I finally toured an actual ‘Cabela’s’ (outdoor) Store.. and what I found inside were very sorry versions of myself… Middle aged white guys (who likely couldn’t survive a night in the woods) looking for more toys.. And where was the most activity? The Gun Section, of course. Talk about Zombies!

This was the sickest lot of peers (at least age & culture wise) I’ve been in proximity to for a long time; their arrogance was palpable.. Strutting around in ‘outdoor attire’ while pondering their next unnecessary assault weapon purchase … likely using life’s ill gotten gains..

I also sense that attitude from the gunsters around here - now I know ‘what they look like’ I’ll walk past weapons & accessories like that thinking much as I do inside a home improvement store ..got all I need of that, glad I’m no longer wanting..

They’re purchasing these guns as an Investment. Kinda like a consortium of idiots attempting to corner the ..silver market, but in this case, assuming with every new mass gun murder, surely the US will take action … and their assault weapons might quadruple in price! But from the air of that Cabela’s, these guys aren’t hurting for money, but looking for control..

@Elganned As is often described around here, data reads as those who collect it want it to read. There must be a point of saturation or financial exhaustion when even the gun nuts slow down on purchases ... but having paid attention (if even bothered anymore to be tracked, let alone reported) ..gun sales would increase after a mass shooting. Not due to the fear of people feeling the need to ‘defend themselves,’ but due to the gun hoarder’s assumption that the citizens of the USA will finally demand serious limits on their weapon of choice..

Yeah, and who commits those attacks? Oh, wait, white gun nuts........

That may be so but I bet they don’t advertise that to their customers.

@Trajan61 Something tells me he is joking.

@Captain_Feelgood I’m sure he is but I’ve always wondered the same thing myself.

And you know...2 or 3 owners, maybe?

When people are scared they buy guns for protection. Gun sales are down under Trump so evidently people aren’t as scared.

Trump causes the sales of xanax to go up. Him and his ilk scare the crap out of me. Too much evil and stupidity rolled into one.

@Trajan61 I think the gun market has simply dried up because a lot of people would Never buy one, that's all

@AnneWimsey All of my friends own a gun with most owning several so what are you talking about. Hell my son is a firearms dealer and I have a range in my back yard where we get together quite regularly to shoot rifles and pistols. Here in Oklahoma where I live it would be very rare to find a household without a gun!

@Trajan61 your market is fullyb saturated, everybody has one or more. Hardly any further sales except to update/upgrade.
Some folks will Never buy a gun...no any sales at all. Therefore that "market" is non-existent.
The gun surge of buying is flat or declining.........

@AnneWimsey If the democrats win in 2020 I assure you people will become frightened and gun sales will surge again.

@Trajan61 Ammo sales might (ridiculously!) Surge, unless you have found a way to use more than one gun at a time?