As one Virginia gun owner told us, a gun without bullets is just a hammer. And when ammo supply can’t catch up with demand, you end up with a lot of hammers.
Step into most gun stores these days and you’ll be hard-pressed to find full shelves of firearm ammunition. You’re more likely to find them sparse and with their price tags jacked up more than 100%. A year ago, the outlook was bleaker.
The United States saw record levels of gun purchases in 2020.
The FBI reported a 40% increase in the amount of firearm background checks from 2019 to 2020. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates about 8.4 million of those were first-time gun owners.
The trend hasn’t let up in 2021. FBI data shows 12,452,319 background checks just in the first quarter, January through March.
“You couldn’t go to Walmart and find anything (ammo) on the shelves. They were completely barren,” said Dave Simmons, who is a firearms safety trainer in West Virginia and Maryland.
Simmons says the uncertainty at the start of the pandemic about possible food and supplies shortages drove demand.
“People were getting anxious … and they wanted guns to defend themselves,” said Simmons.
Empty ammunition shelves became their own cause for anxiety, and conspiracy theories started spreading on social media about who could really be behind the shortage. So VERIFY searched for the answers.
QUESTION
Is the Government causing an artificial firearm ammunition shortage to keep bullets from law-abiding Americans?
THE ANSWER
No. The shortage is driven by unprecedented demand, and to a lesser extent, hoarding and panic buying.
Remember the Toilet Paper Crisis of March 2020? The ammo shortage is basically the same, partially driven by hoarding and panic buying, according to Lawrence Keane. Keane is General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Government and Public Affairs at the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF).
Because Dirty Democrats are controlling your Govt & Media & Everything & Americans have to Stock up !!!!!
So I’m clear there is massive demand and we are being told because of COVID – shortages for:
Ammo
Chicken
Gasoline
Fruit/Veggies
Lumber
Steel
Jobs (including SEASONAL)
**soon to be crabs, cuz that happens every year before memorial day (HAHA)**
When does it stop?
Everything was FINE when Trump was in office > Remember That !!!!
Ready for the Race War & Taking Out Traitors from America !!!!!!!
Gonna get worse when we have to start shooting!
Plenty of ammo for sale on the site called GunBroker.com example 100rds. of 9mm for just $75
Ammo is available you just have to look a little harder.
Plenty in China & Russia on SALE !!!!
buy some Re-loading equipment too & get some of that Computer Gun stuff untraced !!!
Claymores & RPGs in demand too !!!! LOL LOL Stock up !!!!! Add a few 777’s
What’s the demand for lead? Ohhh its HIGH you say?
Well where to get more lead? Used to be we had mines in the US. But not anymore, Obama shut down our last producing lead mines while in office.
This is absolutely caused by the idiot elected officials. Saying differently is lying to yourself and to anyone within ear shot. The gov’t is absolutely the cause of our problems.
Wake up you fools. They are slow boiling you with this protest and riot nonsense. You are putting your hopes in social media. We are letting them take us piece by piece. Wake TF up!!!!
If you think posting online does anything you are a fool. Yes educate yourself to the point that you understand the scope of the enemy. But get off your fat a$$es and move towards the finish line with the rest of the patriots.
Grenades , Booby Traps on Sale !!!!! LOL LOL