threefeathers
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Whew, I actually stopped myself from ordering some yesterday. I grew less and less anxious as the evening went on.
Well, out here in Cali-forn-eye-A, quite a few hoplophobes threw the rest of us under the bus at the polls, and in six months' time we'll have to undergo background checks to purchase ammo! So, one can only have too much ammo if one is trying to swim. Otherwise, a wise man once said, "A man can never have too many books, too much wine, or too much ammunition..."
I started reloading for my two Blackhawks (.41 and .44) just before I heard of this insane Ca senate or assembly ammo background check bill... needless to say I've recently acquired dies in the other calibers I shoot. Plenty of powder, primers and brass... just finding out which bo0lits I like with a big ol' stash of samples to try... fortunately reloading components are at this time, anyway, exempt from that egregious restriction.
I wonder what CA will do when it runs headfirst into issues like National Reciprocity? As for the rest of us, having a backlog of ammo to shoot is nice to have - but it requires setting aside money and then not having it to spend on other basic needs. Not everybody gets to do it.
On the other extreme, pallets of ammo in the home just become an attractive nuisance if and when others want to take it. But, we don't discuss that sort of stuff here.
For the most part if you "need" two years supply of ammo then it could be suggested that there are other reasons for it other than a "banic" or short supply. No one is required to keep shooting it on a regular schedule if there's a panic, and alternative methods of practice exist to keep skills up. Doing the math and with an mind toward consumption rates in combat, the average shooter will only need a maximum of 4500 rounds of your primary self defense cartridge firing 300 rounds a day at which point the odds show you aren't likely going to be either healthy or active.
Given a correlative loss of utilities the first day you will likely be out of water and action after seven. Nobody considers those basic needs and we even scorn the preppers who consider it while bragging about the stockpile of ammo. I see the threads about how much someone has stored back in finished rounds as being out of balance with the other priorities of life - the whole discussion is hinged on a worst case scenario where evil always triumphs and good men do nothing.
Since we take the High Road here I find the ammo stockpilers have questions to answer about why. It's been taken for granted for some time but gosh gee whillikers some of us have this thing called reality which intrudes in our thinking and we don't let unbalanced risk assessments run unchecked.
Given an important caveat: It's America, things aren't that bad off, and you have every right and all your dollars to do exactly as you please, and I support you in doing it. I just wish we could generate a map of all the ammo caches for those speculative times when we are fighting house to house - likely against each other trying to get the ammo. We will need it to barter for food.
Goes to the OP and his stated emotional needs - anxiety defined is "an unpleasant state of inner turmoil, unpleasant feelings of anticipated dread, an overreaction to a threat which is subjectively seen as menacing" if I extract some phrases from Wikipedia. I don't see lack of ammo as the real issue. There's a lot more going on and buying the ammo is just a placebo.
susieqz wrote:
i've spent every extra penny on ammo for the past year. i'd like to have some money for other things.
Tirod wrote:
Given a correlative loss of utilities the first day you will likely be out of water and action after seven. Nobody considers those basic needs...
Whew, I actually stopped myself from ordering some yesterday. I grew less and less anxious as the evening went on.