"I already stocked up on food. Ammo was just the next step."
This scares me more than bare shelves and lack of toilet paper. I can see how America can devolve into chaos and armed survival mode.
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.
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As frenzied stockpiling stripped gun specialty stores of inventory, more people also went online to order gun supplies in recent weeks. Online ammunition retailer Ammo.com witnessed an exponential increase in sales since late February, which the company attributes to public worry surrounding coronavirus.
“We know certain things impact ammo sales, mostly political events or economic instability when people feel their rights may end up infringed, but this is our first experience with a virus leading to such a boost in sales,” said Alex Horsman, the marketing manager at Ammo.com in a statement.
https://www.srpressgazette.com/zz/news/20200316/its-not-just-toilet-paper-people-line-up-to-buy-guns-ammo-over-coronavirus-concerns
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Fuck outta here.
3 tins of pellet for my pellet rifle. Got to eat. 
Folks be sane here....here it's "help your neighbors". Folks be batshit cray cray in Cruz/Gohmert/Cornhole/Abbott land....there it's "don't look at me that way MFer or I'll blow yur ass away!" 
