Still Don't See It

After class today, I dropped by Murphy's Guns on Country Club Ave. to see what I could see. Lotsa EBRs on display! A Saiga 12-gauge looked interesting. They seemed to be doing a normal brisk business for the lunch hour. While I was getting the Ranger serviced at Jiffy Lube, Lisa the Biker Chick hooked me up with the address of Tucson Guns and Western Artifacts (Broadway and Camino Seco). Not very crowded, lots of inventory.

In two days, I've visited four of the biggest gun stores in Tucson during the lunch hour and I was the only person filling out a Form 4473. The only other near-transaction I witnessed was a rancher and his wife deciding against an M-1 Carbine as a neighborhood defense weapon. A buddy of his was a Garand cheerleader... I don't know if he ever decided on anything. His wife was buying -- lucky man. My point is... I'm not seeing the big rush to stock up in the event of a looming Assault Weapons Ban II in my town.

Maybe I'll check out Sportsman's Warehouse tomorrow. I've got the Stang on Thursdays.

Update: My PHX reader Palmer disagrees:

J&G has NO AK style rifles and has filled there showroom w/ Moisen's and SKS's - no tins of 762x39 running low on ammo, and prices rising.

in Phoenix Bear arms has sold 25 ARs in the last few days and quan is low.

mail order sales on mags and ammo are backed up for days.

AIM surplus disconnected there phone for the day (today) so they could catch up.