great article this is not the firs time recently i’ve heard the PD’s mentioned as a source of the problem i remember reading about 2 weeks ago how PD’s are stocking up and also placing large orders for rifle calibers.. trying to add AR-15′s and such to patrol cars in addition to the usual 12ga.
anyway i like your point about how the reporters would be up in arms about the 1a.. it’s a great comparison.
every one knows the price of ammo has been rising rapidly the last few years.
and i dont know what walmart some people visit but the ones in my area dont stock but maybe a dozen or so boxes on teh shelf at a time.. WHEN FULL.
it’s common for them to be out of 9mm for example.. but i was shocked how bad it was today.
my uncle told me him and his buddy could’nt find any 38spl.. i told him just go pick up some at wally world it’s not really any cheaper anywhere else (not that it’s cheap at walmart either)
so i told him next time i was near/at wally world i’d check and he could pay me back.. just so happen today i was a couple blocks away went in..
OMG they was outta everything i mean just about every caliber you can think of..
they had a few 100pk’s of .22lr (most expensive way of buying .22′s) left, they had a couple boxes of 30-30 (iirc).. a box of 357.. a box of 357 sig.. and that was about it.
other then 12ga shells.. they had tons of those.. but not sure what they was loaded with.
litterly you could count the number of total boxes on 1 hand.
i was planing on going to the range (mostly with a .22) but now im not so sure if i should.. as far as guns are concerned everything i mean everything is getting more and more expensive, im going less and less and i can easily see a point such as now where i either can’t afford it, or can’t find it to go shooting.
who needs ban’s when you can just price the poor and modest gun owners out of the game completely. 
