I hate the increased prices as much as the next guy, but I also understand that the bills don't stop coming just because the shelves are empty. One of my best friends owns a little gun shop in a small town and is struggling right now. He has plenty of shoppers, but he cannot get any guns to sell, at least nothing in any popular caliber. What few guns he does manage to get, mostly used stuff, he can't get ammo for. It is a very difficult time to be a small gun store. Overhead, rent, water bill, electric bill, etc is not going down just because he doesn't have inventory to sell. All he can do is increase his margins a bit to try and pay the bills until the distributors have enough inventory to start supplying the small stores again.