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Outdoor Life

Nictuku

(4,057 posts)

1. I think it is the MAGA Gun Nuts Hoarding

Reply to demtenjeep (Original post)

Fri Mar 19, 2021, 10:47 PM

Mar 2021

I googled it to see if I was on track in my thinking.

https://www.petersenshunting.com/editorial/whats-behind-the-ammunition-shortage/387187

A pandemic, civil unrest and the fear of a gun-control-happy administration has caused both weapon and ammunition sales to skyrocket in 2020. With more people interested gun ownership and increased ammo hoarding, gun stores have been left barren. Many hunters looking to buy a box of their go-to ammo has been left heartbroken after walking into their local sporting goods store to find nothing but empty shelves.