There are about 10B rounds of ammo sold annually in the US (I googled it), and DHS bought contracts for over a billion over the next five years, so the vast majority of the ammo is being bought up by people like you and me.
That’s what I’m thinking.
“There’s a .22 lr shortage, so whenever it appears on the shelf, I better buy what I can!”
Wow... can’t seem to find any .22 lr on the shelf for some reason...