Ammo hoarder's speak!

[Brakeman]

I found out that one of the guys I work with is an ammo hoarder, one of the guys that spends enormous sums buying up popular caliber ammunition. If you're not a gun owner, you probably wouldn't know, but ammunition has been difficult to buy and expensive due to extreme demand. 22 caliber ammo is especially scarce at the moment.

So according to him, it's only a matter of time until Obama or Hillary succeed in baning ammo, so they hoard it, hoping to sell it later and make a bundle.
He said it was his retirement fund. He took all of his money out of his 401k and buys ammo with it. So does his family and friends.

I was surprised that it is a retirement moneymaking scheme. I can't help but see it turn out badly for him financially, but maybe it will work.. I'm mixed.

[Jacob(smooth)]

I'm the same. I have no fewer than 70 arrows in various spines and with various heads, stockpiled against the zombie apocalypse.
And not counting crossbow bolts.

[Minimalist]

but ammunition has been difficult to buy and expensive due to extreme demand. 22 caliber ammo is especially scarce at the moment.

Well, naturally. Everyday some 4 year old is shooting some off!

[Brakeman]

I was hopping to discuss the other issue this brings up.

Is it wrong to store something up in order to sell it when/if it becomes illegal?

When manufacturers catch up to demand, and yet ammo is not outlawed, wont these guys lose their retirement money?

What is the effect of keeping affordable ammunition away from the general population. Won't this make fewer gun owners since few want to own a gun they can't afford to shoot?

[Thumpalumpacus]

When his plan flops, he'll at least have a bullet to ... well, never mind.

[The Valkyrie]

Ah, the paranoia of the True Patriot™

It always amuses me. The only thing I've ever hoarded ammo in is Fallout 3