What to do with 58,000 rounds of ammo? Pewaukee must decide (Wisconsin)

Milwaukee J-S ^ | 17 mar 10 | Mike Johnson

[rellimpank]

City of Pewaukee - In the wake of the breakup of the Police Department, city officials are trying to resolve a couple of nagging questions: What are they going to do with the 58,000 rounds of ammunition that are left over and why did the department stockpile so much?

The 58,000 rounds of handgun, rifle and shotgun ammunition are about five times more than a department the size of the city force would require in a year for duty and training purposes, some city officials said.

"It seems like it is way in excess of what you would need," Mayor Scott Klein said. "It begs the question of why it got up to so much and why would you continue to purchase it."

A Waukesha County sheriff's lieutenant told city officials that a department the size of the former city department - about 25 officers - would need slightly fewer than 11,000 rounds of ammunition a year.

The city disbanded its police department at the end of 2009 and began contracting with the Sheriff's Department for police to save an estimated $800,000 this year.

[rellimpank]

---On, Wisconsin---

[Haiku Guy]

Practice, practice, practice...

[Haiku Guy]

Oh, wait a minute... That’s the answer to the question “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”

[driftdiver]

I’ll take half

[ChrisInAR]

Give it to the Israeli citizens or army so they can fight the Palestenian terrorists!

[unixfox]

Uh, here's a clue fellows.

Take that ammunition and store it. You'll be glad you did because the price of ammo continues to rise and it is becoming more scarce. (For the little people that is)

You never know when you might need that ammo for say...TERRORISTS or an invasion by ILLEGALS.

[FLAMING DEATH]

I can help.

For free.

Seriously.

[Tarpon]

Police departments are using government grants to overstock ammo, so people can’t get hold of it. Look to the porkulus for your answer.

[NH Red]

I’ll help pay for the shipping.

[Red Badger]

eBay.....................

[Red Badger]

Does it go bad?...............

[Citizen Tom Paine]

Tell me what you have, and I will bid on it. I need some .308 and some .30 M1 carbine ammo.

[csmusaret]

Ready on the left....Ready on the right....Ready on the firing line....Shooters watch..your lane.

[DYngbld]

I'll help out with the 9mm, and 12guage.

finance tip of the year:
Sell gold, buy lead.

[incredulous joe]

Why don’t they just sell it to the highest bidder; ideally another law enforcement organization?

I don’t get why this is so difficult?

[mylife]

Sell it to the sheriffs dept, or if they are to stymied on what to do just give it to me.

[Recon Dad]

What kind of shotgun rounds to they have, I would make a run is they want to find a good home for them. I bet they have a lot of .40 cal, that to would be put to good use.

[Overtaxed Patriot]

I’ll take half

Pfffft. Piker.

[The Comedian]

Use it to remove Obama bumper stickers 38/100ths of an inch at a time.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[vetvetdoug]

This has to be a bunch of panty waisted liberals up there in Wisconsin. It is a sellers market where ammunition is concerned. They could really make a dent in the down payment that will be owed toward the sheriff's department. The option is very simple but liberal hand wringing bed wetting liberal Democrats have to make a big deal out of it.