(February 13, 2019 at 10:01 am)onlinebiker Wrote:(February 13, 2019 at 9:50 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: It would be unlikely to reduce gun sales, since those upticks in gun sales are argued to be an artifact of batshit reaction to perceived political opposition. If everyone started voting r, there would be no opposition to scare the living shit out of the dolts in the first place. Gun sales would remain static, not increase or decrease. This, ofc, has no effect whatsoever on gun crime today, there's a lag between the sale of a new gun and it's appearing in trace data.
I don't think so.
A high demand is caused by likely buyers seeing a potential future inability to buy.
When there is no threat - They don't buy - and the supply increases. This drives prices down - which SHOULD spur sales - but oddly enough, doesn't.
Illogical? Absolutely. But it is the observed trend.
Personally - I buy when prices are down, not up.
You have to take the publicity factor into account. Publicity is free advertising. When Dems are ascending, guns simply get a lot more publicity. A lot more publicity stimulates a lot more people considering gun purchases. Most gun owners need another gun about as much as they need a hole in their head. They have plenty, and they don't need more. So during times that guns aren't a hot topic, they aren't thinking about new gun purchases all that much. But when gun's are a hot topic, adding to the collection is almost irresistible. Everyone's talking about guns, and talking about guns is a lot more interesting when you have new guns to talk about.
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