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| Ammunition shooting off retailers’ shelves | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 7 2009, 12:14 AM (81 Views) | |
| XNavyGunner | May 7 2009, 12:14 AM Post #1 |
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An increasing demand for ammunition has led to its increasing scarcity on retailers’ shelves in both Virginias and across the nation. In the past, hunters and other gun owners usually purchased a few boxes of ammunition at a time, but now they buy whole cases at a time when merchandise is available. Concerns among gun owners that the new president’s administration will alter gun laws or increase taxes on ammunition sales is sending consumers to retailers. Some are looking for a new firearm, too. “It isn’t necessarily because they (gun owners) are afraid of the government putting taxes on it. It’s because of the president we elected,” said Marlin Douglas of Douglas Sporting Goods in Princeton. “Right now, I can’t buy a small handgun from any of my suppliers because they’re totally out. It’s due to the fact of electing a president who has been a strong advocate to get rid of guns.” The public has responded by purchasing more firearms; even people who did not own a gun are buying one, Douglas said. Demand for bullets of all calibers and shotgun shells has increased. “So the supply and demand has gone up so greatly that manufacturers can’t keep up with the it,” he said. “They’re buying up ammunition because they’re afraid there’s going to be some kind of restriction.” Stores in Virginia are also seeing consumers hoard ammunition. “We’ve seen a big increase on stocking up on ammunition,” said Jerry Cochran, owner of Trader Jerry in Claypool Hill, Va. “It’s created by a shortage, and the shortage is created by people hoarding it.” Gun manufacturers did not anticipate a “hoarding effect” when they calculated how much ammunition they were going to create, Cochran said. “Whenever there’s a perceived shortage, Americans hoard up and create the actual shortage,” he said. For more than a year, ammunition has been harder to get, Cochran said. Talk about new taxes on bullets and other restrictions have been heard, but the National Rifle Association (NRA) monitors proposed and pending legislation. At any given time there are proposed bills putting limits on the shelf life of ammunition or adding taxes. The most accepted tax is approximately a nickel a cartridge. When the nickel tax is applied to a 20-cartridge box of .270 ammunition, this comes to a dollar a box. “Which doesn’t sound like a lot,” Cochran said. “When you get a box of .22 cartridges and there’s 50 in a box ,and the ammunition in the beginning is $1.99, the tax alone is going to be $2.50. On any given ammo, there’s already a 5 percent sales tax in Virginia and a 13 to 15 percent excise tax, and now there’s the perceived tax increase.” “Again, nothing has been done, but it’s all been talked about,” Cochran said. Word of bills being considered “creeps through” and helps create a shortage. “That’s the ultimate gun control. Without ammunition, they (guns) are just big metal rocks,” he said. Source I know I'm having a hard time getting ammo for my AK and 9MM. On the bright side, I got my NRA card yesterday.
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