News from Seattle

Because if normalcy goes away, “I’m not sure what it looks like after that.”

One thing you will learn about me quickly is that I have complete disdain for the mainstream media. But if you want to learn about life in about a week in many parts of the U.S. we have the following piece on Seattle from CNN.

And in a week normalcy will be a memory in Seattle. Probably two weeks for the rest of us.

News

So, apparently, ammo.com is experiencing a surge in sales in the last couple of weeks:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ammunition-sales-soar-response-coronavirus-133400231.html

North Carolina and Georgia lead the pack with 179% and 169% percent increases, but other states notable jumps include Pennsylvania (140%), Texas (128%), Florida (76%), Illinois (67%), New York (48%) and Ohio (40%). I suspect the absolute increases were strong in many other states, but they probably start from a higher base in terms of typical ammunition sales.

Speaking of starting from a low base, that’s maybe the only explanation I can think of why among calibers 40 S&W saw the biggest increase at a whopping 410%.

While the particulars here are from ammo.com’s numbers, I think we can assume this represents a fairly broad trend. And obviously this is Covid-19 driven phenomenon.

And Gold is up too. I have heard it said that ammo sales and gold often move together. Makes sense: both are types of insurance.