# Is the Second Panic (gun ammo) just about over? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696 "2013-09-12T20:32:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/1 "2013-09-12T20:32:03Z")
A friend of mine said that he was at WalMart the other day at about 5 in the afternoon and saw some 9mm ammo on the shelf. He theorizes that the Second Panic is winding down, since at the beginning of the summer, he was at the same store at 7:30 in the morning and they had sold out, and the clerk merely mocked him for being such a slowpoke. So-are things loosening up, ammo-wise now? Thanks, hh ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/2 "2013-09-13T05:04:42Z")
Hope so… ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/3 "2013-09-13T05:08:02Z")
If it was just about over, I expect that some new information about Obama’s agreement at the G20 with Putin to make all Americans get gay married to Mexican Muslim terrorist abortion doctors will be leaked shortly. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/4 "2013-09-13T15:36:13Z")
I have heard some anecdotal stories as well that ammo is becoming more available. There was still one type that was rare, I want to say 9mm or .22. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/5 "2013-09-13T15:44:22Z")
I can find 9mm a little more frequently at Academy Sports, but it is generally Monarch (their house brand) rather than better/more popular stuff. I ended up selling my .44 Magnum because I couldn’t find ammo or reloading components. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/6 "2013-09-13T15:55:13Z")
I just realized there was a sporting goods/gun store close by to where I moved to. I need some ammo. I’ll probably stop by there this weekend and look for some .45 ammo. I’ll let you know. ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/7 "2013-09-13T16:57:17Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > If it was just about over, I expect that some new information about Obama’s agreement at the G20 with Putin to make all Americans get gay married to Mexican Muslim terrorist abortion doctors will be leaked shortly. :D:D:D:D HAHAHA! Blowing Diet Coke through your nose is PAINFUL ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/8 "2013-09-13T17:04:45Z")
I’m guessing that people only have so much space for stockpiling ammo. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/9 "2013-09-13T17:14:59Z")
I imagine the ammunition companies need to build up their inventories a bit before they tell their customers it’s time to buy it all up in another panic. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/10 "2013-09-13T17:16:25Z")
What was the first panic? And what triggered the second one? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/11 "2013-09-13T17:21:12Z")
I was at Gander Mountain last week, a store that previously had continously been out of stock of most popular ammo calibers since Sandy Hook, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that they had full shelves of most everything, including .223, .38, 9mm, .22, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/12 "2013-09-13T17:37:17Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > What was the first panic? And what triggered the second one? Obama. Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/13 "2013-09-13T19:54:27Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Obama. Obama. Nah, I’m thinking it was somebody like Roosevelt – the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/14 "2013-09-13T20:01:12Z")
I’m waiting for the next panic, so I can sell my Evil Black Guns. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/15 "2013-09-13T20:05:46Z")
3 Walmarts near me have put up signs that indicate they will no longer be carrying any ammunition at all. The subsonic rounds I use are still very hard to find. ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/16 "2013-09-13T20:14:52Z")
> [@ducati](#): > > 3 Walmarts near me have put up signs that indicate they will no longer be carrying any ammunition at all. Where do you live? That is very surprising. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/17 "2013-09-13T20:17:03Z")
It seems odd at first but it may be the best solution from Wal-Mart’s perspective. The other choices are to either jack up prices and have people complain that their ammo costs more than other places, or to not jack up prices and have people complain that it’s never in stock. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/18 "2013-09-13T20:33:26Z")
The Mister has been trying to buy .22 ammo for a month. Yesterday, the gun store owner just snort-laughed when asked… But this is the time of year when normal-ish people are buying for hunting season (deer and dove, I think. I’m not a hunter. My outdoorsy impulses are satisfied with having a cocktail on the patio.) But adding normal demand to Doomsday Prepper stockpiling, and there’s no .22 to be had (and not much 9mm.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/19 "2013-09-13T20:43:48Z")
Say, is Black Talon worth anything? I picked up a few boxes when there was some controversy about it (‘cop killer’ bullets, or something) back in the '90s. Never used it. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696/20 "2013-09-13T20:44:27Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Nah, I’m thinking it was somebody like Roosevelt – the first one. Teddy? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-second-panic-gun-ammo-just-about-over/668696.md?page=2)