Posted on 06/17/2011 9:19:40 AM PDT by oldbrowser
Subject: FW: [JHS61] Brass Shell Casings - You Got to Read this one to believeit...
Look at what is happening !
Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America . They sell 9mm, .45, .223 ammunition. They normally buy spent brass from the US Department of Defense. Spent brass is "one time used" shell cases used by our Military for training purposes.
They buy the brass, recondition it, and then reload the brass for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Clubs, Gun Shops, and stores like Wal-Mart. They normally buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time.
This week the DoD wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and informed him that from now on the DoD will be destroying the spent brass, shredding it. It will no longer be available to the ammo makers, unless they buy it in a scrap shredded condition (which they have no use for).
The shredded brass is now going to be sold by the DoD to China as scrap metal, after the DoD pays for it to be shredded. The DoD is selling the brass to China for less money than the ammo makers have been paying, plus the DoD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do the accounting paperwork.
This sure helps the economy now doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China , and do not sell at all to a proven US business. Any hidden agenda working here? Obama going after the Firearms Industry and our ammunition!! The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors had already purchased a load of brass last week. The DoD contacted him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was destroyed. Shell cases he had already bought!
The brass has no value to the ammo maker if it is destroyed/shredded/melted. The ammo manufacturer only uses the empty brass cases to reload different calibers, mainly .223 bullets.
The owner of Georgia Arms says that he will have to lay off at least half of his 60 workers, within 2-3 months if the DoD will no longer sell spent brass cases to the industry. Georgia Arms has 2-3 months of inventory to use, by summer they're out.
If the Reloading Industry has to purchase new manufacture brass cases, then the cost of ammunition will double or even triple, plus Obama wants to add a 500% tax on each shell.
You can read the information and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms here: The Shootist Site http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/dod-ends-sale-of-expended-military.html
If you're not outraged at what this administration is doing you should be! Be Afraid! Be Very Very Afraid! Get involved! It's Your Freedom and Our Country They're Stealing! If You Fail to Act Now, there may not be a Free United States tomorrow!
I implore you to get involved and forward this to as many people as you can. Contact your legislators and put them on notice, This is important!
We're fed up with what's going on in the name of stimulating our economy! This is undermining of our country!
This is nearly 2 years old. It was resolved over a year ago - DOD will not require the shredding of expended brass.
Part of Obama’s “under the radar” plan?
I read it—and if true, it’s disgraceful. However, I’d like to see a bonafide source for this information. Anybody can receive anything by email......I’m just saying.....
The Second Amendment does not give people the right to buy spent brass from the military. That said, the fact the DOD is making this change, at a cost to them (rather, taxpayers) and to provide a benefit to China at the expense of domestic jobs and the availability of domestic ammo, is extremely revealing about this administration.
First clue was it was an email... so I’d recommend a little more research prior to assuming it’s correct.
Pass this on to “10” of your closest friends.
Thanks for the information. I was getting all stirred up.
Check Snopes..
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/casings.asp
Thanks for the update. Glad to hear it.
Whew! I'm relieved. I'm getting ready to buy my first Ruger Mini 14 and would be really P.O'ed if the ammo weren't available.
Thanks for the informative link. It was nice to read the background on this.
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Hopefully, most of us are not in need of ammo because...we're ALREADY well stocked...
Snopes = Fail.
Go to the source:
“The DRMS sales contractor has been notified of this decision and has begun the process of reoffering the cases that have been held pending completion of the policy review. As was previously required, buyers who purchase cartridge cases from the government must be approved to do so under Trade Security Controls
Source:
http://www.dla.mil/DLAPUBLIC/DLA_MEDIA_CENTER/PressRelease/PressRelease.aspx?ID=438
Obama chicked out of a very stupid idea.
Thanks. Just emailed this on. Let’s hope it becomes viral.
How so? Snopes links to the same press release to which you just linked. You just proved the opposite of your point.
Hard to believe people on FR still link to Snopes.
So why not just go to the source, instead of linking to website run by a leftist couple from California with a .500 batting average? Why would anyone ever trust Snopes for the truth on anything with their track record?
I don’t care what they link. If that’s where you go for the facts, you’re begging to be lied to.
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