What always kills me is when the media sensationalizes a report, saying that some person: “Was found to have 10,000 rounds of ammunition in their home!!!”. Your typical ‘low information’ citizen hears that and thinks they were some dangerous psychopath, the media acts as if they are some kind of dangerous militia member or something, and dumb politicians jump all over it as a reason to make laws restricting or controlling this or that.
All the while, 10k rounds is NOT A LOT of ammo! I ROUTINELY have much more than that in my safes. Before things got insanely expensive, back during the 80s when I was a kid, we could easily burn through a couple thousand rounds during a good afternoon at the range. Don’t do that much anymore, because as an adult I don’t have as much time, it has gotten expensive to replace, I’ve gotten a bit lazy, and it hurts my back/shoulder to shoot that much. LOL
Now, I just stockpile it. I think it’s a TERRIFIC investment, that’s immune to inflation! :^)
I remember one Dem senator back in the early 90’s saying that anything over 500 rounds should be considered an illegal arsenal. That was a time I would go through nearly that many rounds in one day at the range.
I just moved into a new home and I wouldn't let the movers touch anything firearms related. Instead I did moved those items myself. With the climate of things in our nation, particularly PA given the Eric Frein manhunt, I wasn't exactly comfortable driving with all my ammo, reloading equipment and supplies. I couldn't help imagine what could happen if I was pulled over by the authorities while in transit. I had the back end of my Ford Explorer loaded with primers, shell cases, bullets, powder, scales (only to be misconstrued as drug paraphernalia), and reloading presses. That is not to mention actual ammo. I did not transport firearms in the same trip (not enough room).
This, to me, is not a lot of ammo/firearm related supplies. It is adequate for my needs at the moment, but I actually would like to reload in several more calibers. To make it economical, i.e., save money, I would buy even more powder, bullets and primers in bulk. Shell cases, I'd pick from the range. This seems rational to me.
To the low information types and almost everyone in the media, it seems extreme. Geez, two bricks of .22 lr sounds like a lot to them. Their uneducated perspectives are not appreciated. Unfortunately, I did worry about transporting perfectly legal items given these low information and para-militia police types. That shouldn't be the case in our country. It shows the amount of tyranny that actually exists.