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Ammo Supply Running Low, Police Find Alternatives for Training
your4state ^ | May 22, 2009 | Jacqueline Waite

Posted on 05/26/2009 3:15:21 PM PDT by JoeProBono

FREDERICK, MD - Across the nation gun stores are coming up with a shortage of ammunition, and now it's starting to hit local law enforcement.

Ammo that once took a couple of weeks to order and ship is now taking eight to 12 months.

NBC25 spoke with the Frederick Police Department, where officers say they order their ammo about a year in advance, but they are taking precautions to preserve what ammo they do have.

"We are changing to scenario-based training, which is using the air-soft, which are similar to the bb guns or the simunition guns, which shoot cartridges very similar to a live round," explained Scott Ertter, a firearms coordinator for Frederick Police.

Ertter says there are some downsides to the substitution. For example, there isn't the recoil like a live fire weapon, so the officer loses a sense of muscle-memory for firing an actual weapon.

Officers say as long as they keep ordering well in advance, they should be okay.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: airgun; ammo; banglist; gun

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1 posted on 05/26/2009 3:15:22 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 05/26/2009 3:17:11 PM PDT by llevrok (A feral conservative in my own land.)
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3 posted on 05/26/2009 3:22:04 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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4 posted on 05/26/2009 3:24:22 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Here, let me loan you some 7.62... yeah right!


5 posted on 05/26/2009 3:25:58 PM PDT by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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6 posted on 05/26/2009 3:26:15 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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See, we must restrict all these irrational purchases of ammo because they are starting to have dire effects on the ability of the police to train and function. It’s for your own good, really.

/s


7 posted on 05/26/2009 3:27:31 PM PDT by ziravan (FReeper for Congress: www.TimothyDelasandro.com)
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WE have shotgun, rifle, three handguns. VERY difficult to find ammo for our handguns.


8 posted on 05/26/2009 3:28:15 PM PDT by buffyt (Obama administration isn't SNAFU, it is AFU !!!!)
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Got potatoes?


9 posted on 05/26/2009 3:59:46 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Potato guns are good.

If you are aiming at Portugal.


10 posted on 05/26/2009 4:08:14 PM PDT by alloysteel (When the chips are down - the buffalo is empty.)
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Cuba's good too
11 posted on 05/26/2009 4:19:59 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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It’s like the Klintoon days X2.


12 posted on 05/26/2009 4:21:24 PM PDT by vpintheak (Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked. Prov. 25:26)
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...Police Find Alternatives for Training"

Yep! Registering in advanced conflict-resolution classes.

13 posted on 05/26/2009 4:35:07 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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How about pointing a finger at the target and saying BANG!!really loud...Most liberals would still wet their pants...


14 posted on 05/26/2009 6:00:45 PM PDT by contrarian (Don't blame me-- I didn't vote for him)
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which shoot cartridges very similar to a live round," explained Scott Ertter, a firearms coordinator for Frederick Police.

So what is the problem? Just issue AirSoft guns and let the police go on patrol.

15 posted on 05/26/2009 8:17:56 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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Simunition must cost many times regular ammo.


16 posted on 05/27/2009 7:11:53 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Typical "Rightwing Extremist")
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17 posted on 05/27/2009 2:09:45 PM PDT by edwords
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