There is way more than there used to be. At least here. It has also been steadily coming back for almost a year. Its
convienent to blame politicians, but blame the hoarders. I know people with 100k rounds that shoot a couple times a year. He won't even sell me a brick because he doesn't want to open a case. It just got stupid. People were lined up in front of stores to get .22 ammo. Hell I heard a story from one guy that when the world ends, it will be the new currency and that's why he was collecting it

The military doesn't use it (that I know of) nor do the police of any other state run agency. the stock went down, people saw empty shelves and flipped out. It took the market nearly 2 years to rebound and because of it, .22 ammo costs twice as much.