Well my last (ban-endangered) purchase soon will be another Kel-Tec Sub2000, this one will be magazine-compatible with my Glock 17.
(others are compatible with Beretta 92FS and Glock 22). All other purchases, are not in any near-future danger of a gun-ban... (e.g. 22 LR, shotguns, handguns)
After that, I’m going to stockpile magazines and ammo. I already got a bunch of AR15, AK47 and Glock 22 mags. (I keep track of stuff on a spreadsheet).
A wise person would start snapping up magazines and ammo now.
If things get so bad, as for a long-term ban on stuff to be an issue, I would expect such a liberal regime to drive this country into a collapse, such as what Multicultural Europe is moving towards.
I disagree with those who say if the government has banned ammo or goes door-to-door attempting confiscation that it is too late, if one has hidden all of one’s stuff where it can’t be found. (even by ground-penetrating sonar and metal detectors).
The reason I disagree is that progressivism has a built-in self-destruct mechanism. When a civilization disintegrates, and breaks down into WROL, having a huge cache of firepower that eluded government confiscation would come in quite handy.
In other words, the worst happenings do not result in the end game being a totalitarian “progressive” nanny-state dictatorship.
The end game will be such a nanny-state collapsing under its own weight (or a black-swan event, such as a rogue state using an EMP attack), and then all the gib-me-dats will be looting and thugging. At such a time, it would be wise to have a hidden caches that one could un-earth and deal with any Negan-want-to-be’s.
The Keltec Sub 2000 is a hoot. Fun gun!
Handloaders learned over that last few years that powder and primers are a choke point. Pistol powders (shotgun) in AZ are still hard to find. Rifle powders are available. If you learn to cast and are able to stockpile lead you have more options. One must still invest in dies for each caliber and and if casting, molds.
If you have educated yourself, keep your eyes open for estate sales. Don’t rip off widows but reloading equipment in often a fraction of what it is in the store. I use molds that belonged to my grandfather that are from the late nineteenth century.
Finally, a story that amuses me. You can buy lead on eBay. The Post Office has a limit of something like 60 lbs for a flat rate box. So guys are selling 50 lbs of lead and sticking it in a medium flat rate box to ship. I laugh every time I think about the average postal worker grabbing those boxes. One of the best shipping values available.
Yeah, but they won't. We will be seeing threads about shortages, hoarding, price gouging, people wishing they did this and that... same old crap.