My National Ammo Day Purchase

As I mentioned in an earlier post, it was slim pickings at Academy. I pretty much purchase ammunition by the case any more. Either locally at Military Gun Supply, or mail order from Ammunition To Go. So I figured that I would pick up a couple boxes of Hydra Shok for my carry pistol, and a few boxes of the new Hornady LeverEvolution Ammo for my Grand Dad's model '94. I have been meaning to give that a try since it came out, and National Ammo Day was the perfect excuse to pick some up.

Well, I got the very last box of the Hornady they had. The Hydra Shok's seemed to be in good supply, so I was set there. .223? They had the high end stuff, a bit too rich for my blood. They were sold out what I would use at the range. I am well set in everything else so I picked up a box of my normal Remington 30-30 and a brick of round nose .22 for my grandson's Erma Werke MI.

Another National Ammo Day is in the books.

National Ammo Day!

Today is the day!

Send an image of your ammo day purchases and I'll post it this evening. One of the local groups from a gun board are doing their part. I stopped by Academy Sports and Outdoors and found empty shelves where the .223 usually resides. There were several other empty slots. It seems they have had a rush on ammo since Friday. Good job guys!

Just a Quick Reminder

National Ammo Day

It's that time of year once again. Yep, one of my favorite holidays of the year, National Ammo Day, is rapidly approaching.

From The Other Side of Kim:

What if, on just one day of the year, every gun owner in the United States went out and bought a hundred rounds of ammunition?

Given that there are as many as seventy-five million gun owners in the United States, the net result would be that 7.5 billion rounds of ammunition would go into public circulation, in one day.

Now not every gun owner is going to do this. Heck, of the 75 million gun owners, only about 6% (4 million-odd) belong to a Second Amendment-supporting organization like Gun Owners of America, the Second Amendment Sisters, RKBA, and of course the NRA. Not everyone is going to get the word, either, especially as you will hear not a peep about this in the established gun media, let alone in the so-called “mainstream” media.

But what if just 15% of all gun owners bought themselves a hundred rounds of ammo on the same day? That would be over a billion rounds of ammunition going into circulation—and that’s what I’m aiming for.

Heck, gun owners have to buy ammo all the time—we’re just asking that they all buy it on the same day.

Most importantly, however, is what a billion rounds of ammo does for gun ownership in the United States: It sends a message to the local and international gun-grabbers that gun owners have considerable muscle.

If the country is awash in ammunition, it makes the prospect of punitive sales taxes a moot issue—no point in hoping that people will run out of ammunition when everyone has a huge supply of it.

So I’m making a personal appeal to all gun owners and Second Amendment supporters in the United States:

Please buy 100 rounds of your favorite ammunition on week of November 11-19, 2006.

November 19th is the day, go out and purchase at least 100 rounds of ammo on the 19th. Stand together with gunnies around the country as we make a statement to the politicians and the gun grabbers. It does not matter where you get your ammo, or what caliber you purchase, just pick up some ammo on the 19th.