Why is there a gun and ammo panic now?

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Texas10mm said:
My thoughts are that almost all the "panic buying" in firearms is due to those people who always thought they didn't need a gun. Then things changed and now they think they do.
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Yes, YES, YES!
Sweet Mary bandmate of Peter and Paul, I have dealt with people so green the Irish would be jealous.

The interesting thing, however, is seeing them discover just how hard it is to legally buy a gun in 2020. They're amazed it's not like they were led to believe.

Many of them will never load or fire the gun they bought in the panic.
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Honestly, I hope they never fire their guns without a good training class.
I had to spend a half of an hour last night trying to sell someone a holster. Absolutely couldn't grasp inside waistband. Couldn't grasp the concept of printing possibly leading to legal problems. "It's under my shirt, you can't see it, I have a concealed permit, what's the problem?"
 
Colorado is coming up into Wyoming for legitimate and illegitimate reasons. They think since CO is out of stuff they will get it here. They are furious when they find out about across state line FFL to FFL requirements.
Some decide to make light finger removals from isolated country hick's houses.. Some of them ain't gonna make it home.
 
I didn't feel the need to panic buy anything. Am I low on TP and bread? Well, I guess, comparatively. I've only got a loaf and a half and about 12 rolls of a 24 pack I bought two months ago left. Firearms did not enter my mind. If anything, I stopped buying ammo because the ranges are locked down, and I have nowhere to shoot. I'm not worried about needing a lot of pistol ammo because that's for CC. I will be hunkered. I did buy about 4 more boxes of 00 buck. That puts me at about 100 rounds of that ammo that I have collected the last 5 years. I don't shoot it much, but I always like to keep it on hand. For me, if things get bad, I will be worried about HD. A full size 12 gauge will handle that need. If things went past that, then the subtlety of a handgun isn't going to be needed either;)

I refuse to let this situation cause me to lose my grip on reality. I like to think that my neighbors are decent folks. I'd like to think that lifelong Eagle Scout next door and the Iraq military vet across the street and a humble contractor like myself could come up with a way to make sure that things stay secure. I like to think that a disease that is quite scary and quite dangerous but unlikely to make me or my young family sick will pass or at least we figure out ways to mitigate it soon. I don't think we are at the Thunderdome in Bartertown just yet.
 
George P said:
Where I am, it seems bread has replaced TP as the new thing to scramble for
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This is also true here- and I honestly thought the less than 8,000 people living in this small town surrounded by farms and state forest had a little more sense than the other idiots. Bread and TP have left the area, and the sheep are losing their minds! As if either of those things really matter. Sure, TP is nice to have, but there are many other alternatives out there if there's none to be found. After all, TP as we know it wasn't invented until 1857, but I am reliably informed that people went #2 prior to 1857- and somehow figured it out. Bread is only "vital" for making a sandwich. It has a short shelf life, and little nutritional value compared to the bulk of the product. There is plenty of food out there. It may not be the food everyone wants, but there is plenty. There is no emergency involving bread shortages.
 
There was a news story of people on Maui buying guns for personal protection. Those interviewed said they felt threatened by the possibility of increased chaos and crime. It looked like all of them were buying their first gun.
 
I have always considered people in my neck of the sticks to be fairly stable and not subject to panic at the drop of a hat. This media manufactured panic has changed my mind though. It seems the chicken little syndrome is just as alive and well here as in the rest of the country. Store shelves went bare last week and remain bare. I’m just curious where people are stacking all the stuff they have bought.
 
FL-NC said:
This is also true here- and I honestly thought the less than 8,000 people living in this small town surrounded by farms and state forest had a little more sense than the other idiots. Bread and TP have left the area, and the sheep are losing their minds! As if either of those things really matter. Sure, TP is nice to have, but there are many other alternatives out there if there's none to be found. After all, TP as we know it wasn't invented until 1857, but I am reliably informed that people went #2 prior to 1857- and somehow figured it out. Bread is only "vital" for making a sandwich. It has a short shelf life, and little nutritional value compared to the bulk of the product. There is plenty of food out there. It may not be the food everyone wants, but there is plenty. There is no emergency involving bread shortages.
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You have 8,000, my town is 1,800......but we are about 20 minutes to Tallahassee for even more options.
 
.308 Norma said:
Yep, here too. But now the stores are out of flour as well.
I can't exactly figure that one out - I didn't think that many people baked these days.o_O
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Flour is for deep frying the ammo you buy.
It makes fmjs more deadly because of the saturated fat.
My friend said her store had a run of retards as she put it.
I'm trying not to buy anything ammo related for the next few months to allow things to stabilize. I can afford to not buy for a couple years anyway.
 
.308 Norma said:
Yep, here too. But now the stores are out of flour as well.
I can't exactly figure that one out - I didn't think that many people baked these days.o_O
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In all seriousness there have been more people starting to bake their own bread. My wife has seen an increase in bread recipes on social media and is even getting tempted by them. :uhoh:
 
I was asked why I ordered more bullets when tp, bread, and milk should be higher priority. We have 10 rolls still, regularly dump milk down the drain and throw out bread that expired without ever being opened. Don't tell anyone pizza rolls are hard to find or I'm screwed.
 
George P said:
Where I am, it seems bread has replaced TP as the new thing to scramble for
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Oddly enough, I was in town and stopped at a Dillons to get some odds and end. The local "hippie" bakery delivers to the stores and the girl in the baked goods section told me they didn't have room for the fresh bread that had been delivered today.
Guess it must be a regional thing..?

Oh, and they did have some TP, one pack per customer.
 
Is there a gun Panic? Seriously?

I keep an eye on the local gun adds and I don't see a huge jump in private party "for sale" prices or any sign that they are moving. I have a couple guns that I don't shoot any more and would have no reservations about selling for a decent price. With the local ATF transfer tax (back ground check + FFL transfer fee = $50) I don't have any motivation to go through the hassle of selling my unwanted firearms.

Is the rush on the low end cheap new guns that the greenhorns buy from the big chain stores? The only real rush I see at the moment on anything I am interested in is the Hellcat... but that predated the virus scare.

I'm not seeing any private party deals... mostly just the over priced guns that have been advertised for months (or years) now. The adds are being relisted for the 100th time so it doesn't look like they are moving. With the transfer tax deals are not very common to start with so it is hard to say that they are drying up.

As far as ammo prices go... I am so far out of that loop I have no clue what factory ammo goes for these days. Prices at the ammo shelves always seem exorbitant even without a virus scare. I assume all the factory ammo must be cleaned out right now? I have been through many ammo rushes and have never really noticed them, other than rimfire.

Around here Mac'n'cheese seems to be the hot item... as my daughter has noted. It seems all dried pasta has "dried up".
 
People are worried that someone might tell them they can't go to work or can't visit their family. They're worried that someone might try to take their money or their property. They're worried that someone might try to hurt them. They're worried that person might even be wearing a uniform and a badge. For that day ...
 
Some question if there is really a "gun panic". There really doesn't seem to be. BUT, there is a definite run on certain ammo, mainly rimfire, and a definite run on reloading components. I've looked for several gun powders and evey one of the best providers say "out of stock" and they do not take back orders. One powder, Hodgdon's Varget, has been scarce for months; well before the CCP virus. Why? Beats me.
 
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