How can you call hoarders shitbags in one sentence and then in the very next sentence say we need to stock up for war? Where's the line between hoarder and prudent prepping?
Most of these guys are doing so for price gouging down the road. The term is profiteering. Universally agreed they are shit bags.
That's the nature of having a middle man between the producer and the consumer. The middleman's interests are not aligned with the producer's or the consumer's interests.
Not all consumers have shared interests. This remains true regardless of the number of middlemen.
He's pissed off as hell that he can't buy any ammo because he didn't have the foresight to stock up.
Do you use the same argument for plywood? Why not?
Unlike ammo, there are no federal restrictions regarding neither purchase nor manufacture of plywood.
The dude who has 40 guns and more ammo than he could ever shoot in a decade is keeping other people from getting it.
Usage rate varies. Competitive 3-gun shooters easily go through thousands in a year. The average redneck hunter might go through 100 max. A liberal would say that 1000 rounds is a massive stockpile, when it's just a combat load for 3 people.
As for the guy with 40 guns in his safe, he's just ensuring the people around him will be well equipped whether it's voluntary on his part or not.
The real culprit is the system restricting ammo production and threatening to cut off all future supply.
It takes about 1k hours of training or deliberate practice at anything to become professional.
Assume your process is equally divided between 1. grip training, 2. draw training, 3. grouping/aim, 4. recoil control, 5. jam clearance.
Assume for every five minutes of training you expend 10-15 rounds all things being equal. If 200 of those hours are JUST firing, thats 24k-36k rounds for handgun proficiency alone, maybe an equal amount for rifles.
At more than a dollar a round you'll be lucky, if you started a couple years ago, to be proficient within the decade now.
However, on average, regardless of the skill, it takes only about 100 hours of practice to be more proficient than roughly 95% of the public, which in a pinch isn't too bad if you're training inexperienced recruits in say, a militia or community defense group.
I do have one particular crazy prepper friend who showed me his ammo stash one time (pre-rona) and I couldn't fucking believe how much he had. Crates upon crates of the stuff in a dozen calibers. He had built custom shelving specifically for it.
Can't imagine how much he has now.
I do have one particular crazy prepper friend
Why is that crazy?
And why is that "a lot."
You realize in the early days of america it wasn't all that uncommon to own entire warships and cannons, right?
Until he needs it then he can arm 39 of the correct people.
Thing about America is, how many guns & ammo one person has is none of your fucking business.
Your little jealous rant sounds just like the liberal cunts whining about how much money this or that person has and we should take it from him to re-distribute you know, for the common good.
Get bent you little commie!
Nigger
Maybe I'll help arm those in need when the time comes.
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