person in the room 100% of the time.
Mark my words, OP...buying even more now (even at these prices) will never be a regretted decision.
I am thinking trying to get ahead of AWB 2.0 etc..
Sure a gun can be a toy, a historical collectible, or sporting equipment. But I don’t have time or money for hobbies. All my guns are tools. Hell, while researching night vision I found a few YT channels of people whose thing is just night recreation: hiking, stargazing, playing horseshoes in the dark. They have $20k of NODs on a table and discuss zero defensive application. Filed under the same category as a sports car. Shine on you crazy diamonds.It's always kinda bothered me when folks refer to them as 'toys' as well. They're 100% nothing but tools at my house (but fun tools).
Dude, where were you for the past couple years? From like 2017-2019, ARs were easily going for $400. Ammo markedly dropped in price, too.
The gun market, like all markets, functions on supply and demand. Gun makers tooled up to meet 2012-2014 panic buying frenzies with most of that production being ARs and modern, popular calibers like 9x19 and .223/5.56x45. Then, once Trump won, most people took a collective sigh of relief and slowed down on gun buying. Combined with our lessened involvements in the Middle East and we saw a glut in ammo and AR stuff.