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Try stopping by a Walmart or a major sporting goods store (such as Bass Pro Shop - there are a couple in greater Chicagoland ) and check their inventory of .22 long rifle, .223, and maybe a few other random popular calibers. If they have any, ask them how long it lasts. Although it is possible that things are slowing down, and maybe things are different in your area, you might very well see mostly empty shelves and/or allocations of 1 box per customer per day. Over the last several months it has been pretty common for on-line ammunition retailers to have an entire shipment of popular ammunition sell out within minutes to hours. A big part of the problem is like Yogi Berra's lament: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." Nobody can buy ammunition anymore because everybody is buying it.

This is how I dealt with the problem. If you combine both solutions, it'll be super quiet but I found just the headsets to be enough - usually:

1) Foam ear plugs:
1a) The foam earplugs have a trick. You have to roll them between your fingers so they become long and thin. Then put them into deep into your ear (not too deep). They'll expand and provide a good seal. Don't pull them out quickly because of the seal. It can hurt your ear drum. Pull them out slowly.
1b) Cost: Maybe 5 dollars.
1c) How to correctly put in foam earplugs. Can't just shove them in. They don't work that way.
1d) It says they're to be used only once. I use mine multiple times and put them in the case that usually comes with them. You can wash them if you want.
1e) Ear plugs from Bass Pro Shops. You can go to Dick's or whatever sporting goods store you'd like.

2) Shooting headsets: Put these over your ears after you put in your earplugs:
2a) Cost: Not too expense, like 30-50 dollars.
2b) http://www.basspro.com/Remington-M30-Earmuffs/product/26026/
2c) Amazon search

3) The best book on how to study I ever read: "College Study Skills" by Deanna L. Van Blerkom. Side note - When I was in school some *cough* years ago, this book was a fraction of the 2013 price. It is unreal how much they gouge students nowadays. Unreal. It was like 20 or 30 bucks back then, and like 110 bucks today. Unreal.

Don't go crazy with the headsets. They're a good investment but you don't need the microphones or anything else. Just get a basic set and save yourself some money. A high decibel rating from a reputable company. Look on Amazon for the reviews.

This is how I dealt with the problem. If you combine both solutions, it'll be super quiet but I found just the headsets to be enough - usually:

1) Foam ear plugs:
1a) The foam earplugs have a trick. You have to roll them between your fingers so they become long and thin. Then put them into deep into your ear (not too deep). They'll expand and provide a good seal. Don't pull them out quickly because of the seal. It can hurt your ear drum. Pull them out slowly.
1b) Cost: Maybe 5 dollars.
1c) How to correctly put in foam earplugs. Can't just shove them in. They don't work that way.
1d) It says they're to be used only once. I use mine multiple times and put them in the case that usually comes with them. You can wash them if you want.
1e) Ear plugs from Bass Pro Shops. You can go to Dick's or whatever sporting goods store you'd like.

2) Shooting headsets: Put these over your ears after you put in your earplugs:
2a) Cost: Not too expense, like 30-50 dollars.
2b) http://www.basspro.com/Remington-M30-Earmuffs/product/26026/
2c) Amazon search

3) The best book on how to study I ever read: "College Study Skills" by Deanna L. Van Blerkom. Side note - When I was in school some *cough* years ago, this book was a fraction of the 2013 price. It is unreal how much they gouge students nowadays. Unreal. It was like 20 or 30 bucks back then, and like 110 bucks today. Unreal.

Don't go crazy with the headsets. They're a good investment but you don't need the microphones or anything else. Just get a basic set and save yourself some money. A high decibel rating from a reputable company. Look on Amazon for the reviews.

Mass shooting at the Batman opening at an Aurora, CO, theater. 12 killed, 59 wounded. "Police say Holmes, 24, dressed head-to-toe in protective tactical gear, set off two devices of some kind before spraying the Century 16 theater with bullets from an AR-15 rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and at least one of two .40-caliber handguns police recovered at the scene." He apparently thought he was the Joker. He's in custody, and bomb squads are disarming the booby traps in his apartment.

Weapons were provided by Bass Pro Shop in Denver and Gander Mountain Guns (sale on assault rifles this week!).

Or just go down to the local sporting goods store... http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_9598_425006009_425000000_425006000?cm_ven=bazaarvoice&cm_cat=RLP&cm_pla=9598&cm_ite=productname_link

You'd usually have a few welts on your backside after an after school invasion.

This is before our friendly PC police informed us that we could "put someone's eye out" with these things.

Bah! We had fun though.