[MotoSook]

Beats me why they'd bother...but I read an article today about how dead cartel hitmen are celebrated and lavished upon in death with $100,000+ tombs paid for by their patrons.

So over priced US weapons? Chump change...and it's available without waiting for a container to arrive.

The odd thing about that article is that a part of me thinks Barry is just playing this card to keep people happy and the ban may not happen....or maybe just a modified ban. As I stated in a different thread...weapons and ammo sales is a good economic stimulus.

So it looks like the ban will continue to be dangled about...and money will keep flowing.

I keep thinking that the smart invester might just buy up all the lower receivers and not bother with the whole rifle. The receiver is what gets registered, so if a ban were to be put in placed, companies could potentially continue to crank out parts which are not classified as weapons.

If some of the features that are banned (who really needs a bayonet on a rifle off the battlefield?) don't make it onto the parts...will it prevent someone from buying an AR? Is a verticle grip really necessary?

If a ban does happen, would the prices on lower receivers triple while manufactures concentrate on making parts not prohibited by the ban, thus forcing prices for parts down? In a banned situ, the full rifles would stop leaving the factory...which would drive up prices for assembled rifles on the street. But they'll be a flood of parts, so someone with a stock of lower receivers could buy cheap parts to assemble a rifle, then sell it as a pre-ban rifle.

I'm not a dealer or an investor ... just making a technical observation. It's like old Porsches. Full originally commands a high price, but if someone wants to replicate the look and performance of a 73RS...one can start with 73T and still make a good profit when it's converted to a 73RS replica.