I haven’t needed to buy ammo as I have been hoarding it for 10 years. 50K of 5.56/.223 Rem. in a 60/40 split.
Now OTOH I haven’t been shooting it for the last 2-3 years trying to keep it on hand for when the SHTF.
This is the most bizzare time I have ever seen in my life. Even when Clinton was in office, you could still buy bricks of .22LR on sale at Walmart. Now...my local Wally World has but a few boxes of 20 ga and 410 ga.
As a side note,
I was with a friend who went to Dick’s and he wanted to buy some .45 and 9mm. They asked to see his pistol permit, and wouldn’t sell him the 9mm because he didn’t have a 9mm registered on his permit. (the 9mm was for his converted AR.) I was floored, and walked out. Told the manager I wouldn’t buy water from them if I was on fire.
Not that Dick’s had any ammo either, but they are off the list of qualified vendors.
Good on you for having ample ammo.
Pistol permits — we don’t have those in Texas unless you are carrying concealed in which case it is a “shall issue” state where it is very easy to get a concealed carry license as long as you have no criminal record.
I will never shop at Dick’s Sporting Goods. They have an irrational fear of black rifles. Basically, Dicks has been a “Fudd” retailer (no military-type arms, only hunting rifles). For a few tepid months, Dick’s had a special contract with Troy Industries to sell their very decent AR rifles. But, this did not last long. After the Newtown shooting, Dick’s stabbed Troy Industries in the back and all its customers who had placed an order for this rifle by cancelling all orders and making it store policy to not sell those evil “assault rifles”. Because of their stupidity, I will never shop there again.
That's so weird... but then I'm used to living in an open-carry state where you need no permit.
This is the most bizzare time I have ever seen in my life. Even when Clinton was in office, you could still buy bricks of .22LR on sale at Walmart. Now...my local Wally World has but a few boxes of 20 ga and 410 ga.
It is disconcerting, that's for sure.
I tend to think we're about to start in on a civil war, but if we don't I believe the coming storm will be an evil that will make NAZI Germany look tame.