Ammo shortage.....a small price to pay?

As the gun community grumbles over the ammo shortage (myself included) I have to wonder if this is the sign of something good for all of us; a silver lining if you will. I have read many news articles and seen plenty of media clips on youtube for months that talk about the "run on guns" that has been taking place since the presidential race. The theme is always the same; people are buying up guns because they are afraid that Obama is going to take them away. But the very interesting part of all this is that there is supposedly a jump in first time applications for firearms permits across the country. This seems to indicate that a large number of the people that are running to buy guns are buying their first gun! This is GREAT if its true. This would mean that there is a GROWING number of gun owners. I will gladly weather a ammo shortage if that's the price of a surge in membership of our gun community. Even if a large number of the new gun owners are Fudds, the overall count in the number of actual gun owners makes our community stronger and less of a minority group. So sit tight people, the shortage will subside and in the end we will be a stronger community. As for Obama taking our guns, I dont think he will...... Not until his next term anyway.