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Eh, think of it as diversification.

(until you start buying ammo anyway)

Depending on the political climate, buying and sitting on large amounts of ammo for the next price surge could be a good investment.

Unless you live somewhere that restricts your ability to resell it

Thankfully that legislative idiocy seems constrained to specific states.

What the DOJ doesn't know can't hurt it.

For the record, this is what get people on illegal (whole debate on the legality of the NFA aside) machine guns and silencers. Yes, your state may have a prohibition which is a criminal action, but the feds want you for tax evasion for not paying the $200.

Iirc, rapper Ti went to jail for tax evasion on his illegal guns. Another side topic how he spent 1 year in jail while the statute says it’s a 10 year crime. If you are going to break the law, be rich first.

>and sitting on

This is where I struggle.

Someone needs to do an Indiana Jones scene with a box of Gold Dots instead of the golden idol.

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