Topic: Ammo Shortages

[Libertas]

"Retailers say much of the demand is from gun owners who are stockpiling in case certain weapons are banned."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/02/16/ammunition-shortage/1919321/

Ahh, umm. . .that would be ALL WEAPONS dude, IMO anyway.

Raise you hand if your hoarding?  (My hand is up, twice!)

[benb61]

I'm not hoarding, just trying to ensure suitable quantities.

[charlesoakwood]

Yeah, hoarding is going to become a new national scourge.
The will be re-defined to represent anyone storing life
support items (medicine, food, etc.) in a quantity more
than immediate needs.  It will become a psychiatric malady
for which one may be "committed" to an institution.

[Glock32]

Yep, especially with stuff like food and water. You will be demonized as a kulak. Somewhere in one of those sweeping EOs Obama signed is the authority to just take all your food, crops, livestock, as State Almighty sees fit.

Authoritarian collectivists have long had all-purpose crimes like "anti-social activities" and "economic wrecking", and you can bet that people with the forethought and sense of responsibility to stock up on essential items will be classified as such criminals.

[Alphabet Soup]

Yeah, hoarding is going to become a new national scourge.
The will be re-defined to represent anyone storing life
support items (medicine, food, etc.) in a quantity more
than immediate needs.  It will become a psychiatric malady
for which one may be "committed" to an institution.

My folks told stories of the war years where the fdr dhimmis demonized people for suspected hoarding. Everything old is new again.

 

[Libertas]

Confiscation gonna be hard, which explains the full-court press to eviscerate the 2nd Amendment.

[Magnum]

I am getting a bit frustrated. I cannot find ammo for my guns anywhere. I went today to the gun shops in my area Joes, Gander Mt., Dicks, and other local gun dealers. I cannot even find ammo for my .22 LR. I wanted to do some squirrel hunting this weekend and if I cannot find ammo I am just going to spend the day on the ice (lake) sitting on my bucket and hope I can catch some fish saving the ammo I have stored for a "rainy day"

A bit of good news. Gun Control DOA In Minnesota: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/02/gun-control-doa-in-minnesota.php

I still don't trust these far left socialist schmucks we have here running ruining our state.

[Libertas]

Yeah, I don't trust 'em at all either, and note the libiots here are just fine with the Fed's eviscerating our 2A rights, if they thought they could do it themselves and not pay a price for it they'd do it in a heartbeat.

ETA - Magnum, have you tried Cabelas or Fleet Farm?  Couple weeks back there was some there, but IIRC Fleet Farm was out of .22.  Could try ranges too, prices might be higher but worth a shot.

[AlanS]

Confiscation gonna be almost impossible the way the feds work....

Fixed it for ya. They can't seem to do anything else right, why should this go as planned?

[Libertas]

Boy I tell ya, I just got done scouring my favorite suppliers online and there is precious little of anything out there!

I hit one place for the last of their .45LC 225gr JSPs for my S&W, it's dual use so I can use it and it is the only thing in any of my many flavors I can find.  There is zero .22LR Magnum and I'd let you have some of mine but that stash is up at the lake.

Can't find my 12g slugs either!

Magazine hunting too and that looks to be well picked over too!

[Libertas]

Confiscation gonna be almost impossible the way the feds work....

Fixed it for ya. They can't seem to do anything else right, why should this go as planned?

Yes, let us hope their usual incompetence comes through, but still, I'd like it better if they chose not to test us. 

And LEOs refusing to execute such an illegal order would be nice to see.

[Pandora]

Boy I tell ya, I just got done scouring my favorite suppliers online and there is precious little of anything out there!

I hit one place for the last of their .45LC 225gr JSPs for my S&W, it's dual use so I can use it and it is the only thing in any of my many flavors I can find.  There is zero .22LR Magnum and I'd let you have some of mine but that stash is up at the lake.

Can't find my 12g slugs either!

Magazine hunting too and that looks to be well picked over too!

Would it be too much to ask that the ammo mfgs. stop selling to the .gov instead of to us?   

[Alphabet Soup]

Boy I tell ya, I just got done scouring my favorite suppliers online and there is precious little of anything out there!

I hit one place for the last of their .45LC 225gr JSPs for my S&W, it's dual use so I can use it and it is the only thing in any of my many flavors I can find.  There is zero .22LR Magnum and I'd let you have some of mine but that stash is up at the lake.

Can't find my 12g slugs either!

Magazine hunting too and that looks to be well picked over too!

Would it be too much to ask that the ammo mfgs. stop selling to the .gov instead of to us?   

You've heard all the troubles Magpul has had with the state of Colorado? There's been about ten thousand pleas to them (including mine) to do exactly that. Fulfill your orders to the general public before you further arm the fascists. As pissed as they are right now they might just do it.

[benb61]

You've heard all the troubles Magpul has had with the state of Colorado? There's been about ten thousand pleas to them (including mine) to do exactly that. Fulfill your orders to the general public before you further arm the fascists. As pissed as they are right now they might just do it.

No, Soup I haven't heard, link?

[Libertas]

Yeah, I've been waiting and praying for just that kind of reaction!

No more fence-sitting!  Pick a side, and pick wisely, we, God and the Founders are all watching!

[Alphabet Soup]

You've heard all the troubles Magpul has had with the state of Colorado? There's been about ten thousand pleas to them (including mine) to do exactly that. Fulfill your orders to the general public before you further arm the fascists. As pissed as they are right now they might just do it.

No, Soup I haven't heard, link?

If you do farcebook go here and friend them: http://www.facebook.com/magpul?ref=stream

otherwise I think this link is as good as any: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/16/colorado-gun-bill-could-cost-state-hundreds-jobs/

[Glock32]

I am getting a bit frustrated. I cannot find ammo for my guns anywhere. I went today to the gun shops in my area Joes, Gander Mt., Dicks, and other local gun dealers. I cannot even find ammo for my .22 LR. I wanted to do some squirrel hunting this weekend and if I cannot find ammo I am just going to spend the day on the ice (lake) sitting on my bucket and hope I can catch some fish saving the ammo I have stored for a "rainy day"

A bit of good news. Gun Control DOA In Minnesota: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/02/gun-control-doa-in-minnesota.php

I still don't trust these far left socialist schmucks we have here running ruining our state.

If you haven't found any by this weekend PM me and I will send you a box.

[Libertas]

Good on Magpul!

 

[warpmine]

Just for fun, I stopped into Dick's on the way home to see if they had any .22LR for you in my neck of the forest(S. PA and N. MD) but drew a blank. Still on website for in store purchasing but the wipes don't have any. "Oh we haven't had any for two months.", the clerk said.

Let me tell you, with the shelves being damn near empty, I'm not looking to buy anything from them for a long time.

[Glock32]

I haven't set foot in one since they made a big deal out of pulling semi-auto rifles from the shelves.