Ammo flying off store shelves

TAMPA - After President Barack Obama won the election, people flooded gun stores because of speculation that he may limit gun ownership or raise taxes on them. Even though neither has happened, the amount of people wanting to get their hands on a gun hasn't gone down.
Scott Patrick is the General Manager of the Shoot Straight gun range in Tampa. He says the number of people coming into his store is still going up.
"For whatever reason, whether it's the economy or crime, people don't feel safe," he said.
Patrick is having serious trouble keeping all kinds of fire arms in stock, even holsters are often backordered. However, he says ammunition is what is really flying off store shelves.
Ammo that sells for personal protection is as good as gold these days, and it's costing 30 to 40 percent more than it used to.
Gun enthusiast Gary Dunton thinks consumers are the reason behind the major increase in demand.
"Most of it's been created artifically. People have panicked and they're buying up. I've done the same thing myself. I'm buying more than I need," he said.
Others blame the media for what's going on.
"I believe that the media scares people into thinking there's an ammo shortage so they actually go out there and buy it all and then there's an ammo shortage," said Jim Grooms.
Florida has nearly 100,000 backlogged concealed weapon permit applications. Some say the backlog is actually a good thing because it's helping to create jobs. Temporary positions are being added to help the state get all of the applications processed.
Whatever the reason, Patrick says he's happy to have the customers. The customers keep on coming, even gun training classes have a waiting list. It's a sign, Patrick says, of the times.