Originally Posted by Peak53

This is a recurring episode. There is some violent or political event, everyone who didn't already have a gun and the ammo to go with it gets in line to buy, the shelves disintegrate, and anywhere from a few months to a few years later the stock returns and the prices are back to almost normal, just not quite. Repeat. This will be one of the longer events. When things return to paranormal, keep buying by the case or learn to reload.