Calm down guys, you might bring the wrath of Free Market experts on your ass. Of course we are not dealing with a free market, but that won't stop them from defending price gouging! I've even seen some very foolish posters on this very board, claim do to the high demand, some mfgs are having to hire extra people, and pay some over time, thus their profits are SHRINKING! Others will tell state some crazy shit like, "Well so what if a gun store sell at what the market will bear, how can they begin to pay next months rent, if they don't gouge away today? And some how they believe this! Last time I checked all the ammo and gun mfgs are running at 100%, that ammo and those guns etc. are going somewhere, what do you want a bet the dealers are still getting their backorders (maybe not at the same rate, but enough, as all that stuff is being sold), and as this stuff is sold by dealers, some dealer some where must be getting it. I agree with all those on this string, this is price gouging, if you didn't need an FFL to purchase guns and the like, and you could purchase direct from the mfgs, and import with a license, this would be a free market. It is a controlled, highly licensed market, but that doesn't stop the "So what, it's a free market" crowd from drooooowning on. Just saying.