Quote Originally Posted by Zundfolge View Post
The goal here is not successful prosecutions, the goal here is to create fear that has a "chilling effect" on private sellers. They want people deciding to just put that gun back in the closet and forget about it instead of selling it (thus reducing inventory available in the market and increasing prices).

Its mostly about "counting coup in the culture war".
Chill away. No one should be selling guns, everyone should be buying. And if you don't have what you (and your children) need, you haven't been paying attention.

I love guns put away in closets/safes. They can sit there and do nothing while they put numbers on our side of the ledger. My guns have only been used at the range. I hope it stays that way. As long as they are in private hands, they do as intended. And now their future actions impact more people (who vote) because that person has to consider if the gun in his/her closet makes him a criminal.

Higher prices will suck. Especially if it hits ammo (which has already started). We have lots of manufacturers and if you look at prices on long-running makes/models, they are pretty cheap. New models always fetch a premium. I can get a Glock for $500 (or less), a P226 for $700, and a 92 for less than that. You can build a PSA AR for $500/600. 6920s can still be had for less than $1K. Before our mag ban, I was buying PMags for $10 and PSA D&Hs for $8 (I think).

Point is... He's being doing this shit for seven years now and, in aggregate, it really hasn't hurt but probably helped. So I don't think this will do what they want it to do.