Sunday mailbox: Ammo availability, noncompliance with tyranny and my new platform

In which I try to answer your questions as best as I can.

Thanks to everyone who’s sent in questions.

I try to answer them individually, but lately I’ve noticed there are a lot of common themes, so I’ll do my best to answer these regularly for everyone’s benefit.

The ammo situation

By far, the most questions I receive are about the ammo shortage.

I was just at a gun shop in Lakeland, Florida. The owner wanted $45 for 50 rounds of Winchester white box .45 ACP.

“That’s what it’s going for,” he said. “That’s the going rate.”

I passed.

I honestly don’t see it getting any better anytime soon, folks.

Just do the math. There are 10 million new gun owners. If each of them bought just 100 rounds, that’s 1 billion rounds, and most new gun owners are buying a lot more than 100 rounds.

Now, if you add in the fear and discontent caused by the Harris/Biden regime, the damn pandemic, and the anti-gun shenanigans coming out of Congress — there are even more valid reasons why folks want a stockpile of ammunition rather than a couple boxes.

I can tell you that the manufacturers are running their production lines 24/7, but they’re not catching up.

They’ve heard our wailing and gnashing of teeth, and they’re struggling to meet the demand.

However, until they can produce a surplus of primers and other components, which feed the smaller ammunition manufacturers who are out of stock, the shortage will still haunt us.

If the current crop of anti-gun attempts die in the Senate, things may looses up somewhat, but I’m not holding out a lot of hope.

Noncompliance

There’s an old saying, which I will paraphrase: Everyone wants to be a gangster until it’s time to do gangster … stuff.

I received a ton of emails about a story I wrote about how Gun owners may soon have to decide whether they will comply with federal anti-gun laws.

A lot of the questions were very personal — something I’d never share — but based on your responses, there is a real sense of foreboding out there. We may actually have to make a decision soon about whether to comply with a new federal diktat.

I have never dispensed legal advice, nor would I ever recommend that anyone violate federal law. However, for me, personally, I’m not going to comply with a tyrannical federal decree.

That’s about all I can say on this topic.

If you have additional questions, you should consult an attorney.

Do I honestly think it could happen?

Yep. It certainly could. Easily, in fact.

We’re one Senator away from losing the filibuster, and Biden just gave the man’s wife a cushy federal job.

If we lose the filibuster, the Dems can force through whatever they want — even DiFi’s “assault weapon” ban.

Therefore, as I wrote earlier, it certainly is time to start considering what you will do.

Substack

When I set up this new site, I made the conscious decision that all of the content would be available free of charge.

Sure, you can subscribe for $5 a month, $50 a year or become a founding member for $100.

If you do, it’s very appreciated, but if you can’t afford it — and I know very well times are tough — that’s okay too.

Rest assured that if you’re a free subscriber, you’re not missing anything.

All of the content is available for free, and that will never change.

As always, thanks for your time.

Lee