idiot politicians should make selling ammo online illegal

[Stealhead]

In the US ammunition is a free market item and the federal government has no say in how much it should or should not cost.

Anyone can price gouge as well a person in a brick and mortar store can do it just as easily as an online seller can.

Everyone goes to cheaperthandirt anyway so they are one of most likely places to price gouge.Just because a site has a certain name does not mean that the implication of the name is true.

As I said before the only way to not get effected by the market is to regularly stockpile your ammo or load/reload on your own.

[Ducimus]

But... but.. If I stockpile ammo, I'll look like one of those crazy doomsday prepper people!


Honestly, I think most everyone in my state who owns a house is sitting on their own personal cache in their basement. Truth of the matter is, right now, you can't even get supplies for reloading - least of all in 9MM. I can't get ammo for my handgun, outside of what we have in an ammo can labeled "9MM", but I can still buy brazilian made M80 ball ammo locally. Go figure.

[raymond6751]

With all that ammo stored all over the place, I guess the second most dangerous job (after cops) must be fire fighter.

Snap, Crackle, Pop

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by raymond6751

With all that ammo stored all over the place, I guess the second most dangerous job (after cops) must be fire fighter.

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Actually, not really.


In short, no pressure buildup, little to no velocity. Many high powered rounds won't even penetrate sheetrock.

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

[Stealhead]

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

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.