Ammo Shortage ? Primers ? See Video's

[Ignatious]

My first post in this forum was in this thread. No issues here.

Glad that I've been around long enough to know some of the back channels for supply of necessities. Modernly, people get freaked when the Blue Rhino is out of tanks. I don't use that over priced distributor unless my tank is almost out of date. I still refill at the place with the scale. It's cheaper too.

And as far as hoarding, I don't consider it hoarding when it's simply planning ahead. This is like the anti's 'why do you need a gun? What are you afraid of?' I'm prepared for a hurricane, doesn't mean I'm afraid of them. Does it mean I'm hoarding? A well stocked pantry is simply a good plan. I certainly don't want to be out among the panicked sheep as they buy out all the ingredients for French toast because the weather man said the 's' word, or especially when a hurricane is bearing down on my town. I maintain Gerry cans of fuel that get rotated, and buy extra of whatever when I see it at a good price. I buy some stuff just for bartering should it come to that. I have not filled the guest room with TP like some people might think when they get an inkling you have stock. When that shortage started, I overheard several people saying 'the preppers are buying everything up, that's why there's a shortage.' I counteracted with 'the preppers already have theirs, it's in the name. It's the panickers that are causing the shortage.' I saw one guy at the grocery store with an entire cart full of meat. Completely wiped out that cooler. OK, if it floats your boat. I left because the lines were ridiculous. Again, the pantry remains at serviceable levels. Grew up in the woods. We didn't go to the grocery store just because we needed some butter. There had to be a list.

I spend a lot of time 'cultivating' people to be independent. They don't realize that's what I am doing. Just planting seeds to get the thought processes rolling and let them see things differently than what they have been taught. Sometimes it just takes a nudge to get someone on a different track. Like talking about hurricane preparedness. Or having some dry goods that can last you a week or two, and some water too. I'm not a prepper despite what it sounds like in my ramblings. We used to call this 'living.'

I will have to venture out tomorrow to see if any of the big boys are restocked with anything. Makes for a nice drive through the country. Nice to hear there's some reasonable prices out there.