As I predicted correctly to my gun customers, the bill introduced by FrankenFeinstein has NO SUNSET! The 10 year ban that started in 1994, which had 0% affect in reducing crime wasn't good enough for the libtards. Now they want a permanent ban. Just like a liberal - when their policies are proven failures, they double down on them.
Here is evidence of FrankenFeinstein's insanity and hypocrisy:
Feinstein Introduces Sweeping Unconstitutional Gun Control Bill in Senate
Feinstein: 2nd Amendment Rights Not Unlimited
Feinstein’s Gun Ban Would Exempt Government From Restrictions
Dianne Feinstein Confesses She Intends to ‘Dry Up the Supply of These Weapons Over Time’
Hypocrite Feinstein: Armed Self with Concealed Handgun
Civil Right to Bear Arms
Entire text of Gabe Suarez's email. Bold areas are my highlights:
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So I just got back to HQ. I was at SHOT with the XO and
GM since Monday. We usually don't go to the media shoot as I do not care for
organized ranges unless I am running them so we did not go to that event. But
the rest....
The state of the industry seems to be one of
"getting ready for a big fight". SHOT attendees can be categorized
into three groups. You have the "Gun Show Crowd" that gets in via
some sort of skullduggery stretching of the truth. They are not really in the
business of buying anything and either run some mom-and-pop shops or are in
some volunteer church security gig and thus get in for the purpose of oogle
things and clogging the aisles. Next you have the "Badass Crowd".
They are there to show everyone how bad they are by wearing shirts two sizes
too small and showing off their hard looks and cool-killer handling of guns on
other people's exhibits. Finally, you have the business people. They tend to
wear suits and expensive watches and move from one back room deal to another.
It is in this last group that we move in, and it is in this last group that the
real info flows.
On Monday there was palpable stress. We usually schedule
most of our meeting then so we can allocate one day to follow up and one day to
look for up and coming stuff. The feeling Monday was that there would be a big
fight coming this year. The big guys were not worried about EOs
(executive orders) they knew the limits of those having consulted with their
attorneys beforehand. Perhaps someone should have shared that with
that guy in Tennessee before he made that video, but back to the points.
The EOs did nothing and many guys were surprised
that there was not some sort of import restriction on ammo or guns. The real
fight will be in the legislature, but before anyone lights their victory cigar,
the movers and shakers are not lighting anything. Let me restate that...the
CEOs of companies that make the Suarez Group look like a lemonade stand are NOT
CELEBRATING, they are doing as follows:
They have pared down their offerings to the easiest to
makes/easiest to sell. SIG for example has pared down their rifle offerings in
2013 to the following: 516, 716, 556R, and M400. Period. We have some other
stuff on order and will get it, but don't expect to see anything else. They
really do not know if SHOT 2014 will have ANY military rifles. And that is from
the guys that have access to info and people that few do.
Expect in the next few weeks....WEEKS NOT
MONTHS...production to catch up on most rifles..and magazines. But do not
expect prices to drop. Prices are not only set at the manufacturer
level, but at the distributor and dealer levels. The closer one is to the
manufacturer, the fewer people step on the price, which is why we have been
able to offer SIGs at half the gun show prices. But eventually market forces
change those things.
I saw M4s everywhere. Every other booth almsot. SI will
by the requirements of market forces have to take a stronger look at the M4.
Likes and dislikes do not have a place in this market. By the same token, AKs
were rare. We saw them at Wolf, Arsenal, IO and Century, but nothing at all new
and interesting. In fact, the ONLY new thing we saw was the VEPR 12, but it is
heavy and long and with only magazines made by the "salvation army
crowd" it will not prevail in a quality-seeking market. We did stop by
Fabrika Broni..the Poles trying to sell their expensive old rifles last year.
Few were taking a second look this year and the men in the booth looked bored.
Sorry...but I predicted this mid last year.
The notable rifles of the show - The Tavor (God willing
they will get here before the left manages to make anything happen), the
Beretta ARX - this one was uber impressive and could make the SCAR system look
antiquated by comparison. The Czech rifles...I forget the designation, but they
are slated only for Mil-Pol uses. The SIG SMG...the MPX. Very nice. They have
no plans to any pistols of any long barreled stuff, but there will be SBRs. As
with most NFA things...not for those on a budget.
Optics - I spent some time looking at the Browe optics.
Hmmmmm. Most everything else was the same as what we saw last year. Nothing
new.
There were a few interesting products, but they all share
hard challenges bringing them to market and I will not give the impression I
approve or disapprove of them. I have seen in the past that my comments seem to
affect things like the Fed's expressions affect the DOW, so I shall remain
quiet until I see more.
As usual...lots of nylon, lots of flashlights, lots of
clever-camo. Same pistols as last year. Only notable one was the S&W MP
with the red dots. Incidentally, the only red dots that cowitnessed with this
were the Delta Points and RMR. TSD will probably reposition to offer more guns
and more red dots as well since we made some very good agreements at SHOT. I
still like the RMR, but Leupold tells me they have been doing some testing, and
well....more later.
Missing conspicuosly - militia type stuff...loud gun
people...1776 stuff...take back America stuff...Ted Nugent (at least I didn't
see him), "I'ma sturt killin peeple" type guys. Security was far more
present than I recall last year. Not oppressive, but more present if you are
used to looking for such things.
My suggestions based on what I saw. If you want
something, get it now. I see many FFLs getting out of the business in the
coming year. There was talk of "coming crackdowns", etc. Me, I
believe it. That means fewer places to buy guns and more money to get them.
What to get? You cannot go wrong with a high end
M4. I have said that an M4 is more reliable than the AK crowd says it is, just
as a good AK is more accurate than the M4 crowd gives it credit for.
Market forces demand I take a harder look at the M4. When we arrive at our
conclusions, it will likely give the traditional M4-mafia-world a testicular
rupture, but we will wait for that happy moment.
My own purchases in the past month have included four top
tier M4s from Noveske, Knights, Daniel defense, and SIG. I already have plenty
of 7.62x39s including two 556Rs. As well, M4 and AK-47 magazines will
be like gold. I did set aside a handful of billet lowers for some
special projects. I would not bother much with 5.45 as a GOTO any longer nor as
an investment, but others may disagree. Whatever.
I committed deeply to M4 platform rifles, M4 receivers,
M4 magazines and other rifles that accept them such as Tavors, and FS2000
(although they will be in limited numbers).
I spoke with several ammo makers and they are
committed to taking over the 7.62x39 market in ammo. This could be the best
thing that happens to this caliber by the way. Steyr had the AUG (I
call it "AWG" like "dawg" and don't care if someone doesn't
like it), but they had nobody there that wanted to touch it, nor knew anything
about it. It was almsot as if they were apologetic for it being there in the
first place...like a pedophile cousin that must sit at the Christmas table but
nobody really wants him there.
I also saw many "tactical" focused
companies begin to dabble in the sporting field...meaning they anticipate that
"the tactical" will probably not be a viable market soon. When you
see a multi-million dollar tactical company beging to focus on non-tactical, it
is clear what they are seeing down the road.
Bottom lines - this sh*t ain't over by a long
shot and the forces of darkness have a great deal of capital...both financial
and political. And my view...if the force of good were that organized and that
powerful, how on earth did they allow him to get re-elected? After three days
of in depth meetings and 16 hour days, I am not very optimistic about the
future of the black rifle in America, but I could be totally wrong.
Gabe Suarez
God - Family - Tribe
That Is Where Loyalty Lies
And Those Are The Only Things
I will Fight, Kill, or Die For
