Are we too jumpy??

I was working in a gun shop when the 94 ban passed and it got pretty stupid pretty fast.
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In 1993, I couldn't get anybody in the gun culture riled up about the AWB. They just didn't care. After the ban, it was "ermagherd no 30-round mags? Why didn't YOU do something to stop it?"

Yeesh. Another ban is a foregone conclusion if we let it be. People who claim to care about the 2nd Amendment waste all day running all over town to overpay for a box of ammo or a couple of magazines, when they could be dedicating some of that energy and money to helping prevent the very thing they fear.
 
Those that are panic buying now are those that were not concerned about the situation earlier and now have to pay the price. Shortages? Some started adding little by little when the current president was elected the first time. Others started adding when the current President was re-elected for a second term. The same folks who have been panic buying for the last 2 weeks are the same folks who show up at a Home Depot the day a hurricane is going to land and are in a wonderment that there are no generators, batteries or plywood left on the shelf. Unfortunately not everyone over 18 acts like an adult.
 
I'm the same as armoredman with reloading.

Yes, it's definitely cheaper if you purchase loading components in bulk (primer/powders/bullets) and use range brass or even military pulled bullets. The cost savings is nice but not the only reason I do it by a long shot.

Shooting and "playing with gun stuff" is almost therapeutic to me, and the excuse to do it at home, on a weeknight, when I can't be out at the range is even better.
 
There would be absolutely no shortages and everyone would have what they need if they didn't hoard for the end of the world.
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But how much do you need? A good week-end here at my place with friends will see us go through a few thousand rounds of various stuff. What about next week-end?

It may appear to be hoarding, but if you decide you need 100,000 rounds of ammo type XYZ, and you are willing to pay for it, I do not care what you do with the ammo (Except, can I have the brass? :) )

I do not believe it is the hoarders that are a problem. What I see is people who have not shot in years all of a sudden deciding they need to get a few boxes of ammo. When everyone decides they need a few boxes of ammo, ammo is going to become scarce.

We'll see it start appearing in a few years at estate sales and things. Those of us who hoarded a few boxes will be able to still shoot and/or reload while waiting.
 
What I recommend to those I know who own a .22 rifle or something like that and never thought about buying anything more, I tell them that if they never wanted something like an AR before and suddenly can't wait to get one then it's probably a symptom of getting caught up in the frenzy and not to do it. I tell them this because the gun is just going to sit in their closet and they are going to spend a small fortune for something they won't use.

I think a good rule of thumb is if you haven't bought something like an AR-15 by now then you really weren't all that serious about getting one so please don't get caught up in the insanity.
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Earlier tonight I was considering spending two hundred bucks for ten ar15 mags. For a gun I don't even own.

Instead I donated some of that money to NRA ILA and ISRA.
 
but I don't know what the rush to buy out all the 9mm and .45 fmj is all about. Practice center-fire ammo is getting hard to come by.
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Ummm....errrr .... mehbee more people are ..... practicing?

I know I have taken some people shooting that either have not been shooting in years, or not been, ever (Yeah, that's right: I made some new shooters!)

I read somewheres that "nothing will make an American do something more surely than telling him he can not do it" .... 'tis a truth.
 
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