I work for Spark Firearms in San Antonio and we have been watching AR sales above all else. We are looking for a change. It's only been a week since the attack and we have had one Gun Show.
We have seen a small uptick in sales. A couple people came in and bought ARs saying they where going to buy one next month or so but thought they would do it right now. Normally we sell more handguns then rifles, but last week it was about even.
At the Liberty Gun Show last weekend in New Braunfels, we saw a small uptick in sales also. Foot traffic in the show was normal for that show. Not a lot of people. If there was a big run it would have been easy to see a lot more people in the show. I don't have the actual counts from the show promoter, but the amount of people was the same the month before and in the past. We did see more people buying rifles then normal. And a couple people bought 2 instead of one. A bunch of people where buying stripped lowers to hold. The uptick in sales wasn't enough for us to see a huge jump or enough for the shop owners to get excited over. This could have been a simple Father's Day uptick in sales, but I don't think so.
Conclusion: As of right now I don't think there is going to be a huge run up here in Texas. I don't doubt that another State in the Union will do what Colorado or New York did last time and those local areas will have a run up and shortage which could effect us a little, but I don't think it will be like finding PMags last time. I was planning on buying another rifle for training purposes and to train others on and will be buying the lower receiver today to start building that rifle. If I have the lower I can always build something later.
Other then that, not really worried about a huge run up or new laws right now. That could change as the week goes on since the House and Senate only want to talk about Gun Control. They gave in on the filibuster. So you never know what will happen in the dark of the night.
Stay Safe,
Ben Branam
We have seen a small uptick in sales. A couple people came in and bought ARs saying they where going to buy one next month or so but thought they would do it right now. Normally we sell more handguns then rifles, but last week it was about even.
At the Liberty Gun Show last weekend in New Braunfels, we saw a small uptick in sales also. Foot traffic in the show was normal for that show. Not a lot of people. If there was a big run it would have been easy to see a lot more people in the show. I don't have the actual counts from the show promoter, but the amount of people was the same the month before and in the past. We did see more people buying rifles then normal. And a couple people bought 2 instead of one. A bunch of people where buying stripped lowers to hold. The uptick in sales wasn't enough for us to see a huge jump or enough for the shop owners to get excited over. This could have been a simple Father's Day uptick in sales, but I don't think so.
Conclusion: As of right now I don't think there is going to be a huge run up here in Texas. I don't doubt that another State in the Union will do what Colorado or New York did last time and those local areas will have a run up and shortage which could effect us a little, but I don't think it will be like finding PMags last time. I was planning on buying another rifle for training purposes and to train others on and will be buying the lower receiver today to start building that rifle. If I have the lower I can always build something later.
Other then that, not really worried about a huge run up or new laws right now. That could change as the week goes on since the House and Senate only want to talk about Gun Control. They gave in on the filibuster. So you never know what will happen in the dark of the night.
Stay Safe,
Ben Branam
