Hello again, I seem to have forgotten about this site and neglected to reply.
I has been living in New Jersey, in the New York City area. I had a New Jersey “permit to carry” so I did concealed carry there, and when I got there Chris Christie was still governor and >10 round magazines were allowed. Gun culture wise, things are a bit different in NJ - there’s far less appreciation for freedom but some people do have some very nice guns. There’s a tremendous concentration of very wealthy people in NY/NJ so I managed to see a few fancy things I’ve never seen around here.
I decided to drive from NYC to AZ because I didn’t want to ship my guns and ammo, and I managed to visit Brownells and the original Cabela’s along the way. At the time (June 2020) 9x19 was plentiful, and I picked up a 1200 rounds at a Cabelas in Nebraska because it was on sale - only when I arrived in Arizona did I learn about the ammo shortage.
When I resolved to move to AZ in 2019 I also promised myself that I’d start shooting at least 1000 rounds a month. Of course, that hasn’t happened.