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This is just showing how many people stayed out of the NFA game because of the enforced time constraints. No one wants to purchase today to get their items in a year. Now that it only takes about the same time as it would to ship it tons of people are willing to spend and basically jump-start a collection they would have built over years if everything had been normal from the start. Basically everybody is making up for lost time.Maybe, maybe not, but is it really necessary for one guy to clear out a shops supply, why not let the rest of us enjoy the windfall. feels like we're all kids again acting like we're not going to get any cake because someone else wants some, so you take all of it to make sure you get some even if you already had some. Use whichever food choice you like, point remains the same. This happen with ammo as well, saw people who didn't want any but decided to buy all of it cause someone else wanted some, even meet people who admitted to buying it all just so the other person couldn't get any.
But is important to remember that this is the new normal. The ATF is no longer the bottleneck in the supply chain, now it is the manufactures who cannot keep up with demand. This means that if you just want a few cans to play with, you buy them when you can find them. That is just the nature of short supply. Yeah it sucks, but I will not begrudge a guy buying up a collection he could have had years ago if not for bureaucracy. W just have to wait this out and see how the manufacturers decide to handle things. The short wait times are not going away, so it is not like he is taking away your opportunity for a quick turnaround later, all he is doing is buying current stock that will be replaced in due time.
Hell, my current NFA dealer is not even taking back-orders right now, the manufacturers are still trying to decide if this demand is just an anomaly as people try to build out a collection, or if this is going to be sustained demand that justifies adding manufacturing capacity.