CJF: my source for my post was an article I read about a month ago. Unfortunately, I can’t find a link and I can’t remember where I saw it. In lieu of this I searched for information supporting my statement. In a survey dated June 2 posted by the NY Fed on their website, respondents to the survey indicated most businesses are passing tariff costs on to customers, about 45%. The remainder of respondents indicated they are passing some but maybe not all tariff costs onto customers. It seems there is no clear answer now, but maybe in six months. So the long and short of it is some tariffs are being passed on and some are not. My broad brush comment is not entirely correct. Your post was very informative and made me dig deeper and I thank you.
I still say the tariff, as it applies to firearms, should be a point of negotiation. 10% is nothing to sneeze at.
