catspa
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Davek1977: Whether their strategy was wise or not reamins to be seen, but as of now, your fellow shooters are every bit as much to blame as the government is....
This is not technically true, as there are some, perhaps many, of our fellow shooters who stocked up on what they wanted long before it could be considered "hoarding". They were not motivated by the impending Obama presidency, at least I wasn't, but by the common sense belief that the future is uncertain, that when guns/ammo/components are affordable and readily available, a fellow should set some by for when they're not (and the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared"). I haven't purchased much in this climate - I don't feel I need to. I have sold a little, not a lot, mostly to a good friend for a price he could afford, because I wanted him to have it.
To some extent, the present hoarders have reduced the supply of these goods, to a larger extent those who buy, mark up the price stiffly, and resell (I'm speaking of non-dealers here, those who are speculating and not buying for their own use, the opportunists). But the phrase "your fellow shooters" is too broad a brush for that color of paint.
Parker, who finds it a little ironic that the difference between "foresight" and "hoarding" is a function of when you carried it out...
This is not technically true, as there are some, perhaps many, of our fellow shooters who stocked up on what they wanted long before it could be considered "hoarding". They were not motivated by the impending Obama presidency, at least I wasn't, but by the common sense belief that the future is uncertain, that when guns/ammo/components are affordable and readily available, a fellow should set some by for when they're not (and the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared"). I haven't purchased much in this climate - I don't feel I need to. I have sold a little, not a lot, mostly to a good friend for a price he could afford, because I wanted him to have it.
To some extent, the present hoarders have reduced the supply of these goods, to a larger extent those who buy, mark up the price stiffly, and resell (I'm speaking of non-dealers here, those who are speculating and not buying for their own use, the opportunists). But the phrase "your fellow shooters" is too broad a brush for that color of paint.
Parker, who finds it a little ironic that the difference between "foresight" and "hoarding" is a function of when you carried it out...