I disagree. They are robbing the next generation of shooter. You know, the ones that will be voting in a decade or so. Personally, I would prefer to have more avid shooters coming up into adulthood rather than less. Remember, most kids and new shooters develop their love of shooting through .22lr.
They aren't making any less, there are more shooters and more every day! That's the reason we are in this mess, we kept spreading the word about how fun it is and that it is a God given right and those ignoramuses listened and have now put a supply pressure on the old curve as demand has increased!!!