Originally Posted by
Skyyr
My thoughts:
- If we are faced with a real AWB, you most likely won't want to sell anything. At least, I wouldn't. The next ban attempts will probably be even more comprehensive and attempt to stop ownership of ALL AR-based firearms. I'd want to keep everything I had for myself and my kids, once they're of age.
- A majority of others are already planning on doing the same thing you're mentioning. This means that the market will initially be flooded with AR's that have jacked up prices and making a profit won't be as easy as it appears.
- Keep in mind that the ATF has determined that buying a rifle with the intent to sell it for profit, even if done legally, can be considered illegal and prosecuted (and they've done so to a few people)
If anything, I'd buy like 10-20k of ammo and hold onto it, with the possibility of selling it if shortages occurred. That seems, to me, to be the best way to invest with the current (and foreseeable) political climate.
This, exactly. As for whether such a move is savvy or slimy, I suppose that I look at it as I might any other commodity. I hate to see opportunists screw their buddies, but I understand that we can't hate them for thinking ahead. I guess in a fairly close-knit community like ours, it leaves a bad taste in your mouth when you're waiting on a Milt Sparks holster for a year while some prospective buyer just got his with the express intent of jacking the price and putting it up on eBay.
I wouldn't do it, and I would likely think you a bit of an ass for doing it, but you would admittedly be a pretty smart ass, as these things go.
Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here. -- Captain John Parker, Lexington, 1775.
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