We have all seen them (many of us have been them)...a line of folks queued up at the local walmart (academy, bass pro, cabelas, etc) just waiting for the doors to open or the stocker guy to come to the shelves at 7am with the ammo for the day. It's so predictable- you see the same folks at the same time every single day almost without fail waiting to gobble up any 22 or 9mm that crosses their path. IMO they are not just prolonging the shortage...they are causing it. They are the hoarders or the scummy gun show flippers. They are most certainly not the dad who wants to take his kid out for a day of fun or the new shooter looking to practice.
What if one day walmart decided to wait until 2pm to put the stuff on the shelves? What if instead of stocking the stuff at the same time day after day they threw a wrench in the plans of these folks? If walmart shook things up a bit and made a semi-erratic schedule these folks would, at least in theory, lose interest and move on. More ammo would be available to a variety of different people and there would be more happy customers.
I know the big box stores dont care who buys the stuff as long as it moves, but you would think some GM would want more customers to be served more often (and it isn't like this stuff will sit on the shelves for long).
Do you think this ide a, if widely implemented, would help ease the shortage situation?
What if one day walmart decided to wait until 2pm to put the stuff on the shelves? What if instead of stocking the stuff at the same time day after day they threw a wrench in the plans of these folks? If walmart shook things up a bit and made a semi-erratic schedule these folks would, at least in theory, lose interest and move on. More ammo would be available to a variety of different people and there would be more happy customers.
I know the big box stores dont care who buys the stuff as long as it moves, but you would think some GM would want more customers to be served more often (and it isn't like this stuff will sit on the shelves for long).
Do you think this ide a, if widely implemented, would help ease the shortage situation?