I am wondering the same thing. I went to our local "big box" outdoor sports store this afternoon and I noticed that virtually ALL, ALL, ALL of the 9mm, 38 special, 357 magnum and 45 caliber ammo was SOLD OUT! Except for a few boxes of super premium stuff (like in 3 or 4 boxes). I'm not kidding. I've been a round for a few years now and I have NEVER seen this store out of all of the common handgun ammo. Either people are expecting trouble (which I doubt in our neck of the woods) or they are looking at ammo as a store of value. Either way, its strange!
I was downtown earlier today and am kicking myself I didn’t check on more .223