***The problem is that people are buying them off of the truck at first light.***
I remember back in the 1950s and 60s when people were so poor they did not have money to buy a box of ammo.
The hardware stores would break up a box and you could buy 3-4 rounds for hunting season.
There was no cheap ammo back then. I bought a box of .22 shorts for 45 cents in 1962 for my new $9.99 single shot Stevens rifle. I was 15 at the time.
I own some rural land out in East Texas and on most weekends, it sounds like WW III. Lately, the guns have grown silent as the empty shelves are starting to alarm people.