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Originally Posted by John Farrell
Many of the ammunition buyers in the recent past were like the locust plagues of the farm years of the 30s and 40s. I call them hoarders and lemmings. They're people that react to the scare comments from radio talk show fear mongers and are the major reason for the ammo shortages. Fear and ignorance have always driven panic buying. And it always will.
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Years ago, there was a perceived shortage of something (forget what) that caused panic buying, and as a joke Johnny Carson said on his show that it was just announced that they expected a shortage of toilet paper next.
The panic buying was so bad the next day that he had to explain it was a joke and apologize
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