Re: Why are we buying up all the ammo???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TenZero</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I saw a lot of panic buying at first, but IMO, a lot of that has transitioned into "greedy flipper" buying. Go to a WalMart or Cabelas any time a truck shows up, and greedy buzzards will be camped out front before they open. Follow that up with a visit to a local gun show, and you will find all the ammo, pmags, powder,primers, and frankengun ARs you care to buy, at 3x prices. A lot of it still has the original price tags on it, and I know I recognized some faces. My local gun store recognized a dude who bought $1900 worth of powder(all they had) at the gun show 2 days later, with all of it on a table for 3x. They want everyone to be able to shoot, not make money speculating on futures trading, so now they have a 2 lb limit. Sadly, we are doing a lot of this to each other.
Personally, I have gradually accumulated stuff to last awhile, and don't really have too big a problem with folks setting some back. The guys who are buying everything up to flip instead of shoot, are feeding a price bubble. Kinda facking up the sport for everyone else, just to make a few hundred bucks. I get how free markets work, but I wish some people would take a big picture view, and realize the effects that greed is having on our sport. As someone else mentioned, I never thought twice about taking my daughter to shoot 22 matches. Now, it's a $120 outing. Bad for the future of the sport. </div></div>
Yeah, I think you're making a good point on this issue. The guys at the gun counter at my local Sportsman's Warehouse were telling me that they've had people camping out every week for the past few weeks, just waiting to buy everything that came off of the truck. For that reason alone, I refuse to pay the inflated prices for this stuff. These guys can sit on their inventory as far as I'm concerned, and I'll start buying again once the supply catches up to the demand.