In the last article I wrote I mentioned that my wife thought we didn’t have enough ammunition. So I called a few local stores to see what I could find. Here was the typical conversation.
“Do you have any .45 ACP?”
“Nope.”
“9mm?”
“Nope.”
“5.56?”
“Umm, no. I have some .223 hollow points for $40 a box.”
“So when might you have some more ammo back in stock?”
“Probably today, but I’m not sure.”
Yet, this article proclaims there is not so much of a run on ammo here as many other states. Fake news.
Sales of ammunition, guns up at Oregon, Washington stores amid coronavirus outbreak
While Oregon and Washington aren’t seeing the skyrocketing ammunition sales that North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Texas are, the shelves are still pretty bare at many local gun and ammunition stores.
Oh bullshit. My above experience proves this wrong. I called every local store in Oregon that sells ammo and none of them had any of the most popular rounds available. Then I went online to places like Cheaper Than Dirt, etc. They didn’t have any 9mm either.
“I could sell more, sales would be even higher if I could get the product” said Kevin Dahl at Tick Licker Firearms in Salem.
Tick Licker? Is that akin to Pickle Licker? Not sure. But here’s a look at this pot-bellied guy’s shelves. If you can see past his huge gut and non-existent ass, you can see there’s nothing on them.
Hey, I realize this guy is probably on our side but a good friend of mine just died and I want to vent against everything and anything I can. So get some exercise, fatass.
Like toilet paper and bread, ammunition sellers must wait until the warehouse gets more, so they can get more.
Jesus. Enough with the toilet paper thing. Rip up a fuckin’ bed sheet and wipe with that. Panic is apparently very anal-centric these days.
“It’ll slowly come back around. We’ve got some shipments coming in, small shipments; the ETA on it is a little rough, everything is shipping slower. Distribution is also out of stock of most of that. So, slowly it will kind of come back” said Dahl.
So fatty doesn’t really know when or even if ammo will come back in stock. And if it does, it’ll be in miniscule amounts. “Slowly it will kind of come back.” What the fuck does that mean? Like after this ‘pandemic’ is over and everyone has used up their rounds to defend themselves from nefarious opportunists?
Customers lined the gun cabinets inside the store Friday. Brandon Burns was one of them, getting a cleaning kit and some bullets.
Ok, that’s kind of gay. “Customers lined the gun cabinets?” Was this like some alternate version of a glory hole? Or were they actually installing some carpeting in them? I’m not sure.
“And I bought a fishing pole too,” he said. “Honestly, I just want to be able to make sure I can get food. I have no problem with getting my own food. My dad was a tree farmer, typical Oregonian, so if you can’t get it, you want to be able to provide it and get it for yourself.”
I guess I’m not a typical Oregonian then because what the fuck is a ‘tree farmer?’ Never heard that term until today. Lumberjack is a term I know. Is this the same thing? Or did he mean ‘tree hugger?’
Dahl says it’s not just first-time gun owners who are coming in to buy, but people who have several and just want more protection for whatever may come their way.
“You’ve also got the people who are just more concerned. They haven’t owned a gun in a long time, maybe a veteran, and they’re like, you know, it’s a good time to go out and get prepared to defend myself, just in case.”
I’m no expert, but I think that most veterans would have already been prepared for something like this. All the ones I know, which is A METRIC SHIT TON, already were.
Ammo.com reports ammunition sales have gone up nearly 70% since the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
Sure, blame Italy. This is the CHINA VIRUS.
Some retailers say sales have gone up 400 to 500%.
The global pandemic may also be changing the way police look out for you.
Local police and sheriff’s departments aren’t seeing any notable increase or decrease in any crimes, but Vancouver police spokesperson Kim Kapp says some officers who were assigned to school and campus security duty may now be reassigned to patrol neighborhoods and business districts since schools have been closed.
“Additional patrols will curb any crimes, like theft from porches or burglaries of businesses that may be temporarily closed,” said Kapp.
Sure they will. Because that’s always worked in the past.
Portland’s new police chief, Jami Resch, said the force is as prepared as ever to help.
Yeah, like how they’ve kept Antifa off the streets to prevent riots.
“We are responding to all calls for service, so if you at any time feel like your life is in danger or violence is happening in your home, we encourage you to call 911 and the police bureau will respond,” said Resch.
Good to hear. So it’s just business as usual.
When seconds count the cops are just minutes away.
Ammo shortage? Fine. I have enough already to take more from somebody else.
