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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2056646" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>It's not all speculation. Feinstein has announced that she is going to introduce the bill, she's listed the details of the bill on her site:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=28d0c499-28ec-42a7-902d-ebf318d46d02" target="_blank">http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=28d0c499-28ec-42a7-902d-ebf318d46d02</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The first wave of bills have already been introduced:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/1/anti-gun-representatives-introduce-first-wave-of-bills-in-us-house.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/1/anti-gun-representatives-introduce-first-wave-of-bills-in-us-house.aspx</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure there is some speculation mixed in with that, but it's not exactly like "maybe they'll try something". Biden talking about the fact that Obama can and might use executive orders, and Harry Reid's talk about the nuclear option (he delayed to later this month - so it's still on the table) are speculation, sure - but it's pretty clear based on their track record what they will do to get a bill/rule-change/regulation into action.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not against Heartland, but you can limit purchases without gouging. Bravo Company is doing it and so are a lot of other vendors. </p><p></p><p>This is what dictionary.com says about gouging:</p><p></p><p><em>Price gouging is a pejorative term for a seller pricing much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a felony that applies in some of the United States only during civil emergencies. In less precise usage, it can refer either to prices obtained by practices inconsistent with a competitive free market, or to windfall profits. Non-pejorative uses are generally in reaction to what the writer believes is an <strong><u>unjustified restraint on the market</u></strong>.</em></p><p></p><p>Businesses are are free to charge what they want to charge, but their rights are no more important than the rights of folks who spread the word about how those businesses price-gouged during times like these. This informs those future patrons so they can exercise their rights to choose whether or not they want to do business with a company that price gouges in times like this.</p><p></p><p>That is in effect, the free market at work - informed consumers voting with their wallets. They stay informed on message boards like this one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2056646, member: 229"] It's not all speculation. Feinstein has announced that she is going to introduce the bill, she's listed the details of the bill on her site: [url]http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=28d0c499-28ec-42a7-902d-ebf318d46d02[/url] The first wave of bills have already been introduced: [url]http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2013/1/anti-gun-representatives-introduce-first-wave-of-bills-in-us-house.aspx[/url] Sure there is some speculation mixed in with that, but it's not exactly like "maybe they'll try something". Biden talking about the fact that Obama can and might use executive orders, and Harry Reid's talk about the nuclear option (he delayed to later this month - so it's still on the table) are speculation, sure - but it's pretty clear based on their track record what they will do to get a bill/rule-change/regulation into action. I'm not against Heartland, but you can limit purchases without gouging. Bravo Company is doing it and so are a lot of other vendors. This is what dictionary.com says about gouging: [I]Price gouging is a pejorative term for a seller pricing much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. In precise, legal usage, it is the name of a felony that applies in some of the United States only during civil emergencies. In less precise usage, it can refer either to prices obtained by practices inconsistent with a competitive free market, or to windfall profits. Non-pejorative uses are generally in reaction to what the writer believes is an [B][U]unjustified restraint on the market[/U][/B].[/I] Businesses are are free to charge what they want to charge, but their rights are no more important than the rights of folks who spread the word about how those businesses price-gouged during times like these. This informs those future patrons so they can exercise their rights to choose whether or not they want to do business with a company that price gouges in times like this. That is in effect, the free market at work - informed consumers voting with their wallets. They stay informed on message boards like this one. [/QUOTE]
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