re: This run on ammo and guns

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people buying up the ammo with the fear (or hope) that there will be some sort of armed civilian uprising, are idiots

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You may think they're idiots, but they aren't the ones whining about not having ammo. Idiot.

Nah, i guess dont. Know what else i dont do? Wait until its too late to buy ammo.

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Why is it idiotic to complain about idiots buying ammo for no reason?

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What's your reason to buy ammo, and is it any more relevant than anyone else's?

Fwiw, I'm not currently buying, because I have some (enough) and the prices aren't good.

Some people are buying because they're new to guns, and they want to get in enough practice to feel competent, and want to have some left over.
Some people are buying because they anticipate there will be taxes and fees applied, and they're betting current prices will be lower than future prices.
Related to that, some are buying because they think it will be severely restricted, but what you have will be grandfathered in... or just don't care otherwise.
Some are buying because they didn't have a lot put away, and now they're low or out.
Some likely are looking at the stimulus as a freebie (as plenty did before), and figure "why not ammo or guns?"
Some are playing the market, buying it and flipping it on Gunbroker and elsewhere, trying to make a profit from the madness.

And yes, some are simply buying because there's a rush, and "I gotta get some too".

Outside of the last, every reason is relevant, and frankly, what someone else does with their money is their business, not anyone else's.

Not to nitpick or anything, but you made these statements in the same post:

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I have a lot of it but I bought low when it was available.

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I just want some 9mm so I can keep up my hobby.

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I guess I'm trying to understand your point.

If you have plenty, and want to go shoot, then dip into your stash. It's the reason why you buy relatively large amounts when the price is low, so you can ride out times like this.

Now I would say (just from my own perspective)- you might want to put your hobby on hold, until we get a better look at what's happening, especially if your idea of "a lot" isn't enough to last a year.

I would also say, perhaps you should have (perhaps you did?) take advantage of the past couple of years and stocked DEEP, as a frequent shooter. Prices were as low as we've seen relative to economy in a good long time, and ammo doesn't go bad (if you store it correctly). I have no worries about ammo from the 80's, that's 40 years old. I shoot surplus Tok ammo that's older than that with zero qualms.
If you KNOW you will want to shoot weekly, you should have been investing what you could every time prices dropped, since we have seen panics before. It's not hoarding if you know you will use it.

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I’m a regular shooter but have had to cut back because Karen’s are buying out of fear of something that is never going to happen.

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I also shoot regularly and in the last 5 years have maybe bought 500 rounds off the shelf. I haven’t slowed down my shooting at all. Sounds like you should have bought more rounds when you could.