Posted on 04/05/2009 6:38:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - A gun ban seems to be on the minds of many these days.
Many viewers have started to notice a shortage of guns and ammunition. And stores all over Kalamazoo say concealed weapons are flying off the shelves. Most blame the change in politics in Washington, D.C.
The FBI performed more than a million background checks in the three months after the election than it did the previous year. Stores in Kalamazoo say they're trying to keep up.
"These aren't the general style tactical weapons this one's a little different," said Gander Mountain employee, Matt Wing.
It's not surprising to Wing that customers come in looking for semiautomatic weapons.
"This is one of the main weapons people are concerned they're not going to be able to use. This style the black rifles," said Wing.
It's an assault weapon and so many who want to own one are concerned President Barack Obama's administration could impose a new ban on some semiautomatic weapons.
But Wing says it's not just the big weapons. The small Ruger pistol is flying off the shelves too. And ammunition for all guns is short at most stores around the country.
"With the elections a lot of people are coming in to buy ammo thinking it's going to disappear and that they're not going to have them anymore," said Wing.
In fact some who sell guns say they haven't seen a run on guns and ammo since in 40 years. Owners telling us it's awfully difficult to tell customers they have to wait days, perhaps weeks to get a bullet.
"Sometimes I can get it in a couple of days or maybe in a couple of weeks depending on the ammunition. It really depends," said Wing.
And experts say other concerns fueling gun and ammunition sales are the faltering economy and the side-effect of an increase in crime.
They will be soon enough is Zero gets his way.
We've had to cut our range time down from every-other week to about once a month now.
The only ammo I have a real strong desire to hoard right now is the imported military stuff. Imported military full metal jacket is definitely one of the types they will try to ban first. Fortunately, 7.62 x 54R surplus is still available and reasonably priced.
The writing in this article is sub high school.
In Oregon, 9mm are almost impossible to buy. You have to be at the store when the delivery truck arrives, or else all you see is empty shelves.
give gunbroker.com a try if you haven’t already. quite a bit of the most common calibers available. some listed with the ‘buy now’(this for buyers who have had at least 2 previous transactions)option. I have picked up quite a lot of brass along with loaded ammo their in the last 2 months. decent prices also. just type in what you are looking for in the search box and go from there.
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There have been any number of reports that stores in Liberal areas are more likely to have ammo in stock.
I’ve lived here 31 years. I’ve *never* heard the gun range as busy as it was today.
At least they didn't say literally flying off the shelves.
Change my statement to...
People are preparing for a storm -- by both stocking up AND practicing.
Are these ammo shortages only in blue areas? I haven’t had any problem finding .38, .357, .45 ACP, .30-06 or .22 around here.
Warren Zevon. Good song.
Thanks!
I’ll check it out.
ammo ping
The ammo is available but the price has almost doubled. Most agencies have either cut back on the amount of ammo shot or the frequency.
I expect you to find
some boxes of 50 rounds of handgun ammo, or
some boxes of 20 rounds of rifle ammo
BUT not case lots of 500 or 1000 rounds
unless at near single box prices of $1 to $2 per round.
Our county in TX, county in NM and county north of us in OK can NOT find it.......our Sheriff is considering reloading / rolling their own !
Well, if they are concealed, they wouldn't be on the shelf in the first place. They'd have to be under the counter or in some other hidden location in the store.
Very unfortunate. Here in the Inland Empire no ammo shortage for LEO but very little ammo available for retail.
The San Bernardino Sheriffs office years ago would make the inmate workers reload ammo. I think they should bring back the tradition. Times are rough, nobody should eat for free :)
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