[andy58-in-nh]

A small anecdote: I went on line a little while ago to shop on the Cheaperthandirt.com website, for which my lovely wife had given me a very generous gift card for Christmas (she knows me well).

I was interested in buying a few more AR-15 30-round magazines.

Good luck: completely sold out. Every make. Every model. Every manufacturer.

At least some Americans are awake.

[DeaconRed]

At least some Americans are awake. I think there are a lot of US. . . . . . .

[Carriage Hill]

I just bought another load of 40-30rnd & 20-40rnd mags from Bushy last night, so they’re back in business.

http://www.bushmaster.com/products.asp?cat=9

[Joan Kerrey]

At least some Americans are awake.

could be a reason but another possibility: Government buying as many as possible. Remember, multiple agencies and departments of government just purchased 100s of thousands of rounds. You can bet they aren’t loading each bullet manually.