BUYING AMMO??

[J. R. WEEMS]

Seems there is a move afoot to require universal background checks to buy ammo. will the bill pass? It could happen. Many of us older guys will remember when they were required to log in all handgun ammo sold. They finally did away with that useless idea. If passed, this new bill will be more than a inconvenience. There will be no doubt a charge, which of course will increase over time, an end to online sales, could even curtail reloading and God only knows what else. Not a chance you think, well there are those of us who didnt think the GCB of 1968 would pass either. You would also be stuck with what little your local venue carried and you can bet overall prices would go up. Just a heads up.

 

[smoothshooter]

Just one of many new anti-gun laws we will see passed over the next 10 years.
Turn-in of suppressors will be in the works.
Followed by making getting and keeping CCW permits so onerous and expensive that most holders will simply let them lapse. To be followed by the total outlawing of them.

The Lefties will have control of all 3 branches of government soon, and this time there will be no messing around.
The gloves will come off.

 

[max503]

The gloves are already off. Buy molds, powder, and primers.

 

[Zebra War Wagon]

Or we could just RESIST, like so many Sheriff's that are choosing NOT to enforce unconstitutional firearm laws in their counties. At some point, We the People have to take a stand and just say HELL NO!. Enough is enough....

 

[robertrwalsh]

It already exists in much of the country.

 

[coachray]

I started making sure I had a pretty healthy amount of ammo for all my guns several years ago. I always thought they would attack ammo sales first.

 

[Sixgun100]

And how will this impact internet sales??

 

[typetwelve]

There's long been a joke of "banning bullets" instead of going after the actual guns. I believe even Chris Rock made a joke about making bullets $1000/pc. In all honesty, I've wondered why politicians don't go harder against ammo.

Here in Illinois, they're beginning to show their cards more and more. Right now it's attempts to apply a "use tax" on anything firearm related. Cook County already has one, $25 on a firearm, $.05 on a centerfire bullet, $.01 on a rimfire, smug swine call it a "violence tax"...

2019, early 2020 is going to be a reloading stock up for me. I'm going to hoard primers and powder as I fully expect the upcoming presidential election to be a nasty one.

And how will this impact internet sales??

Its the goals of most gun hating politicians to ban online ammo sales completely. First off, it's hard to collect that "use" tax, second, they use all kinds of "arsenal stockpiling" scary words to talk about it all the time.

My buddy and I have already discussed it...if they ban online sales in Illinois, we'd have to take yearly "ammo treks" to a place like SGA to buy bullk ammo in person for the entire year.

 

[rkittine]

Under the New York Safe Act, they tried to stop sales of ammunition coming into the state. The back-ground checks for ammo were to be handled by the State Police, who flat out said without a major funding increase, they could not do it. That portion of the Safe Act has been suspended, but many mail order houses are afraid or just unwilling to ship directy to a New York state resident. There are a few who have taken the time to check it out and will ship ammo to new York residents. It has helped me not only get better ammo prices, but to be able to get ammo that I could not find anywhere locally on the shelf.

TargetSportsUSA will ship to new York residents, but Atlanta Arms will not. One other major retailer would not ship directly to me, but did drop ship to my friend, 3 miles away in New Jersey, where the laws are actually tougher, but where there has not yet been a ban on ammo shipments.

Bob

 

[JayFramer]

Sadly rimfires arent reloadable, at least not at all easily, so if this hits... well .22s might be a losing proposition!!!

 

[gen3guy]

California did this recently. On any given Sunday afternoon, the Cabela's parking lot here in Glendale, AZ is loaded with California plates. DUH!

 

[samnev]

I'm old enough and have enough components and ammunition to last what ever time I have left. That's a good and bad thing.

 

[Rocket3]

If Joe makes it official that he's running I will start additional stocking protocol.
I still have 22lr from orders I placed on Obozo's first election night win.

 

[vytoland]

Join, Support, Contribute to the NRA

NRA = the BIG dog in our fight.....

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

Buy your ammo now, use it as you need to. Don't store it in your attic. Maybe you can't buy it all at once, so don't. Just move forward, not backward. By the time you can't buy ammo, you won't need to.

 

[Muddyboot]

The time to buy ammo is always, as much as you can afford, and have the room to store it....

 

[Rustyt1953]

Every time I get my mailbox money I buy some ammo, needed or not.

 

[handejector]

We have a 2A forum for alerting folks to pending legislation.
Start a thread there with a link to the bill or the number and text of the bill.