Do not assume that you have until Inauguration Day to make such purchases. I was well stocked before Election Day, but then today (Thusrday), I decided that I wanted another dry box full of ammo. I went all over and there wasn’t a single caliber of self defense ammo to be had at any major outlet such as wal-mart or sporting stores. They did have full metal jackets, but no hollow point ammo or 00 buck shot at all. I asked them when they would have more, and they replied, “I don’t know, we have sold more ammo since Tuesday than we have sold all year long.” Luckily, I came across a lone pawn shop that had a good amount of the exact calibers and gauges that I needed, so I cleaned them out. Get what you need NOW! There is a run on guns and ammo in this country right now.
I’m not worried about dealers and stores running out of perfectly legal goods.
There’s a rash of panic buying at the moment, and gun stores, like any other sort of retailer, will rapidly re-stock to fill the heightened demand.
There’ll be plenty to be had by the time I get my funds in order.
It'll do me no good to panic about current stocks. We all need to calm down, I think. The gun stores will re-stock. It's their business, and they're making historic levels of money selling products which (for now) are perfectly legal.
They're business people. They're going to do whatever they have to, to refill those shelves as fast as they can, so they can take advantage of the paranoia sweeping the gun owning public.
You can bet that the gun and ammo makers are doubling their work shifts and hiring like mad to keep pace with the demand.