According to some industry sources the industry expects that ammo shortages will ease in 5 to 9 months but in the future the base demand will be higher than in the past due to the influx of “large numbers of new gun owners”.
There have been a lot of numbers thown out on the number of new gun owners but I think a lot of them are way low. It might be a 50% increase over the last four years and I have many friends who have turned into gun owners in the last 4 years, many of them being the type that in the past would never own a gun.
Industry sources are too optimistic and have vested interests in keeping advance orders up, etc..
Since the capitulation a couple of days ago of 16 Republican Senators on the Cloture option for the upcoming bill on gun control, the chances of the Democrats passing it have markedly increased.
It then only gets down to how many RINO House Congressmen will fold and how many concessions Boehner (I said ‘how many’ not ‘if’).
Folks, we are on the brink (at the minimum) of a Universal Background Checks bill, possibly coupled with a magazine limit or some combination of all the options that RINOs can vote for that includes registered ammo purchase, ammo purchase limits, etc.
If this happens, the shortage will be permanent..mark my words this day.