Unfortunately people got hysterical based on the initial information and the quantities listed.
Some cooler heads tried to explain that the quantities being touted as DHS “purchases” were actually contract ceiling quantities which often are far, far, far higher than what an agency will actually ever buy. Government knows this and the private sector knows this.
Unfortunately this story like the one about FEMA buying up every MRE in the US, caught on with alot of conspiratorial thinking folks. Both stories were BS.
I tend to agree especially given the article that starts this thread but I’m still left wondering why are there ammo shortages? There are definitely shortages in my area, I know that for a fact. There may not be any hard numerical data to support this claim, but it’s almost like a situation of “who are you going to believe, the Govenrment and industry or your own lying eyes?”
So why is there a shortage of ammo? Anyone know this answer?