It was that shut down of the lead smelter a while ago, it was a big political hot-button thing and when it was made official everyone went out and bought up stock.
Funny story about this though, my Dad (bless his simple heart) is getting back into guns now that I'm a bit older and he wants to bond. Anywho, we went shooting together last month and he wanted to pick up some .22lr to shoot. When he asked for some at Sportsman Warehouse the guy behind the counter laughed in his face...haha poor Dad. He ignored all my warnings not to ask because there isn't any, maybe thats why it's funny to me.

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