ammo scarcity if you didn't realize...

[hearingGod]

.22 shells, the most common & economical form of ammo is now expensive and rare. in defending the farm vs. predators we use them a lot & have had to result to purchasing .22 ammo off of craigslist...going in w/ family and buying 'lot' groups of it priced by the bullet.
shelves are bare in your retail farm stores, walmart etc.
at the farm store we go to they've recently raised the limit on shotgun shells you can purchase at a time... prob. cuz mostly used in hunting....
not so much for anarchists LOL... and that's what this is.... the government is supposedly buying it all up...

Hitler took the guns, Stalin took the guns, Mao took the guns, Fidel Castro took the guns, Hugo Chávez took the guns.... but there are too many firm on the 2nd amendment here.... and so perhaps a sneaky way to start....take the ammo.

since this past thursday, we've shot 3 raccoons threatening our farm... the ones that we missed killed 24 chickens, and 11 rabbits! neighboring rabbits to the massacre are dying because rabbits are very sensitive to stress...screws up their immune systems. these rabbits we already have buyers for because kids want them for 4H/fair projects... part of our income.
ammo is vital for us!

and in doing the self sufficiency route.... yes, we will be seriously hunting deer this fall. need ammo to practice....

anyways, just sharing... all the media pushes is gun paranoia & it's bad bad bad, but for us, it's very important. what is the government really flipping out about?... worry about citizens revolting, right? but what feeds that gov???:::::irs, benghazi, surveillance....control...
*sigh*, we know this stuff must happen.

interesting days ahead... i just wanted to share, cuz not all of you need a gun in your daily living so you may not know this is even going on. our next purchase(s) are bows and arrows LOLOLOL!

*oh, adding an article: www.wate.com/story/22539080/gun-and-magazine-prices-drop-but-ammo-still-hard-to-find

[buildthefarm]

may i chime in on this:) lol you know in arkansas most of us have in fact noticed this trend and found out the reasons. my cousin eh hem i mean some guy i heard of is actually going to wal mart a 4am on delivery day and buying his maximum allowed 1 box of .22 and selling it online for triple or more. out local gun shop has loosed up to a 2-3 box limit instead of the prior 1 box limit. but anyway go to walmart @3am on saturday and wait 3 hours like its black friday and you too can have a box of .22 ammo for regular price, just fyi. we got ready for that one in advance luckily, although i was blindsided by the .22 rounds becoming so scares so i didnt get any extra. but still got enough that if you need 100 rounds or whatever in a pinch it shouldnt be an issue also just fyi:)
you know i remember chris rock coming up with the idea of bullet control as an alternative to gun control in a 90s stand up but i didnt really expect anyone would ever want either at the time. oh how times have changed.

[James]

I remembered you guys talking about guns n ammo ... so came back here to post a pic.
Guns are a different issue here... but oh, the irony of these DUMB Chicago laws..
(which don't work)

Anyway, had to laugh at this pic

Attachments:

[warrior]

We just have the crims over here on this side of the pond. They seem able to get weps. Vermin control is pretty much air rifles, dogs (also banned but happens), poison, shotguns for those few with a licence.

[Saltandlight007]

There are a lot of things that concern me about the situation here in the UK. But, I have to say, the strict laws on firearms is one of the reasons I like living in this country. I even like the fact that only some police are allowed to carry firearms. It helps that we have a pretty good police force and justice system – based on my own experiences anyway (it's definitely not perfect, but good compared to some other countries I believe). By the way, I would recommend caution in believing some of the statistics that some pro-firearm supporters will come up with for the UK. On close inspection, it appears that these may have been twisted to support their claims. The true statistics appear quite positive in support of the tight firearm laws. But, who knows for sure?

[warrior]

My experience is city based. Some of my students have been shot and killed; others have witnessed shootings.What you say is true. Most of the country is very safe. Most shootings are crim on crim. I am not in favour of firearms here in the UK. I have had to disarm people with iron bars and baseball bats over the years to protect students. I probably wouldn't be here if they had guns. America is America. The right to bear arms is long established. The removal of that right in sly and quasi legal ways worries people as to the motive a government that many do not trust.

[Saltandlight007]

I agree Warrior and can relate. I've had similar experiences. Perhaps I would feel differently if I lived in the US – fear of the unknown.