Part of the “plan”? Gun control through ammo shortage? High price IS a form of rationing. Is the Obama (mis)administration buying up ammo in LARGE quanities? Dry up the “fuel” (ammo), and you get defacto “gun control”.
I think there may be something to that. All of the reported orders lately have been overblown in their size, it isn't that much more than what was ordered for these departments during the Bush administration. What is different is ordering five year contracts at one time versus year by year like under President Bush. There was already a primer component shortage as recently as 2009 so a sudden five year government order can really strain an already strained system.