...The shortage is all caused by fear inspired gun buyers & fear inspired ammo hoarders. And what do they fear? Things that go bump in the night and just about everything else.
...Frightened, gullible gun ninnies who watch only Fox News and believe the dittohead parrots. Etc....
Those guys are getting rich turning you types into quivering bowls of jelly. They are pros at this.
You gullible fraidycats have my ammo, and I want it back.
Funny, I've been able to buy most types of ammo for several months now. .380's are way too expensive still. I just can't see paying $35 a box for baby 9's. I mostly passed the shortages by doing skeet and trap instead of rifle and pistol. Like xGothimox said, never a shortage of shotshells.
I'll pass on commenting on all your talk about fear, other than to say it sounds a bit like a liberal parrot.
The media propaganda is that its due to high demand..... Thats bullshit..... They also try to point to Obama's election as the reason.... More Bullshit.... If anyone hasnt been paying attention, when Obama was getting elected in Nov the US FInancial system was also {and still is} on the verge of collapsing.... 90 percent of US Ammo is made by ATK... and ATK has a contract that states that it must fill Gov orders first... So the Gov simply placed huge orders to choke off the civilian supply
The FBI says they did over 7million NICS background checks in the last 6 months. More than a million people are buying guns every month and I bet many of these people are first time gun buyers. All these people need ammo for their new guns plus many long time gun owners are stocking up fearing possible new gun and ammo restrictions. I don't see things getting much better. If the gun haters really begin to push for more gun bans or gun control then unfortunately I think it will only get worse.
I think I had 3 purchases in the last 6 months myself. The anti-gun weenie Dumbass-crats in Congress are waiting for some kind of tragedy to use as fuel before they start up their anti-gun agenda. Something to keep too many people from getting pissed at them and costing them the next election.
Democrats are pro-gun. Dumbass-crats are anti-gun.
Ammo shortage?? I have heard one of the excuse for the ammo shortage is because of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would like to know if our army is using more ammo over there now than we used in Vietnam? We hand no ammo shortage in the 60's.. Could the current administration be ordering the army to buy up all the NATO ammo to create the shortage? Or could the Greedy ammo company's be taking lessons from big oil and create shortage to jack up profits??
thats why i shoot 40 s&w... there never out of that stuff. not at walmart anyway:}
gentry738 1 year ago
GunOwnerDan (7 months ago) is right.
...The shortage is all caused by fear inspired gun buyers & fear inspired ammo hoarders. And what do they fear? Things that go bump in the night and just about everything else.
...Frightened, gullible gun ninnies who watch only Fox News and believe the dittohead parrots. Etc....
Those guys are getting rich turning you types into quivering bowls of jelly. They are pros at this.
You gullible fraidycats have my ammo, and I want it back.
dugbalaserstream 2 years ago
Funny, I've been able to buy most types of ammo for several months now. .380's are way too expensive still. I just can't see paying $35 a box for baby 9's. I mostly passed the shortages by doing skeet and trap instead of rifle and pistol. Like xGothimox said, never a shortage of shotshells.
I'll pass on commenting on all your talk about fear, other than to say it sounds a bit like a liberal parrot.
bjornalewulf 2 years ago
swine flu is gonna kill alot more than bullets! Get a flu shot!
ericvonp 2 years ago
I never get a flu shot. I'm far too mighty for H1N1. More people died of boredom watching Superman Returns than will ever die from H1N1.
bjornalewulf 2 years ago
no swine flu for me. Just bought a new 12 gauge! o-well.
ericvonp 2 years ago
An asthmatic friend of mine was diagnosed with swine flu and he broke his fever and recovered in only 48 hours.
AllahConsciousness 2 years ago
at my local walmart, we have 5000 rounds of shotgun ammo, nothing else. wtf!
xGothimox 2 years ago
I heard a rumor that the 'classification' of ammunition is going to be changed to 'explosives' and won't be availible at places like Walmart anymore.
Styles1125 2 years ago
The media propaganda is that its due to high demand..... Thats bullshit..... They also try to point to Obama's election as the reason.... More Bullshit.... If anyone hasnt been paying attention, when Obama was getting elected in Nov the US FInancial system was also {and still is} on the verge of collapsing.... 90 percent of US Ammo is made by ATK... and ATK has a contract that states that it must fill Gov orders first... So the Gov simply placed huge orders to choke off the civilian supply
rainmechanic 2 years ago
The FBI says they did over 7million NICS background checks in the last 6 months. More than a million people are buying guns every month and I bet many of these people are first time gun buyers. All these people need ammo for their new guns plus many long time gun owners are stocking up fearing possible new gun and ammo restrictions. I don't see things getting much better. If the gun haters really begin to push for more gun bans or gun control then unfortunately I think it will only get worse.
GunOwnerDan 2 years ago
I think I had 3 purchases in the last 6 months myself. The anti-gun weenie Dumbass-crats in Congress are waiting for some kind of tragedy to use as fuel before they start up their anti-gun agenda. Something to keep too many people from getting pissed at them and costing them the next election.
Democrats are pro-gun. Dumbass-crats are anti-gun.
bjornalewulf 2 years ago
Nice hat
gtiapr3 2 years ago
Well, thank you! I bought it myself, and even managed to place it upon my own head :)
bjornalewulf 2 years ago
Ammo shortage?? I have heard one of the excuse for the ammo shortage is because of the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would like to know if our army is using more ammo over there now than we used in Vietnam? We hand no ammo shortage in the 60's.. Could the current administration be ordering the army to buy up all the NATO ammo to create the shortage? Or could the Greedy ammo company's be taking lessons from big oil and create shortage to jack up profits??
dsarti1 2 years ago 2
The military isn't using a whole lot of ammo right now, that's why price on .223's has actually dropped. You just can't find any to buy.
bjornalewulf 2 years ago
Yeah, they are very high, last time I looked on Cheaper Than Dirt, j9mm was selling for $40 dollars for 50 practice rds.
lewis18t 2 years ago
I recently started reloading 9 mils, something I thought I'd never need to do. Used to be so inexpensive. Hopefully this won't last too long.
bjornalewulf 2 years ago