NRA the reason??

[np241or]

So i am talking guns with a coworker and he is complaining about midwest gun exchange selling all the 9mm ammo to one guy. Than he says that "the NRA is the reason that ammo prices are so high".I asked him how he came upon that reasoning, he said "the NRA big wigs have stock in the ammo companies.. i said that we as gun owners buying up all the ammo is not helping . So, I never heard this one before.

 

[femurphy77]

Smile and nod. "Nothing to see here folks, move along."

 

[VERT]

My 401K and IRAs are in mutual funds. Maybe I own stock in the ammo companies? So maybe I am the reason prices are high.

 

[Seancass]

So... he still failed to establish the connection. The NRA is telling the ammo companies to raise prices? because none of the ammo companies know how to run a business? Because the laws of supply and demand were created by the NRA?

The NRA caused Global Warming!

 

[Mgderf]

Hotdogs kill a lot of kids.

 

[Miles42]

You can't fix stupid.

 

[jmiller676]

NRA made ammo prices rise because potato.

 

[VERT]

Hotdogs kill a lot of kids.

Mmmmmmmm............Hotdogs. Best when grilled and washed down with a 32 oz Dr. Pepper. Grilled meat causes cancer and pop causes diabetes. Hail Mayor Blomberg and ban large soda and fatty meats.


Wait, what were we talking about again?

 

[DRob]

Bull

The NRA has been too busy plotting the assassination of Punxsatawney Phil and making it look like a suicide to be involved in anything else.

 

[np241or]

O ya this is also the guy that brought his guns into work and showed everybody from the back of his truck, he was waving an AR around in the parking lot. He had a guy over that was staying with a neighbor and showed him his assortment, two weeks later all but one of his weapons were stolen and the guy is long gone . Co-worker found out later that this guy was stealing from other people on his block, I think its probably a good thing that co-worker doesnt have is armory any more. Co-worker is known at work for his stupidity, he never dissapoints. Luckily no one has died from it .....yet.

 

[PGRChaplain]

I hope they don't let him get around machinery.................

 

[96harley]

yep!

 

[BE Mike]

We owned stock in ATK for many years. We sure didn't get rich.

 

[ViperJock]

NRA made ammo prices rise because potato.

Wait, is that po-TA-to or po-Tah-to?

 

[JoshuaW]

Nod and agree, then go across town to Kodiak and pick up a few hundred rounds and refuse to tell him where you got it

 

[HoughMade]

We all know it....at least I think we do.

Ammo prices were going to rise a little bit because of greater demand for the raw materials that go into ammo around the world.

HOWEVER, the real reason prices are so higher is a lack of supply and the lack of supply is due to panic and overbuying....and people, because of the panic, willing to pay high prices. Here is an interesting perspective:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVqZ_--0Cs

 

[SERparacord]

We all know it....at least I think we do.

Ammo prices were going to rise a little bit because of greater demand for the raw materials that go into ammo around the world.

HOWEVER, the real reason prices are so higher is a lack of supply and the lack of supply is due to panic and overbuying....and people, because of the panic, willing to pay high prices. Here is an interesting perspective:

DHS buying billions of rounds has nothing to do with it.

 

[HoughMade]

Putting out bids for the next 5 years....how much has been delivered? And if that is the reason....are the ammo companies we clearly support on "our" side?

....but I'll sign on that it may have something to do with it.....what are they planning to use all the .22LR for? My 9mm supply is pretty decent, but I'm not comfortable with my .22 LR situation.

Darn DHS must be preparing for zombies....or squirrels....or....uh oh....zombie squirrels!!!

 

[SideArmed]

The NRA has been too busy plotting the assassination of Punxsatawney Phil and making it look like a suicide to be involved in anything else.

As a lifetime member of the NRA, I can neither confirm nor deny this.....

 

[SmokinSigs357]

We all know it....at least I think we do.

Ammo prices were going to rise a little bit because of greater demand for the raw materials that go into ammo around the world.

HOWEVER, the real reason prices are so higher is a lack of supply and the lack of supply is due to panic and overbuying....and people, because of the panic, willing to pay high prices. Here is an interesting perspective:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjVqZ_--0Cs

Watched it. Could probably be a whole other thread. Will get jumped on by the Capitalist lot, but I think this guy pretty much nails it on the head. The manufacturers are making this stuf fast and people are buying the hell out of it and selling it for at least twice as much. He's right. There is no ammo shortage, just a kink in the supply chain.