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Ammunition shelves bare as U.S. gun sales continue to soar

FILE - In this Thursday, July 22, 2021, file photo, Madelynn Ann Bernau, of the United States, practices at the Asaka Shooting Range ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with record sales of firearms have created a shortage of ammunition in the United States that has impacting competition and recreational shooters, hunters, people seeking personal protection and law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Doug Tangen, a firearms instructor at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, poses for a photo near a sign outside a firing range used in the state's Basic Law Enforcement Academy in Burien, Wash. Tangen says the facility has had trouble getting the supply of ammunition that they need for firearms training due to shortages blamed on the COVID-19 pandemic and record sales of firearms. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, an officer taking part in training walks near a box of ammunition at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission in Burien, Wash. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with record sales of firearms have created a shortage of ammunition in the United States that has impacting competition and recreational shooters, hunters, people seeking personal protection and law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) FILE - In this July 16, 2019, file photo, officers taking part in training load gun clips with ammunition at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission in Burien, Wash. The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with record sales of firearms have created a shortage of ammunition in the United States that has impacting competition and recreational shooters, hunters, people seeking personal protection and law enforcement agencies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)