Up until last October the gun stores that I frequent always had a good supply of new guns and (more important to me) used ones. Ammo and reloading stuff was also plentiful.

After the election I saw the stores get cleaned out and as of April they had yet to recover. I stopped going because there was nothing to buy. But I went back yesterday for the first time in about 7 - 8 weeks thinking the situation must have improved by now. Nope! The shelves were just as bare as before.

In one store I saw two guys almost come to blows over which one of them was first to lay his hands on that last box of primers in the store.

The store owners say whatever supplies they get from the wholesalers are only trickling in. They also say that a lot of what they do sell is going to people who don't know one end of a gun from the other.


When will this madness end?