{"id":12030,"date":"2009-04-01T16:30:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/from_the_local_paper_ammo_flying_off_store_shelves\/"},"modified":"2009-04-01T16:30:16","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T16:30:16","slug":"from_the_local_paper_ammo_flying_off_store_shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=12030","title":{"rendered":"From the Local Paper: Ammo flying off store shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gun stores around Charleston are finding it difficult to keep ammunition in stock amid fears that the Obama administration will impose a new wave of bans and crackdowns on weapons and bullets.<\/p>\n<p>The concerns have been around since November, but retailers report a recent spike in demand, especially for shells.<\/p>\n<p>Some enthusiasts are driving hours, even from out of state, to load up on their personal supply once they hear stocks are available, retailers said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My shelves have never been so scarce of bullets,&#8221; Arlyn Pendergast, owner of the ATP Gun Shop in Summerville, said Tuesday. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had people come up from Florida and buy 15,000 to 20,000 rounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.charleston.net\/news\/2009\/apr\/01\/ammo_flying_off_store_shelves77113\">This is happening all over the country.  Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun stores around Charleston are finding it difficult to keep ammunition in stock amid fears that the Obama administration will impose a new wave of bans and crackdowns on weapons and bullets. The concerns have been around since November, but<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=12030\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,50,54,209],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-south-carolina","category-americau-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}