You make valid points CV67PAT, regulating is already overly abundant. I say it from the stand point of I know many people buying their FIRST firearms and can't even get out to shoot them..without spending almost a dollar per round, if they can even find them, that is insane.
But like many others, I do agree that the government has long over stepped its boundaries and needs to be put in check. Our government is best when it is limited to its most basic functions...
I personally don't have a stockpile, but have enough for personal and home defense. I also like to rotate stock and would like to shoot more often but with current market, don't really want to shoot all I have. No one really knows when things will lax again. We have all seen this before, and we just have to ride the roller coaster.
But, when I said limit quantity, I see that from a business owner standpoint, strategic move to keep customers coming in the door, not from a government point. If you ran a business, would you rather have one person come in and buy all the ammo you have and nothing else or have several people come in with more potential that they will buy more that just ammo?
In regards to, "I should have already had ammo," are you implying I should have bought mass quantities of ammo before I even purchase a firearm of a different caliber? (such as I just recently in the last quarter of 2012 bought my AR-15). Should I have been buying ammo all year cause I planned on buying said gun?
Not everyone has the ability to go buy thousands of rounds in a sitting to hoard, but rather budget in to buy a couple boxes a month for target and protection.
I think (and I am no expert) that prices will drop sooner than a year...i.m.o.