So, anyone who has seen this crap happen repeatedly and takes steps long beforehand to not get caught short again is a hoarder.
Anyone who goes out to buy something he needs and has a chance to buy a little extra so he won’t have to go on the prowl for more in a month or so is selfish.
Whadya call someone who keeps letting the same predictable situation bite him in the azz over and over and over, and thinks the solution is to call sensible people names?
Whiney dumbazz comes to mind.
I know you're not calling me names, because I'm not whining and I'm not buying ammo..... Simply made an observation of what I've seen. Panic buying is contagious and exacerbates the problem. Same thing with TP, meat, and whatever else has been in short supply in 2020
No, I’m not.
I haven’t witnessed anything I could call panic buying myself, just perhaps the aftermath. I’ve been buying stuff in bulk for years to reduce the need to travel to the store. Now with the Plague, I go to the grocery store maybe twice a month or less to reduce my chances of catching it. I buy enough to last until the next trip, but I also have some reserves, just as I’ve always had because it’s prudent. Waiting until you’re totally out of anything of importance is foolish, and running to the store all the time is wasteful, and now a little risky.
But this is about ammo, and for the most part it’s about ammo for recreational shooting. For whatever reason, some have failed to learn from the past and are caught short again. The name-calling began with that bunch: Hoarder, Greedy, etc, and I’ve gotten tired of hearing it when their situation could’ve been easily avoided with a little (here’s that word again) prudence on their part. Not only would they not be in the plight they are, but there would be less demand on current supplies and production.
I can sympathize a bit with those who finally realized that they need some protection and didn’t know what would happen in a crisis. I’d even help them out a bit if I could, just like I’d give them a little TP so they wouldn’t have to use their socks.
