America's gun fever is breaking

[koalabear]

Since the movie theater shootings in Aurora, Colo., last year, it's been a gun sales renaissance.


Women and older Americans have been buying more guns, overall sales are up, ammo supplies were stretched thin, background checks hit record levels, and gun and ammunition manufacturers have been adding jobs. Gun fever spread quickly, but it looks as if it's finally cooling off.


Outdoor sporting goods chain Cabela's (CAB -1.17%), which Reuters says generated roughly $3.1 billion of its sales through hunting equipment alone last year, doesn't seem to think it's going to sell as many guns this year as it did in the year prior. It doesn't think it can match the 10.5% growth in comparable-store sales (sales at stores open for at least one year) it reported for the second quarter, which is already a decrease from the 24% gain it recorded in the first quarter.
http://money.msn.com/now/post--americas-gun-fever-is-breaking

 

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[koalabear]

Obama's destruction of the economy has finally produced some liberal fruit.

Everyone that wants a gun has one now.

 

[Adre]

Everyone that wants a gun has one now.

Does this mean you guys will stop whining about how there's a conspiracy to take them away from you?

 

[koalabear]

Does this mean you guys will stop whining about how there's a conspiracy to take them away from you?

AHHHHHHHHhahahahahaha. No.

 

[Batch]

I was in a Cabelas last August up in Tacoma. It was to say the very least, ammo nirvana.

 

[koalabear]

I was in a Cabelas last August up in Tacoma. It was to say the very least, ammo nirvana.

Some calibers still short in these parts, but they are finally catching up.

 

[Batch]

Some calibers still short in these parts, but they are finally catching up.

Not in my neck of the woods. Oh well.
You buy what you can get, which isn't much.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I was in a Cabelas last August up in Tacoma. It was to say the very least, ammo nirvana.

Boo!!!

 

[Batch]

Boo!!!

Boo yerself.

It was a wonderful store, there was even a restaurant inside. Oh and the guns, and rifles on sale! Argh, it was so lovely. I must toodle off.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Boo yerself.

It was a wonderful store, there was even a restaurant inside. Oh and the guns, and rifles on sale! Argh, it was so lovely. I must toodle off.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Everyone that wants a gun has one now.

When exactly are you expecting Obama to come and take your guns away?

 

[koalabear]

When exactly are you expecting Obama to come and take your guns away?

He'll never make it to the heartland.

 

[KRCummings]

I go to the Gander Mountain store here sometimes. Not to buy guns though.
Possibly buying a .410/.22 combo for young'un. He wants to hunt this year.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

interesting -*CLICKS*

 

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[koalabear]

..or three.

I'm still waiting for my 86.

possiby 4....

66 shoots great.

 

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[koalabear]

Accurate enough for you? They are very well made.

Good enough out to 100yds, I need a scope for anything farther. Wood fit is outstanding on it, couldn't ask for better.

 

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[bronzeage]

There will be another spree shooting soon enough, and everyone who bought a gun after the last time, will run out and buy another.

The gun industry can't depend upon Democrats holding the White House forever, so they are going to secretly support liberal candidates in the House of Representatives. As good as Aurora and Sandy Hook were for gun sales, nothing compares to a Democratic majority house.

 

[koalabear]

I hope my wait is worth it. Longest I've ever had to suffer.

You must have ordered the most popular one.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

He'll never make it to the heartland.

and he never had any intention to take your guns away; it was just your collective paranoia.

 

[koalabear]

There will be another spree shooting soon enough, and everyone who bought a gun after the last time, will run out and buy another.

The gun industry can't depend upon Democrats holding the White House forever, so they are going to secretly support liberal candidates in the House of Representatives. As good as Aurora and Sandy Hook were for gun sales, nothing compares to a Democratic majority house.

Doesn't matter who is in office, there is always Chicago to sell them in.

 

[koalabear]

and he never had any intention to take your guns away; it was just your collective paranoia.

^^True lib believer.