Critics Question Uncle Sam's Ammo Buying Spree

[lv2tinker]

CBN 700 Club News.
Critics Question Uncle Sam's Ammo Buying Spree.
Click on the Video for the story.[Mad]

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2013/March/Critics-Question-Uncle-Sams-Ammo-Buying-Spree/

[StagLefty]

I heard yesterday that this purchase is a purchase contract and not actual possession of the ammo. Some speculation believes that it's a way of driving the ammo prices up and availability low.

[mtnhack]

I heard yesterday that this purchase is a purchase contract and not actual possession of the ammo. Some speculation believes that it's a way of driving the ammo prices up and availability low.That has been my theory all along. Now it's nice to hear someone with industry knowledge confirm.
http://www.wnd.com/wnd_video/michael-savage-talks-to-expert-about-dhs-ammo-purchases/#ooid=13aTdqYToegi2hzZ20ynsh1uHZxfdJHD

[Zundfolge]

Too bad ammo companies 1) didn't figure this out sooner and 2) grow some stones like Magpul, Barrett, Serbu and others and refuse to fulfill government orders.

[BlasterBob]

As I have said all along, "they" may let us "keep" our firearms but they will probably make a serious attempt to just dry up ammo or at least tax the hell out of it. We'll see what happens. [blaster]

[blacklabel]

Too bad ammo companies 1) didn't figure this out sooner and 2) grow some stones like Magpul, Barrett, Serbu and others and refuse to fulfill government orders.

I could see them nationalizing an ammunition manufacturer.

[BushMasterBoy]

My new mantra..."O no! Obamas got to go"

[45XD]

I heard yesterday that this purchase is a purchase contract and not actual possession of the ammo. Some speculation believes that it's a way of driving the ammo prices up and availability low.

Really.

[rondog]

I thought the Government had it's own ammo manufacturers, like Lake City & etc?

[centrarchidae]

I thought the Government had it's own ammo manufacturers, like Lake City & etc?

Military ammo comes from LC (which is actually operated by a private company on a contract - Federal and Olin seem to hand it back and forth a lot). Okay, mostly from LC, but they also buy from a few others: Black Hills comes to mind. I think BH was the sole-source for Mk 262, but I could be mistaken.

Just about everything else is bought off of the civilian market. LC doesn't make JHP for pistols, and nobody outside the military is bound by that Hague convention gheyness. so they can load up with the same Gold Dots that I've got in my CCW right now.[1]

[1] Well, not really the same. FBI had problems getting their 3rd-gen Grocks to cycle with them with lights attached, and had to ask Speer to download them a little. And Grock asked FBI and Speer not to tell anyone. Which resulted in Kansas City and Milwaukee and Indianapolis and DEE-troit PDs all having sudden limp-wristing problems, or at least that's what Grock called it. Did more to increase S&W M&P sales than anything S&W could have done.

[BPTactical]

Too bad ammo companies 1) didn't figure this out sooner and 2) grow some stones like Magpul, Barrett, Serbu and others and refuse to fulfill government orders.

The problem with this is ammunition manufacturers are federally licensed. You won't provide us ammo, we shut you down.

[bryjcom]

I read somewhere that the DHS has made contracts for enough ammo to sustain the Iraq war at its height for 24 years! Apparently at the height of the Iraq war we were using about 5 million rounds a month.

I remember when this story started coming 6 months ago or longer from Alex Jones and everybody first dismissed it saying it wasn't true and saying 2 billion rounds of ammo is not a lot.