This is the best article I’ve seen explaining the truth:
This whole controversy has been the ultimate example of why people shouldn’t talk about things they don’t understand, and they should make the effort to have some level of understanding before they even have an opinion.
Of course the problem is the fairly limited number of people who have an actual understanding of the complexities of government contracting are considered suspect shills by the nutter morons simply because they have an actual understanding of complicated government contracting.
The part of this where people were freaking about the hollow points is the most embarrassing, though. That they are banned in warfare is irrelevant because they aren’t banned in domestic law enforcement and they’ve long been used by domestic law enforcement. People that have a cow about gun grabbers being clueless about guns should know better.
.............Of course the problem is the fairly limited number of people who have an actual understanding of the complexities of government contracting are considered suspect shills by the nutter morons simply because they have an actual understanding of complicated government contracting..................
So what company is willing to bid on government ammunition procurement with the highly volatile commodity prices of lead and copper, behind prior undefined orders that may take more or less than 5 years to fulfill??
Just think, I, ABC Ammunition is asked to forward a fixed price bid on an additional 250 million rounds, that may or may not be purchased after the previous undefined quantity contract has been exhausted; for a lead and brass price that I have no idea will be in the unknown year that I am supposed to deliver them, produced by a workforce that I have no idea what the prevailing or minimum wage will be for the beginning year, and indefinite ending year that I have contracted for.
Sheer stupidity for any company to make a bid, unless they collude with all other potential bidders, which ultimately leads to contracts that are totally risk free.
Think $600 toilet seats!