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Originally Posted by Webster
its a very simple concept to grasp, there wouldn't be any ammo shortage if individuals couldn't sell ammo on the internet. retailers with FFL licenses could still sell it just not individuals.
its really as simple as that, you stop the thousands of people who don't even own guns from buying up all the ammo in sight then reselling to the highest bidder. a good portion of these people are the store employees who know they can make a lot of money reselling it out of their house after buying up the stores stock instead of putting it on the shelf.
take away the ability for them to profit from reselling the ammo and suddenly they have no reason to buy it all up and you will see the shelves at the store restock.
there is no reason anyone can support unrestricted ammo sales by individuals online unless they too are trying to make money reselling ammo.
right now to buy a gun, cigaretts, or alcohol, you need to show ID so you have to buy it or pick it up in person from a retail outfit so do the same with ammo is all im saying. if they cant resell it they wont buy it before a legitimate gun owner looking for ammo can go looking for it
if the 18 year old kid down the street with no job can go to walmart, cabelas, bass pro, academy, gander mountain, etc. every morning and buy up the ammo to resell then he is cheating legit ammo buyers as well as tax evasion because you know damn well he aint reporting hes making $300-$400 a week or more flipping ammo on ebay or gunbroker
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I think you are really stretching things to think that there are thousands of 18 year old kids running around buying ammo everyday and then re-selling it.
You have short term memory because there where ammo shortages long before the internet was commonly used to sell items.
As I have said before companies that produce ammunition for public use are in it to make a
profit.It is actually to their benefit for ammo to be in high demand because they can then sell at a higher price to the retailer.
When a factory over produces that is a loose in profit.The problem is not a certain group of people buying and reselling it is the fact that many calibers are very common and when gun sales spike for what ever reason that of course means that the most popular guns are going to sell and in turn the most popular ammo types.
It really is simple supply and demand in a very large market effected by several factors and the people you have a beef with a but a drop in that bucket compared to several other factors.
@Ducimus The shops I buy from know me as a hunter and shooter not a nutcase prepper though they do take money from those types.