I am not going to quote the NRA article above, but I think it makes sense.
I've shot more .22 LR ammo since the 2008 shortage than I did in the 30 years prior to that combined. When centerfire ammo and components got scarce and expensive during the 2008 scare, I switched over to rimfire and never looked back. Since then, I have bought a few .22 LR handguns and plan to buy more. I also bought a .22 WMR rifle and started accumulating ammo and shooting it. .22 ammo is still cheap in comparison and I don't have to sit at a bench and reload, and I get to sweep up the brass and dump it in a recycle bin. No muss, no fuss. We have a new indoor range open to the public and I get to shoot during the worst part of the winter when I could not go outside to shoot. I try to go as often as possible. I figure that I never shoot less than 100 rounds per visit and probably average a couple of hundred. If I do that 3 to 5 times a month, I am running through some ammo that would have been available to the general public a few years ago.
I guess that makes me part of the "problem."
