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Obama and ammo shortage?
I have just read another article about this. The TSA ( another senseless agency ) is now requesting 3.5 million in 357 ammo. This agency does not have regular armed agents. Why can't somebody namely the ammo makers, refuse this outright ammo grab. I reload and thank God I do, but 22's are almost impossible to find. I sign up for alerts through online stores for them. Obama couldn't grab our guns but he sure knows how to grab ammo. Why can't shooting sports groups force the ammo makers to stop over-providing the feds? I thought the secret Obama civilian army was just impossible but sure does look like he is well on his way, any thoughts?
Hey y'all go to WND.com and read the article. Not long ago Mrs. Napalitano did in fact stand before congress and refused to answer why they were buying more ammo than they normally used. This is not a conspiracy at all, this is real. Ammo online for 22s are in very short supply. One may be able to find a box of 50 but the buckets and the bricks are in short supply. Every single dealer I talk to says they can't get them, so why do people deny the shortage? Anyway I just do not understand why these ammo makers just refuse to sell soo much to the feds.
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- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
Please watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gNReEZJAY
It may open your eyes a bit. This is the only guy I've seen actually research the subject you're talking about.
- augustLv 78 years ago
3.5 million rounds? That's a tiny drop in the bucket. Guess who buys more than that in a year? WALMART. If 200 Walmart stores sold 200 50-round boxes of .357 Sig each year, that would be 2 million rounds moved. There are over 8,700 Walmart-owned locations (around 700 basic Walmarts, over 3,000 Supercenters, and various smaller outlets), incidentally, and I guarantee you that many of them will sell much, much more than 200 boxes per year.
Do you realize how much ammunition is manufactured in this country each year? Billions upon billions of rounds. 3.5 million is next to nothing.
The reason you cannot find .22LR is not because government agencies are buying it all up. The reason is because people who THINK the government is buying all the ammo are buying all the ammo. Simple economics.
Quit paying attention to the psychotic conspiracy theorists, and get real.
- USAFisnumber1Lv 78 years ago
It is not a big fat conspiracy by the government. It is people buy ammo and hoarding it. They go in and do not see any 9 mm ammo. Week after week and then suddenly the store has some and they think "I had better buy some " and they do. Even though they have ten boxes at home.
- 8 years ago
Its simple, the federal gravy train. If you were an ammunition producer and the feds wanted to give you a couple million for some ammo, wouldnt you take it?
Anywhere the state or federal government go, they bring a rain cloud with them that rains money. Hell, in the news lately the state is paying a company THREE MILLION dollars to install drywall in a federal building. 3 MILL!!! If the workers spend a MILLION dollars on drywall, and pay workers a MILLION to install the drywall, they would still have a million left over.
Nobody is saying no to a huge pile of money.
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- Crazy DanLv 78 years ago
This is so 2008. Where were you in 2008? Rumor spread that Obama wanted to ban ammunition due to environmental concerns. From then on it taken a life on its own. Surprised you just found this out now after 5 years.
Boggles your mind!
- The Freak ShowLv 78 years ago
Do you honestly think the federal government is hoarding ammo so we can't buy it?
There are enough threats to our rights to keep and bear arms without goofy conspiracy theories.
Besides, I can now get nearly any ammo I want, at normal prices. About the only thing I can't get reliably is .22LR and I'm doubting the government is hoarding that. Shooters are doing a good enough job without their help.
- METROPOLIS1Lv 78 years ago
As another pointed out ---- The shortage is caused by "We The people"...... Not some govt conspiracy...... As long as the public is hoarding this stuff there will be shortages.....
