Yes, joking but not much surprises me these days.

To be honest I haven't walked into a gun store in years, what I don't order on line I'll get from one of 3 friends of mine who have FFL's and operate out of their houses.

I usually buy guns after I've drank a bunch of beer. If there was a local gun store in walking distance, I'd probably buy from them (if I was able to walk). Until they build one next door, I'll continue to check my emails on Sunday morning to see what kind of guns I bought on the internet Saturday night.

I'm right there with you, I do my best trading when I'm drinkin. Maybe my worst trading. Who knows.

It must be effective. I never even have buyer's remorse until my wife finds out.

Sometimes I don't even remember till I have to pick it up.

Beer is awesome.

That's why I have 3 safes now.

I'm up to 2 safes and closet with a lock in the door

Hello,

It boils down to education and race. 4 years ago, I owned zero guns and I am African American. I owned zero guns because my family and upbringing had a zero tolerance against guns. My entire large family never ever discussed having a gun. Guns were bad and I better not ever get caught discussing or having one as teen. As man, that way of thinking of changed. Now I own and educate myself and family about guns.

I know +60 people with homes that have no guns because they don't see value in guns and don't understand the education it takes to own and use one.

People are not buying guns cause they do not see the reason to buy guns. Its much better to take a vacation.

If you trying to sale guns, go to neighborhoods where people do not have guns and Sale and educate them on guns. Go in the neighbor hood and take minorities out hunting. Many minorities do not have fathers to teach them about outdoors and hunting. Change your marketing strategy and target the people who do not own guns and who do not hunt. Why keep trying to sale guns to people who already hunt and own guns.

Hello,

It boils down to education and race. 4 years ago, I owned zero guns and I am African American. I owned zero guns because my family and upbringing had a zero tolerance against guns. My entire large family never ever discussed having a gun. Guns were bad and I better not ever get caught discussing or having one as teen. As man, that way of thinking of changed. Now I own and educate myself and family about guns.

I know +60 people with homes that have no guns because they don't see value in guns and don't understand the education it takes to own and use one.

People are not buying guns cause they do not see the reason to buy guns. Its much better to take a vacation.

If you trying to sale guns, go to neighborhoods where people do not have guns and Sale and educate them on guns. Go in the neighbor hood and take minorities out hunting. Many minorities do not have fathers to teach them about outdoors and hunting. Change your marketing strategy and target the people who do not own guns and who do not hunt. Why keep trying to sale guns to people who already hunt and own guns.

Hello,

It boils down to education and race. 4 years ago, I owned zero guns and I am African American. I owned zero guns because my family and upbringing had a zero tolerance against guns. My entire large family never ever discussed having a gun. Guns were bad and I better not ever get caught discussing or having one as teen. As man, that way of thinking of changed. Now I own and educate myself and family about guns.

I know +60 people with homes that have no guns because they don't see value in guns and don't understand the education it takes to own and use one.

People are not buying guns cause they do not see the reason to buy guns. Its much better to take a vacation.

If you trying to sale guns, go to neighborhoods where people do not have guns and Sale and educate them on guns. Go in the neighbor hood and take minorities out hunting. Many minorities do not have fathers to teach them about outdoors and hunting. Change your marketing strategy and target the people who do not own guns and who do not hunt. Why keep trying to sale guns to people who already hunt and own guns.

People are not buying guns cause they do not see the reason to buy guns. Its much better to take a vacation.

Thank you for the very insightful post.

A vacation, a new smart phone, the latest gadget on Amazon... The masses don't see the value in buying guns.

Obama was the best gun salesman, ever.

That P.O.S. is out of office.

Citizens do not feel near as threatened toward their second amendment rights.

Supply is still up, as leftovers from Obama years. Demand is lower, under Trump. Prices fall, gun stores' overhead costs have not fallen.

Economics 101, I learned in 1997.

This


Gun margins are insanely tiny, less than 10% of most stuff.

Plus local guys can't compete with volume dealers. Big guy will have guns on sale lower than dealer cost for the small guy.

Brick and mortars are going out of business left and right. At least 6 businesses I used to thread for are now gone.

As others have said, the internet dealt them the death blow. The price and tax you save offset your transfer cost.

No way you can do well having rent, employees etc and compete with the internet.

I stopped doing all retail on Gun stuff years ago.

Change your marketing strategy and target the people who do not own guns and who do not hunt. Why keep trying to sale guns to people who already hunt and own guns.

No, just NO! That's not how it works, that's not how it works at all! LOL!!

First off most gun owners are NOT hunters anyway. The bulk of firearm sales are handguns which means they are mostly intended for self defense and target shooting, NOT hunting.

And your marketing strategy would leave you out of business probably before you ever open the doors. You don't try to sell ice to Eskimos and you don't try to sell guns to people who have no interest in them. That's why buisnesses pay big money to retail market analysts to see who their market is so they can target those people. That's why your internet search results create ads on sites like THF that try to sell you things of possible interest to you based on your search history.

You gotta know your product and you gotta know your customer base so you can pimp your products to those people.

No, just NO! That's not how it works, that's not how it works at all! LOL!!

First off most gun owners are NOT hunters anyway. The bulk of firearm sales are handguns which means they are mostly intended for self defense and target shooting, NOT hunting.

And your marketing strategy would leave you out of business probably before you ever open the doors. You don't try to sell ice to Eskimos and you don't try to sell guns to people who have no interest in them. That's why buisnesses pay big money to retail market analysts to see who their market is so they can target those people. That's why your internet search results create ads on sites like THF that try to sell you things of possible interest to you based on your search history.

You gotta know your product and you gotta know your customer base so you can pimp your products to those people.

No, just NO! That's not how it works, that's not how it works at all! LOL!!

First off most gun owners are NOT hunters anyway. The bulk of firearm sales are handguns which means they are mostly intended for self defense and target shooting, NOT hunting.

And your marketing strategy would leave you out of business probably before you ever open the doors. You don't try to sell ice to Eskimos and you don't try to sell guns to people who have no interest in them. That's why buisnesses pay big money to retail market analysts to see who their market is so they can target those people. That's why your internet search results create ads on sites like THF that try to sell you things of possible interest to you based on your search history.

You gotta know your product and you gotta know your customer base so you can pimp your products to those people.