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Originally Posted by Richard
"preppers" v "speculators" inflamed by the bloggers - the new good ol' American way.
Richard 
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I think Richard once again takes the win.
Yesterday I was having lunch with a local wholesaler/distributor here. He told me that the biggest problem is all the other wholesalers and distribution centers are hoarding large quantities of magazines in case there is a ban on mags. That way they can suddenly "release" them all right before any legislation. Or continue the trickle to control the price. He said the same types of things were going on with ammo centers and plants.
Good evidence of this was that all our local stores here in VA just got hoards of ar15's. Most of them showed up within one week of order. If there was such a shortage of these, where did the dozens I just saw yesterday, suddenly come from? The timing could not have been more perfect considering their sudden "release" from various centers and manufactures the moment it was announced that there would not be a "assault weapons ban". Its a game, its a business, people are in it for money, not necessarily just our freedoms.
At first it was annoying to hear about. However, spending some time thinking about it, it is logical to the cycle. The benefit, at least with some hope, is that these companies and distributors will reinvest into better and faster systems of getting the guns and ammo out. The increase in demand and money going back to the gun manufactures will continue to make them more powerful. The money from them will be useful in future fights about the 2nd amendment.
Now if you really want to be upset about speculation, who the hell is going to drive the price back down on NFA MG's? A registered lightning link, which is essentially a hunk of hack saw blade, is now selling for 10-15K! Not even 5 years ago they were still in the 1k-2k range. New they were $25-50 dollars a link in 86. It is also a very small group of very wealthy that drive the price of NFA. There is a limited number of MG's yes, however at this rate a transferable Colt M16 is going to be 50K in the next few years.