Anyone see this yahoo article about ammo?

[Double_D]

I was just about to post this thread lol. Good thing i skimmed the threads to make sure i didn't put up a dupe. The article doesn't really say much about anything that we don't know already, but it's still funny that they JUST put this article up. Maybe it's just me, but I already noticed that it's already starting to get easier to get ammo.

[10ringshot]

If the numbers are correct from the NRA 7 billion rounds usually sold. Now at 9 billion rounds per year. How can 28% increase collapse the system. Sounds like crap to me.

[M. Sage]

If the numbers are correct from the NRA 7 billion rounds usually sold. Now at 9 billion rounds per year. How can 28% increase collapse the system. Sounds like crap to me.

Because it all happened at the same time. Ammo was already stretched a bit thin and then you get a "run" on the ammo.

[xibunkrlilkidsx]

How do I start my own Ammo Company? Sounds like the business to be in right about now!

Something to mull over, anyone with capitol want to move to AZ and start one up?


Art

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let me know. no capital but i can work. strong back weak mind kinda thing


But ya i saw that article on the yahoo site. and didnt read it but wass till like, uh a little late ammo isnt so hard to find now. i walked into turners and wal mart and walked out with some boxes from each.

[LesGrossman41510]

decent deals on CG classifieds, the average price is still around .25-40 cents for basic rounds.

[a1fabweld]

The article stated that folks are worried about Obama taking away/banning/restricting ammo sales but no such bill has been passed yet. They failed to mention how Obama's circus clown Pelosi stated on national tv that "it's going to be hard to get the guns, so we'll go after the ammo. Or how Clinton blamed the violent crimes committed by the Mexican drug cartels on availability of "assault rifles" manufactured in the US to them & that's why she thought we should reinstate the 94 ban. Sure, everyone is worried about nothing.

[an actual gun]

I'm with you to a certain extent a1fabweld, but do you really think this ammo hoarding crap is going to do anything? It's just making it hard for everyone in the long run, and in the grand scheme of things it's self imposed gun control. Yes there is a definite possibility of more gun control with a Democratic administration and congress. But there is still no concrete plan, and even if there was, panic is never the becoming option for a politically minded movement. Cooler heads are the only ones that prevail, and going out and buying all the ammo Wal-Mart has does nothing for the cause; it is irresponsible and short sighted.

Not to mention how flawed a plan it is. The entire premise of mega ammo hoarding as a concept is this super worst case scenario where ammo and guns are banned. If the government gets that aggro do you really think they're going to just go, "Well I see you have a couple billion rounds of ammo there... Smart move guys, you beat us to the punch." No, the government that has the power to do something so drastic as, say, ban all ammo and guns, has more than enough power to confiscate it all regardless of when you bought it. The government even now has more than enough power, including manpower, to do just that and what's worse they've had it for decades.

The solution to this problem is protest and political activism. We don't affect political change by taking a U-Haul down to the gun store for a shopping spree. All we do that way is screw up the gun economy, hurting ourselves and everyone else whose pro-2A in the process. I think a person would be better served if they took the money they're blowing on an armory's worth of gear and donated it to the NRA and Calguns.

[CalNRA]

read up on the history behind that bill, young one.

[damndave]

haha was reading this myself on yahoo earlier

[Crazyhorse]

I haven't seen ammo in the three wal-marts or two big 5s I visit in maybe 6 months. I have a friend that has been bribing a few wal-mart employees to hold all 9/40/45 ammo that comes in the door, so I can still get a hook up if i need it but damn it's rough.

The places I can still find it around me the cost has gone up almost 2x in the last year and a half or so. I still have reloading supplies for about 5k rounds but with 3 kids that like shooting this is expensive and time consuming. At least the 9 I I used to be able to buy 100 rounds for 12.99 or 14.97...

CH

[a1fabweld]

I'm with you to a certain extent a1fabweld, but do you really think this ammo hoarding crap is going to do anything? It's just making it hard for everyone in the long run, and in the grand scheme of things it's self imposed gun control. Yes there is a definite possibility of more gun control with a Democratic administration and congress. But there is still no concrete plan, and even if there was, panic is never the becoming option for a politically minded movement. Cooler heads are the only ones that prevail, and going out and buying all the ammo Wal-Mart has does nothing for the cause; it is irresponsible and short sighted.

Not to mention how flawed a plan it is. The entire premise of mega ammo hoarding as a concept is this super worst case scenario where ammo and guns are banned. If the government gets that aggro do you really think they're going to just go, "Well I see you have a couple billion rounds of ammo there... Smart move guys, you beat us to the punch." No, the government that has the power to do something so drastic as, say, ban all ammo and guns, has more than enough power to confiscate it all regardless of when you bought it. The government even now has more than enough power, including manpower, to do just that and what's worse they've had it for decades.

The solution to this problem is protest and political activism. We don't affect political change by taking a U-Haul down to the gun store for a shopping spree. All we do that way is screw up the gun economy, hurting ourselves and everyone else whose pro-2A in the process. I think a person would be better served if they took the money they're blowing on an armory's worth of gear and donated it to the NRA and Calguns.

So I guess the smart thing to do is to sell most of my guns & ammo to free up the market? I'll get right on that.

[Turbinator]

I saw that article too. While they're sort of right that we're short on "bullets" we're really also short on ammunition.

Leave it to the news to pander to the uneducated public.

Turby

[YoungGun2]

read up on the history behind that bill, young one.

! If they could see between lines that would see people like Eric Holder, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden who have a long laundry list of thing they would love to rape us with if that had the chance.

[Gator Monroe]

Does the Ammo shortage put Freakshow back in vogue ?

[easyeye]

lol i hope now they have OVERPRODUCTION and ammo price will drop.