Legitimate? If you mean, is the shortage due to unusual high demand as opposed to a concerted effort to cause an ammo shortage. The answer is both. The WuFlu was engineered to bring down the economy due to corruption and theft. Bringing down the economy is partially to blame, the Wuhan virus is partially to blame due to logistical problems. On top of all of that, they are after our guns. This is causing an unnatural increase in demand. People see the appointment of Xiden as a threat to the second amendment. People are buying guns at a rate never experienced before. This in turn is causing a supply problem for ammo.