While I do believe that hoarding is a part of the problem, there is a lot more to the story of this present ammo shortage. I do know that most ammo stores are selling to friends, and family, before they put what's left on the shelves, I've seen it, both in this shortage, and in the last one. Every ammo manufacturer out there is working overtime to get ammo out the door. Stories on line form these folks will tell you this. There are people that are buying pallets of ammo at a time for their own personal use. They have conections, and deep pockets! I have heard stories of people paying ammo stores hundreds of dollars extra just so they can have first shot at buying up all the ammo that comes into the store. Supply, and demand, is driving this ammo shortage, and a lot of what gets produced will never see the shelf at your local ammo store! And the ammo shortage is being felt all over the world! Gun dealers, and pawn shops, have their employees traveling to ammo stores to acquire all they can. Then, they put it on the shelves of their pawn, and gun stores, for twice the price, or better! Add in the DHS purchases, and the ammo manufacturers are making less ammo for the civilian population. Their on line stories tell us that they are at maximum production, but a large portion of the product will go to DHS. Throw in the numbers of new gun owners that don't have any ammo at all for that new gun they just purchased. Even LEO's are feeling the pinch form the shortage. They can't get what they need for practice any more than you can. This ammo shortage will not go away anytime in the near future, and if the comminist/marxist/socialist/libtards have their way, ammo will be outlawed, or taxed into oblivion, way before this shortage clears up.