I'm not chastising gunowners. I just believe that there is more too this shortage than is being told. I do blame the dealers in many situations that are taking outrageous advantage of fear mongering. And although the price of most scrape metals have gone up, my question still applies" How would the amount of metal going into producing 50,000 rds of ammunition compare to the amt being scraped and the prices both would realize. I don't care how supply side economics works but there comes a ceiling where guns and ammo are no longer affordable to many people. I glad the sheepole are waking up and purchasing more guns and ammo. But its been my experience that guns and bullets that aren't being used are useless. Practice makes perfect but if you can't afford to practice then you become rusty like your firearms will do. And it a practical,tactical situation you should ask yourself, How many guns and how much ammo can I feasibily carry. I know you have to equip your family and close friends for TSHF situations but they also need to practice. My take on this whole situation is to take a moratorium on buying for about a month and see what happens. Prices will come down, supplies will come up and we will have more proficent riflemen ready for the bad times. Prefacing that statement with the idea that if this is a Gruber-in-mint backdoor approach to making firearms useless without outright banning them.