USA Today
Ralph Charette, 71, said he bought a rifle and ammunition on Saturday to protect himself and his family as a wave of coronavirus panic sweeps across the country.
Charette, a military veteran, spent $1,500 at a gun shop in Germantown, Wisconsin, after encountering aggressive shoppers and empty shelves at local grocery stores.
Now, if looters come knocking, he’ll be ready, he said.
“There’s so much uncertainty and paranoia but you’ve got to protect your own,” Charette said.
Charette is among a growing tide of Americans who are going to retailers, pawnshops and online to purchase guns and ammunition in the wake of COVID-19, which had killed more than 60 people in the U.S. as of Saturday afternoon. More
…well, you can’t buy any popular ammo any more, either. You can still buy shotgun shells and 6 mm rounds and maybe .45 Colt and snake shot for your .38, but not much else…
Ahh…the classics!
Gotta secure the Charmin Ultra Soft.
That is hilarious!
Looting could happen sooner than expected, in the SF Bay Area. Will let you know.
9 meals from total Anarchy.
This is a great factual/humorous look at what might be headed our way.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ5HD4wAyCU
We ain’t buggin’ anywhere. If’n anyone is thinkin’ bout buggin’ in here… my Ithaca 37’s all slam fire, we have three or four 18-20 inch barrels and I purchase our ammo by the case. When I find what works best, I stock up on it. We use OO Buck for deer hunting, Federal Premium, copper plated with flight control wad. It will put the entire payload on a paper plate at 40 yards… every damn time. Nope, not tired of it yet.
Trust me on this… the hunting version works the same way, only with 4 more pellets per round.
Federal Premium Vital-Shok PFC15700, 12 Gauge, 3″, 12 Pellets w/Flitecontrol Wad, 1325 fps, #00 Copper Plated Lead Buckshot
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/ammo-review-federal-premium-law-enforcement-buckshot-with-flitecontrol-wad/
Here’s another testimonial:
Field use of Federal 12ga Flight-Control Buckshot, from a range officer with a large Midwestern PD:
“Last week, one of our patrol officers confronted a single, armed, robbery suspect at a range of ten meters. When the suspect made threatening verbalizations and gestures, the officer fired a single shot from his department-issued Remington 870. The round was Federal Flight-Control 00 Buckshot.
The tight cluster of 00 pellets struck the suspect in the right side of his hip. He went right down, offering no further resistance. At the hospital, attending sturgeons asked if the suspect had been hit with a slug. We assured them that it was a single, buckshot round.
X-rays revealed that several pellets were still in the suspects’s body, but that most had transverse-penetrated and subsequently exited. Tissue destruction was copious, so much so that the suspect’s right leg had to be amputated at the hip. He is expected to survive, but has obviously sustained permanent, disabling/disfiguring injury.
We are most please with this round’s fight-stopping ability. This suspect went from dangerous/threatening to meek/crippled, all in less than a second!”
Comment: It is difficult to imagine a better fight-stopping effect than described in the foregoing. Federal’s new wad technology represents a pivotal improvement in shotshell performance, breathing new life into the “old-standby” police shotgun. Something we all need to look at seriously!
You don”t need 30 rounds, then 20, then 10, actually, you don’t need a gun at all, let centralized government have guns and protect you, unless they are busy, inclimate weather, isolated locations, have officers available, and you are not on their revenge “grudge list.”
I’ve been buying guns and ammo for years. Prepping for the progressive liberal virus!
A shotgun is more useful against looters and such.
If you find yourself in a situation where you need more than a hundred or so rounds of ammo, shot shells or anything else, you are either gonna leave the area real quick like or die.
If you leave the area you aren’t going to be carrying thousands of rounds with you, if you die you don’t need them, and if you win you’re going to have the enemies supplies of ammo and weapons so why stockpile so much?
^^^ Cuz the Constitution sez we can!
Who needs a pickup truck and Expedition to pick up groceries?
Nobody, but we have the right to own them and use them if we want to.
It’s just that simple!
Ironic; will covid19 be the death of anti 2nd amendment movement?
That would be delicious.
TRF,
Be sure to stockpile enough to keep you enemies well supplied after they defeat you (because your stockpiles attracted their attention).
Or maybe read Sun Tzu and take more appropriate actions instead.
“Ironic; will covid19 be the death of anti 2nd amendment movement?”
No it will encourage and strengthen it.
Watch and see (you already can, that’s what this article is about).
@Anonymous March 17, 2020 at 8:51 am
Sun Tzu!?
Filthy Wuhan apologist!
@Anonymous March 17, 2020 at 8:51 am –
Assuming that you will be defeated is just not a Winning strategy!
Your way is assuming the position!
When the report takers arrive, don’t be be the one that gets the chalk outline.
TRF,
You have not read Sun Tzu or understand him.
The one who understands both himself and his enemy will not be defeated in a hundred battles, the one who understands himself but not the enemy will sometimes win and sometimes lose, and the one who understands neither himself or his enemy will be defeated. The wise warrior seeks victory then goes into battle, the foolish one goes into battle then seeks victory.
Which category do you find yourself in?
I don’t feel right when my supply of 5.56/9mm/.380 ammo goes below 1000 rounds. I only have 700 rounds for my one lone .380 so I guess I should try to find some.
It is said that money cant buy happiness but it can buy guns and ammo, that’s pretty much the same thing.
Gee, I guess I missed the Sun Tzu signature on the United States Constutution.
OOOO buck, #2 and #4 shot work as well at household, front porch and short front yard ranges and there are a lot more pellets heading out.
Anonymous MARCH 17, 2020 AT 8:52 AM
Smart enough to copy and paste, too weak to think for itself.