Barron: Scrap Precious Metals Running Out

``The amount of scrap gold and scrap silver coming out of Europe is falling.  The World Gold Council has tried to say this is because the gold and silver prices are down.  That is patently false.  The reason the numbers are down is because people have already sold their family gold and silver and they don't have anything left to sell.  This shows how dire the situation is in Europe.  People are going broke.  Inflation is also eating away at family incomes and it will just accelerate over time.''