Here's what most folks fail to realize. The higher price probably helped your wife get the gun in the first place. You were initially angry that you paid more than MSRP but you admit that the price was "middle of the road" after checking gunbroker. Can you guess what would have happened if word had gotten out that this store was selling them at MSRP? That's right. They would have been quickly bought up creating a shortage.

Don't get mad at inflated prices. Free markets are a good thing. In this case, it helped your wife get a gun that may otherwise have been "sold out" if retailers were not allowed to change prices. Gouging laws have the opposite effect. They help guarantee shortages exist because retailers have to charge the same when demand shoots up.