Now Is The Time: A Public Service Announcement
 

Greetings all.

If it has not already occurred to you now is the time you should be stocking up on ammo, magazines and maybe another AR or AK.

I do not mean to get too political in a non-political forum but at the moment things are, relatively, quiet on the gun grabbing front. And other than .22 ammo, firearms, ammunition and accessories are back on the shelves.

But for how long? Who knows how the presidential election will turn out. I do not mean to sound like an alarmist and I am certainly not suggesting you should empty your savings account but now is when you should start stocking up - before the next panic happens. Every week buy a box of ammo or a magazine or start saving for another SHTF gun.

Just something to consider because another round of panic buying is bound to happen sooner or later...unfortunately.

So far as I can tell, none of the alarmist predictions which have started the panic buying binges have come true. The ammo and firearms manufacturers have profited. The guys at the gun shows selling .22 ammo have profited.
What's changed? Do we have a learning disability here?

Not at all - that is why I am stocking up now.

I agree, if only because of the availability. I've been buying a box of something every week for quite a while now. I remember struggling at times even to find common ammo. So now that the shelfs are full, I won't risk it again. Buy it now while it's there and I won't have to worry about it when I can't find it.
-Jake

Very astute and timely observation. To think otherwise would be somewhat similar to the fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper.

http://www.umass.edu/aesop/content.php?i=1&n=0

Panicking under relatively stormless skies is akin to a story I heard about someone named chicken little.

The riots in Baltimore are about as bad as we've seen in our modern times, and frankly, nobody is standing in the doorways of their shops with 5 AR-15's slung over their back to ward off the hoard. Gotta face reality some time folks - we used to call "preppers" by different names - "nutjobs" or "fanatics".

So what's going to happen at the next election? If another democrat is elected, what's going to happen? They've had 16 of the last 24yrs, are you so delusional that 4 more have you concerned? Are you really so blind to not realize that ammunition and firearms sales - and firearms ownership growth rate - are at an all time high for the last century?

To be brutally honest, I'm a lot more worried about the dumbass down the street that reads this kind of junk on the internet and doesn't have the good sense to be safe with a firearm, or be responsible in managing it if anything ever did "hit the fan".

I have a healthy stockpile of ammunition and components on hand, but not in the interest of preparing for the end of civilization. Ammunition costs have risen ahead of the national inflationary rate, so barring artificially bloated "panic pricing," ammunition will never be as cheap, relatively, as it is today. I consider my "stock pile" to be akin to investing in shooting futures.

Pretty much about as straight up correct as a person can be on that one sir. Does anyone ever think that maybe, just maybe, all these "chicken little" stories are put out there by the manufacturers and dealers? As Nomercy just put it, sales are at an all time high! Panic= profit! plain and simple.

Only ammo I will buy any longer is 22lr and 22 mag when they ever hit the shelves.
I think I should start shopping for a old 22 jet or hornet.

For all the rest I've bought powder, primers and bullets. I'm set probably till the end of my life.

The good old people are the ones who have made my life the most miserable.

:D Al

Just another reason for ammo and components to go up in price and never come back down.

What we need is a Republican pro-gun President and about 2 years for the panic to settle down and prices to go back down. Then stockpile. ;)

Chicken little story or not, if you think it's going to get easier to own guns and buy ammo, you have your head in the sand. If you do not see storm clouds on the horizon with regard to our 2nd Amendment rights, you have your head in the sand. If you do not see the fact that a large number of Liberals and mis-guided politicians have a mindset that Government knows more about what is good for the people than the people do, you have your head in the sand.

None of it will lead to 'good times' if the people who elect our politicians do not change their voting tendencies. If you think Obama is taking executive powers to the edge of legal boundaries, you've seen nothing yet, if Killary is put into office.

In the meantime, I will prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

What we need to do is to prevent liberals from holding public office by having electable conservatives run for office, emphasis on conservatives, not rinos and elect them.

I think the point was missed. Panic buying of guns and ammo that empty the stock of these items in stores do in fact happen. The recommendation was not to engage in panic buying but rather to take advantage of a period of full inventory to replenish one's needs.

I suspect that conservatives, gun and ammo manufacturers, weapon importers and hunting organizations fund the liberal politicians. When gun or ammo sales are down then a call is made and a generous campaign contribution passes hands. Next thing you hear is about some new law or regulation that will take everyone's guns away. We all rush to the gun shops and pay inflated prices for everything in sight. We fund a conservative to run for congress to stop the gun grabbers with their evil intentions. Everybody makes out, it is trickle down economics at it's best. Nobody is really going to take guns away, it is the goose that lays the golden eggs.

I read thru some of these posts, and have to say, it's hard to believe some people live with their head in the sand, and take a denial pill twice daily. In 2013 we saw in multiple states, ridiculous gun control laws passed. We saw democrats push hard in Congress to get new gun control laws. It was the republicans that were able to put it to a halt in the senate. Had Congress had the make up it did in 2008-2010, any measure they wanted, would have passed. Just recently, Obama was calling for new gun control measures, just like in Australia. Even worse, he used a funeral for his soap box. Just because they have not passed the laws at the federal level, that does not mean they want them, and want them bad. It's not because they deter crime, as anyone with a lick of common sense knows the laws don't. It's all about control. Most of the hoarding has stopped as of late, but as the OP said, now is the time to be stocking up on reloading supplies, ammo, etc. You don't have to buy out the store, but grabbing that extra box here and there in the long run isn't a bad thing. The gun control freaks, heavily funded by Bloomberg mind you, and not the Koch brothers, are banking on gun owners who live in denial about taking our guns. These are the ones democrats parade around and say they want sensible gun laws. So yes, they very much want our guns, and just because they haven't done it, isn't because they don't want to, and not without a lack of trying. Yes gun ownership is up, but sadly a lot of those are not dedicated gun owners, and will vote for the democrats every time, because of the hand outs. And by the way, the 2A does not protect hunting guns. Wake up America.

And there goes another one, the sky is falling! Dude, what makes you thing the 2A doesn't protect "hunting firearms"? 99% of EVERY rifle design out there has a MILITARY background. Break open single shots are about the only design that has never been adopted into military service. And I'm not 100% sure on that one even, I've never seen any in the old military firearms books though.

If all these gun control idiots haven't gotten our guns yet with all these shootings here in Chicago and schools and such going on, then bubba, it aint gonna happen! Even Obama knew better than to give it a hard push to try. Of course he played the pulpit at some of the funerals, it was in his political best interest to!

I've read on various sites where guys are saying they bought enough of this, that, and the other to last their lifetime and a lot of these guys aren't out of their 30s or 40s! Give me a break for God's sake. It's no wonder with those idiots out there that I still don't see a 22LR on many store shelves. I can see having what you need for a year or three, but a Lifetime supply?!!!

[QUOTE=super_hunt54;4207014] Break open single shots are about the only design that has never been adopted into military service./QUOTE]

Does the M79 "Thumper" count?

I do believe that we will eventually see magazine capacity restrictions. Beware of a ban on lead for "health reasons" with a big push from the CDC in the coming years.

However, I do not think that is the point that the OP wished to make. It is simply better to take advantage of current availability in a responsible fashion than to express remorse for missed opportunities later.

Follow whatever path you think is best for you. I agree with the OP.

Creating runs on certain calibers of ammo based on the sky is falling nonsense and fear is not being responsible, it is allowing ammo manufacturers to raise the prices and cut back on production to create more demand and therefore higher prices.

LMAO, I totally fergot about a grenade launcher!!!! But I'm thinking,,,,,nope, don't count. Sawwy Unc!

Agree 100%!