Posted on 03/22/2009 8:20:26 AM PDT by Atlas Sneezed
.... Everyone interviewed by The Post-Star for this story agreed ammunition of all calibers has gotten tougher to find, as gun owners stock up. Prices skyrocketed in recent years as metal prices went up, which caused many gun owners to stock up in anticipation of rising ammunition prices.
There are also concerns that some larger calibers, or those used by military-type weapons, could be banned, restricted or taxed more heavily.
One northern Warren County resident found out recently the government is paying attention to such ammunition sales.
West said a customer of his recently stocked up on .223-caliber rounds, a caliber often used in assault-style weapons. The customer bought 1,000 rounds a few months ago through a mail order company.
Shortly after the purchase, he received a visit from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, whose interest was apparently piqued by a large-scale purchase of that caliber.
"His wife was home. He was at church," West said. ....
(Excerpt) Read more at poststar.com ...
And that $400 was on the lower end. I saw other tables asking $425.
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Damned scalpers
At this point, it’s cash for everything...
5 years ago it was $79 for 1000
Yeah, My, I can see that. But I am willing to wager that they needed a “magic number” of ammo purchases that would trigger a reason to investigate - and 1K rounds is probably the threshold.
So, buying in lots of 500 rounds will pass under the radar.
For now...
Most of them I see come in with like 100 dollars every week and buy what they can.
So yeah, a thousand rounds would raise some LEO eyebrows.
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I don’t know which agency in DHS would be watching ammo sales. I could see BATFE or a Postal Inspector showing up, but none of the DHS components would have any jurisdiction on ammo. The only exception would be USSS if they guy had made threats against the POTUS (or should I say TOTUS.)
If these clowns are monitoring ammunition purchases by individuals, they have their work cut out for them. Millions are buying ammunition. Whatever happened to the terrorist threat? Has that been abandoned?
I wasn't talking about practice for the sake of learning how to hit a target.....
I was referring to recreational shooting of targets.
A thousand rounds would not last very long if you spend a weekend or two with friends hitting targets. Maybe "practice" was the wrong word to use.
I suppose you are supposed to buy ammo in small quantities, like a pint of milk, going to the store every time you need it? People buy in bulk for economy and convenience, it's nothing new. I could maybe see if he bought 10,000 or maybe 100,000 rounds, but 1000?
1000 rounds provokes a visit?????
That is only 32 shots fired each day for one month!
It is possible that if he was an legal permanent resident with a somewhat checkered U.S. background that ICE could come calling, but I doubt it.
Nah, let's investigate "typical white people" bitterly clinging to their guns and religion.
Proper response to DHS/ATF: "Got a warrant? No? Goodbye."
Buying ammo? PAY CASH!
As to the accuracy of this story, who knows.
But I don’t find it difficult to believe that the feds will (if they aren’t now) be making some sort of effort to track online ammo purchases.
It used to be you could just walk right in. This time, the line was all the way down the side of the block and half way around the other. Inside, the place was so packed it was hard to walk around.
Anyway, there was no .357 mag ammo to be had. It was all sold out in the first hour and a half of the show's opening.
When I go shopping at Wal Mart I always find several boxes of 30 carbine I pick up for my dad ... other times it’s either 30-30 or 22-250 ... no 30-06 though ... haven’t seen a box of them at Wally’s in a long time ...
I haven’t seen any .38 special in months
Are online sales of ammunition reported to the Feds?
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