# Ammunition is no longer available. It’s gone. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 31, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274 "2009-05-31T19:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274/21 "2009-06-01T03:00:24Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Can I get a cite from any of you that this shortage is somehow directly caused by Obama? I don’t think anyone here is making that claim. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274/22 "2009-06-01T03:04:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > But I just don’t see how Obama comes into this, other than as a right-wing bogeyman the fear of whom apparently forces gun enthusiasts to make market runs on ammo. Absolutely correct. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274/23 "2009-06-01T03:09:09Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Can I get a cite from any of you that this shortage is somehow directly caused by Obama? I mean, geez…I’m a gun ownership supporter, my parents shot muzzleloading rifles competitively for almost 20 years, I’ve shot guns myself. A perusal of my positions in the rare gun threads I participate in will show that I’m not an advocate of any extreme or unusual gun or ammo bans. But I just don’t see how Obama comes into this, other than as a right-wing bogeyman the fear of whom apparently forces gun enthusiasts to make market runs on ammo. Obama is the excuse, so in a sense, he’s the reason. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274/24 "2009-06-01T14:58:56Z")
My brother was having trouble getting ammo from stores at least a year ago and I believe two years ago. The stores said they couldn’t get enough in for demand. It’s not because of the run on guns panic. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274/25 "2009-06-01T16:16:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Obama is the excuse, so in a sense, he’s the reason. That’s what I meant when I said ‘Obama Effect’. He hasn’t done anything about guns or ammo but there is a fear that he will. [http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1393996/ammunition\_shortage\_feared\_by\_gun\_owners.html](http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1393996/ammunition_shortage_feared_by_gun_owners.html) [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102851807](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102851807) [http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-bullets1009feb10,0,2201778.story](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-bullets1009feb10,0,2201778.story) ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274/26 "2009-06-01T16:58:47Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Didn’t Chris Rock suggest something like this? Instead of making restrictions on guns, make restrictions on bullets? I remember the proposal to ban bullets back when I was in high school. I graduated in 1978, 31 years ago, so that predates Chris Rock’s standup comedy by a bit. Here’s a _Time_ article from 1975: [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912904,00.html](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,912904,00.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ammunition-is-no-longer-available-it-s-gone/498274.md?page=1)