People are stockpiling assault-style rifles after the Florida school shooting

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People are stockpiling assault-style rifles after the Florida school shooting
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Sales of assault-style guns are surging after the Florida school shooting.
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  • Gun sales are surging after the Florida school shooting that killed 17 students and staff members.
  • Criminal background checks for gun sales rose 3.5% in Florida in the month of February, Bloomberg reports.
  • Background checks for long guns, which includes assault-style rifles like the one used in the Parkland school shooting, surged 12.6% in the state.

Sales of assault-style rifles are surging in the aftermath of the Florida school shooting that killed 17 students and staff members

Criminal background checks for gun sales — a key metric for estimating the demand for guns — rose 3.5% in Florida in the month of February, compared to the previous year, Bloomberg reports.

Background checks for long guns, which includes assault-style rifles like the one used in the Parkland school shooting, surged 12.6% in the state. Nationwide, that metric rose 3%.

Gun sales typically surge after mass shootings, due to rising fears over tightening gun controls.

But under President Donald Trump, gun sales have slowed — a trend that has been called the "Trump slump" — because he's seen as supportive of the gun industry.

The recent rush of demand for guns indicates that "fear-based buying" is back, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets analyst Brett Andress.

It "starts to beg the question: Is fear-based buying back? Given all the recent headlines and rhetoric, we would argue yes, for the moment," Andress wrote in a research note.

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People are stockpiling assault-style rifles after the Florida school shooting
 
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Shadow2 said:
Sane again? they where insanely low ... I do have to laugh ... grabbers actually think people are going to hand there stuff over if they pass a law.
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I dunno about that. I started to really get into shooting at the tail end of my Army days during Bush Jr's 2nd administration so thats my price baseline. Back when you could get a whole crate of 7n6 for $174. I can't remember what the cans of LC M855 were going for at that time though. I do remember running out and getting a Colt 6920 for like $800 not long after the AWB sunset. Thing still had the LE only markings on it. If I hadn't moved back to shit ass NYS I'd still have it!
 
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A brand new milspec rifle can be built for $350 may not be Colt but function just the same ... that's insane pricing ... i don't think you'll ever dirt cheap ammo pricing like that again, not until real mil surplus is allowed to reach the market. ARs have become very popular more hungry mouths too feed not like years past.

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I dunno about that. I started to really get into shooting at the tail end of my Army days during Bush Jr's 2nd administration so thats my price baseline. Back when you could get a whole crate of 7n6 for $174. I can't remember what the cans of LC M855 were going for at that time though. I do remember running out and getting a Colt 6920 for like $800 not long after the AWB sunset. Thing still had the LE only markings on it. If I hadn't moved back to shit ass NYS I'd still have it!
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Shadow2 said:
A brand new milspec rifle can be built for $350 may not be Colt but function just the same ... that's insane pricing ... i don't think you'll ever dirt cheap ammo pricing like that again, not until real mil surplus is allowed to reach the market. ARs have become very popular more hungry mouths too feed not like years past.
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$800 for a Colt retail is pretty cheap by nowdays, though I'll allow not amazingly so. I didn't really know what I was doing at the time I was youg and flush with cash. I just wanted an AR that was as close as possible to what was issued to us at the time. I elected for the 6920 carbine over an A2 clone because I was always a little jealous of the mechanics that had em while we were stuck with the big ol A2, as a vehicle mounted troop no less. I remember thinking "ooh, new ones are nice!" We artillery types got handme down 80s vintage infantry issue rattletraps.
 
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Can anyone remember the price of a 420 count can of LC M855 pre obummer? I know it was a lot more than 7n6, thats why I got an AK despite being biased against them at the time. Oy, miss that thing too. Had a really nicely put together Bulgy parts build '74.
 
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I got rid of all my toys.
To another state. I can't wait to play with them again. I keep my M1 home.
I recently bought an M1A compliant Scout to bring out and shoot.
 
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96coal449 said:
I got rid of all my toys.
To another state. I can't wait to play with them again. I keep my M1 home.
I recently bought an M1A compliant Scout to bring out and shoot.
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Compliant to the second amendment I hope not NYS
 
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Compliant to the second amendment I hope not NYS
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No ..... NYS. It's one of the rifles I've wanted to add to the collection for some time now, and I wanted something other than the Garande to take out shooting. I figure when the unSAFEact is repealed, or I move, it won't take much to put it back to normal.
 
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No ..... NYS. It's one of the rifles I've wanted to add to the collection for some time now, and I wanted something other than the Garande to take out shooting. I figure when the unSAFEact is repealed, or I move, it won't take much to put it back to normal.
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Gimme ur M1 Garand
 
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I dunno about that. I started to really get into shooting at the tail end of my Army days during Bush Jr's 2nd administration so thats my price baseline. Back when you could get a whole crate of 7n6 for $174. I can't remember what the cans of LC M855 were going for at that time though. I do remember running out and getting a Colt 6920 for like $800 not long after the AWB sunset. Thing still had the LE only markings on it. If I hadn't moved back to shit ass NYS I'd still have it!
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Doesn't seem that long agp, you could get bricks of 22LR for $9.99
 
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So stockpile "assault weapons" What's the good except a black market to sell to criminals or use . Help me out here
 
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