Ammunition sales sky-rocket

First guns, now ammunition sales have spiked in the last year according to this article in the Associated Press on Wednesday the 23rd. Right after President Obama was elected, gun sales were through the roof, but now it is the ammunition sales that are up. According to the National Rifle Association ammunition sales went from seven billion a year to nine billion a year. This increase in sales is thought to be the result of gun owners fearing that the rumors about Barak Obama's intent to limit gun owners rights would prove to be true.

In the recent past, police forces had problems attaining ammunition, but that problem was attributed to the rise in ammo use by the U.S. military. This shortage, however, is not caused by the same issues, nor can it be traced to the local sportsmen and women. The majority of gun owners that are out buying up large quantities of rounds are most likely hoarding their purchases, according to one source quoted in the article.


I found this article very interesting, both in its content and the tone used. I have found that the majority of article about gun owners are written from an "anti-gun" point of view. We normally see articles about the stupidity of gun owners, or the tragedies of careless gun storage. I felt that this article was pretty straight forward and to the point about the increase in sales. I didn't feel like there was any slant to this article. As a former gun owner (bipolar child in the house... no guns now) I have watched this "panic" to buy ammo unfold. I have spoken to several other gun owners who even started buying up all the bullets and shells that their guns needed before the presidential election was over. I agree with the author and the sources quoted in the article that most of the ammunition being snapped up is being hoarded. I also liked the quote at the end of the article about how gold used to be the most precious metal, but now it is lead.