This is why we constantly preach to the newer guys about buying ammo as often as u can afford to. I've made it a habit for the past few years to purchase some ammo weekly. When i find it on sale, i purchase a little more. I will bring my lunch to work, just so I can have extra money to buy ammo at the end of the week.

My point is, there is nothing wrong with buying ammo from time to time, even if u dont need it at the moment. Because when times like this come around, u'll be good to go and wont have to risk spending 4x's the amount of money on ammo @ market price.

I always tell my ole lady that no matter what, someday my ammo will get used. So its not like im spending money and never using what i bought. I'll either bring it to the range from time to time, or i'll have it for when the SHTF. Either way it goes, its money well spent.