Very complicated Lawfare and Weaponization of Investigative and Regulatory Bureaucracies against the Citizen.
Selling excess ammo to the general public allows the plant to run full time and decreases cost to the military.
Just ask the Israelis
Because of this secondary way to make money, the contractor charges less to run the Lake City facility.
Banning the contractor from this secondary source of revenue will only increase costs to the U.S. Government, but will not grossly affect ammunition available on the civilian market.
How come the Republican AGs are filing charges against the Biden Crime Family?
I wouldn’t have a problem giving any 5.56 back to democrats. ... might be hot as hell but that’s on them.
Slightly off topic but Lake City could change dies to .223 Remington which is almost identical specs as 5.56. Any weapon chambered in 5.56 will run .223. đź‘Ť
From the article:
“A tyrant’s tactic is to chip away at liberties little by little,” he wrote. “Americans cannot exercise their constitutionally protected right to use their firearms without access to ammunition. That’s why we’re taking a strong stand.”
And:
“The primary cartridge is proprietary to the Army and may not be sold commercially. If the United States military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, then other widely and commonly available ammunition, including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells,” the letter reads. “Lake City only sells ammunition to commercial customers that is legal to manufacture. Lake City complies with all the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (“ATF”) requirements.”
They also write that the claim that taxpayers are subsidizing the sales is the opposite of what’s happening.
“They get causality backward. The law-abiding target shooters and gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness,” the Jan. 24 letter reads.
The letter from Mr. Bailey and the other pro-Second Amendment attorneys general points out that Lake City began selling ammunition to civilians as a means of maintaining production levels and a trained workforce in the event of war.
The plant had been basically mothballed prior to 1990. With the early 1990s military actions in Iraq, Kuwait, and other areas, the Lake City plant found itself playing catch up, trying to get machinery running and employees trained to meet the surge in demand for ammunition.
The addition of civilian sales to its government contract means the plant continues production and maintains its equipment and trained workforce, ensuring it’s able to meet future surges.
“That section in the Lake City contract was—and remains—a sound policy choice. As we confront an increasingly dangerous world with unpredictable adversaries, now is not the time to undermine our military readiness,” the Jan. 24 letter reads.
I am pleased, but not surprised, to find Patrick Morrissey’s (WV) signature on that letter.
Without customers the MIC can’t keep manufacturing open, Russia is going to be facing this problem as their weapon sales drop and their weapons/ammo manufacturing must then depend solely on the Russian taxpayer for all funding and purchases.
Purchases from outside of the American military keep the market more stable, and diverse, keeps the factories open and makes the manufacturing profitable.
2) To a Democrat, that is not an argument against.
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28 Republican AGs Say Ending Ammo Sales
That’s almost the same number of states trying to keep Trump off the ballot.
Ironic, I looked earlier today and couldn’t find any 7.62x51mm by Lake City for sale.
RELOAD! RELOAD! RELOAD!