Dr. Kelli Ward
Posted on 06/16/2016 6:05:18 PM PDT by marktwain
But Senator John McCain had other ideas, as now he's introduced legislation in with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 that will have the 1911's destroyed and recycled into components or different firearms.
SEC. 331. REPURPOSING AND REUSE OF SURPLUS MILITARY FIREARMS.
(a) Army Transfers.—
(1) REQUIRED TRANSFER.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary of the Army shall transfer to Rock Island Arsenal all excess firearms, related spare parts and components, small arms ammunition, and ammunition components currently stored at Defense Distribution Depot, Anniston, Alabama, that are no longer actively issued for military service.
(2) REPURPOSING AND REUSE.—The items specified for transfer under paragraph (1) shall be melted and repurposed for military use as determined by the Secretary of the Army, including—
(A) the re-forging of new firearms or their components; and
(B) force protection barriers and security bollards.
I understand what might be the sentiment. It costs $200,000 a year to store them, and the metal could be used to construct things the army could actually use. My problem here is that the 1911s McCain has marked for destruction and repurpose are primarily the ones meant to go to the CMP.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
“What would Trump do????? Sell them make a profit.......”
It would also make a lot of buyers very happy. Win. Win. Win.
We did this routinely up until 1968. Then the ruling class changed in this country, to the Media and the Educrats. We have been going downhill since then.
Dr. Kelli Ward
I’m in the marked for a new acquisition.
If you know of anything that might be available... :)
Hardly, my side arm 40 years ago was a 1911, had them issued to me at several location. Wore out pieces of junk mostly.
Ahhh... that would be “market”, not “marked”.
Typing too fast...
No, if they flood the market with them, the value will drop. If they destroy all of them, then the one your daddy bought for $10 after the war will get a collector's price.
These crazy ideas are coming from his DemoRat senate aides who are all Left Wing nutters .
That is what happens on the disgusting HILL , the leftists have taken over by being Senate and House aides .
They are all radical leftist .
My nephew worked one summer and said all the Idiot GOP senators Staff were openly left wing crackpots pots and snakes .
And you still qualified with it.
And you still qualified with it.
Don’t melt them. Issue them.
What kind of morons keep reelecting this guy?
How about giving them to schools so we can start teaching kids about them?
Sort of like the ole civil defense stuff w/the M-1, which is still in effect I think.
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“There are some stored Government M1911 Pistols never fired and packed in cosmolene. I was able to purchase one ten years ago with the officer’s name written in grease pencil on the inside of the box prior to issuance. It was never used and in mint unfired condition from the Korean War. I am willing to bet there are many more where that one came from.”
Yes. I was issued one in 1984 for a Divisional match. Looked like it had never been issued before. I shot the high score in the match with it. Then I had to turn it back in... (Reserve unit)
We donated to her !
One in a thousand of the 100,000’s still in storage probably.
Thes guns are PUBLIC PROPERTY and should be sold at auction to the public to recover Tax Money used to buy them.
I guess McCain got rid of all the A-4 Skyhawks so he can move on to the smaller ordnance.
Let me get this straight. The government spends $200,000 a year to warehouse these old weapons. They army could melt them into something useful—saving us money to but the materials new.
But you are pissed because they should be sold to civilians?
Yeah, that’s a small government position. There should be no such thing as government surplus. If we are using them, melt them. If we order too many, fire the procurement person.
The government should not be the supplier of weapons for anyone but the army. You want a 1911? Buy one new or used. There are a few million of them.
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