Yes, I'm not surprised...Shortages and price-gouging seem to be synonymous.
It's interesting that you say people are shooting less. I only made that comment just now to @ksteem asking if he had changed his operational tempo. I'm thinking I may do the same, simply to ensure I have a constant supply, when others may not!
I glanced over at the ammo shelf of one of the box stores we shop at today, and it was a little thin looking, but it is nice not to be woken up at 2am with the neighbor doing his moon shooting experiment or what ever, but you do need to be able to shoot in any light condition, so while annoying, it is understandable by me, not so much by my wife when it wakes her up.
Lol...Moon shooting experiment.
If I was woken by gunfire I'd be more worried about the gunfire than being woken. It's not a thing here, gunfire in the suburbs I mean. It usually means the outlaw bikie gangs are enforcing or some such thing.
Lots of hunters around here, and a few anti-government / pro-individual responsibility types. Outside of the Capital and the two largest cities people have a real "don't mess with me, and I won't mess with you" outlook.
!ENGAGE 25
I've always longed to go to Alaska. It just seems my sort of place. I'm still hoping to make it but only time will reveal if I do.
ENGAGEtokens.