There really is no ‘natural reason’ for the ammo shortage. I can understand most everyone being scared to death, but their fear should be directed toward semi-auto firearms and high cap magazines. Not ammo. There has been no real discussion about doing ANYTHING to regulate or make ammo more difficult to get.
The only think I can think of is more people than ever are buying guns, and those people are wanting to shoot them, and lots of people that have always had guns, but never stocked up on ammo are doing so now. I’ve BEEN well stocked on everything, EXCEPT .22, because I’ve always taken for granted that .22 would be there and inexpensive.....WRONG...
No, it’s simple supply and demand + panic.
If and when the SHTF, food is going to be just as difficult to get....
I posted a few weeks ago that the gov’t buying up ammo in large quantities would lead to a planned shortage by the gov’t....today, would not put it past them....
Wouldn’t this sort of behavior make DHS guilty of violations of RICO?
I wouldn’t put it past this administration to do such a thing. I understand the tendency to want to go out and buy as much ammo as one can reasonably afford, as I have been guilty of that myself (even though my ammo supply was already at a good level). I suppose the best approach is incrementally buying a box here and there, and expending less ammo when you target shoot, focusing mostly on accuracy and well-placed shots. Generally those of us who think in regards to preparing for the worst are usually already stocked up decently on ammo, so redirecting our limited financial resources to gradually stocking up on some food and supplies seems to be the wisest course of action. If SHTF, what good will thousands of rounds of ammo and the latest in tactical gear do you, if you’re too weak with hunger to fight or think clearly?
The shortage is too widespread to be by design.
There are shortages of everything firearms related. Guns, gun parts, brass casings, powder, primers, bullets, gun accessories, magazines and almost everything firearms connected.
And the other 35% are ignorant, stupid or both.
An email from a friend
MARLIN FIREARMS CLOSING ITS DOORS
Even if you do not own a gun you
need to know this. I checked this out on “Truth or Fiction” who verified
it. I trust them more than Snopes.
Marlin Firearms is already closing
its doors! They are doing it to us, America! This needs to be spread to
all gun owners and sportsmen/women. We cannot rely on the media to inform us of these types of matters.
Something
you may not know that Is happening ... Who is buying the company’s
manufacturing guns??? For the last several years a company called The
Freedom Group has been buying up gun and ammunition manufacturers. Some
of the companies are Bushmaster, Marlin, Remington, DPMS, Dakota Arms
and H&R. Some people worry that this Freedom Group is going to
control most of the firearms companies in the United States. If you
control the manufacturers you can decide to stop selling to civilians.
What a perfect way to control guns. Now if you do some digging you will see that The Freedom Group is owned by a company called Cerberus Capital Management. Guess who controls Cerberus??? GEORGE SOROS,
Obama’s chief financier!! He wants to restrict or ban all civilian
guns. Please pass this on to all your freedom loving friends. This needs
to come out. Why have we not heard about this in the “mainstream”
media? I would think this would be BIG news. (Soros also owns Progressive Insurance). If you don’t know who George Soros is, you need to do some research. This One-World Government atheist backed Obama with millions of dollars and Obama is a
puppet on a string controlled by Soros.
Answer: Given the trash allowed to hold office in the Federal Government the shortage could be by design.
Winchester and Federal should stop filling government orders, and start shipping to the civilian market.
BM/BBL...
I’ve always thought so. They buy them up so we can’t.
What about the govey hoarding enormous amounts of ammo, then flooding it back into the market at rock-bottom prices to under-sell and drive ammo dealers/makers out of business. Problem with this is that the users have the ammo although maybe not for very long.