We can hope that some of these first time buyers will go on to become long time gun owners which will be a plus for all of us.
^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^
I was happy to see my liberal home state of NY sell out of firearms - not of the circumstance but that the libs can see one of the reasons for the 2A.
It's not likely to be a bunch of S&W revolvers or steel-framed Sig pistols showing up on the used market. It's going to be a bunch of Taurus, Sccy, Hi-point, etc.
Panic buying is almost certainly focused on the very low end of the market.
If those of us who know any of these first timers take them under our wings and teach them right.
This happened after Sandy Hook when so many Noobs rushed the counters in the big box stores and paid way too much for the wrong guns and never shot them.
We had a tidal wave of new members rife with chasing the ads to buy/sell thinking it was the new thing to a quick buck. That wave died out when it crashed on the beach. The classifieds were full of seriously over priced guns that most likely never sold and if they did it was another NOOB wanting it as the LGS was empty.
When you would talk to those people they were adamant not to loose a nickel on a gun they paid 30%+ too much for from the get.
I doubt you bargain hunters will have your fantasy's fulfilled.
Ha, that's often true for the INGO classifieds even in the last couple months when it was a buyers market. I've pretty much found if you don't price it right at the outset and it doesn't sell within the first day or two it probably won't, and definitely not after the 20th bump without changing anything lol.
I do not know about guns, but with everyone staying in it appears that some "I just decided to clean out the safe, and found this"...……...posts are appearing, just happened to find a couple boxes of ?!? at say $1.00 a round.
An arm and a leg a case, your first born, for a carton of surplus.
Glad I am happy with what I have.