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White House Moves to Strangle U.S. Ammunition Supply
NRA-ILA ^ | Thursday, June 16, 2022 | NRA Staff

Posted on 06/19/2022 6:59:43 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan

Last night, news broke that the Biden Administration is taking behind-the-scenes steps to further strangle the already constricted market for ammunition in the United States. The move could result in a reduction of the commercial production of 5.56 caliber ammunition by over thirty percent. *snip* Supplies would undoubtedly plummet and prices would undoubtedly skyrocket, putting the availability of ammunition for self-defense, training, and competition out of reach to many Americans. *snip* Keane on Wednesday night published a tweet, which stated: “The U.S. Military is actively considering shutting down the sale [of] M855/SS109 ammo from Lake City to the commercial market.”

The cartridges mentioned in Keane’s post are very popular forms of 5.56 caliber ammunition, the most common caliber for the AR-15.

Close followers of Second Amendment issues will remember that these same rounds were targeted by the Obama/Biden administration under the guise of relabeling them “armor piercing ammunition,” which is banned from commercial sale by federal law. The resulting (and righteous) furor from the Second Amendment community was so intense that it culminated in Obama’s ATF director, B. Todd Jones, quitting his job. Jones had been the first and only confirmed ATF director since Senate approval became required for that post.

Lake City is a sprawling ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, originally established by Remington in 1941 to manufacture and test Ammunition for the U.S. Army. It is currently owned by the government and operated by private contractors and produces well over a billion rounds of ammunition per year.

Ammunition in excess of the government’s requirements has long been made available to the private commercial market. Lake City’s output, according to some estimates, accounts for one-third of the 5.56 caliber ammunition available to U.S. consumers.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: 1morepostkaren; 1moretime; 5pt56; ammunition; ar15; banglist; pennsylvania; pt223; secondamendment
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To: SauronOfMordor

The government doesn’t care about costs.


21 posted on 06/19/2022 7:59:09 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Figured that was coming. If they can’t take the gun then just make it harder to get the bullets. Most have stocked up.


22 posted on 06/19/2022 8:00:53 AM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: G Larry

I buy ammo as a sure fire investment now.
I make sure my supply has the original price marked on it.
Amazing how it keeps rising.
Can’t believe people still play the stock market.


23 posted on 06/19/2022 8:27:19 AM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; ...

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24 posted on 06/19/2022 8:37:21 AM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Vermont Lt
There are plenty of sources of 5.56 ammo out there.

So speaks the expert on ammo and the economics of ammo when 1/3 of the supply is cut off. Idiot.

25 posted on 06/19/2022 8:42:42 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Vermont Lt
Does anyone with an AR 15 NOT have more ammo than they need?

One can NEVER have more "ammo than you need."

Mark

26 posted on 06/19/2022 9:21:07 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Texas Fossil
I load 60 grain Hornady V-Max for my wife’s youngest son as a hunting load. Very accurate and excellent expansion. Drive it with Varget.

I wish I could find Varget

27 posted on 06/19/2022 9:30:50 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

If there is enough domestic demand for ammo, people will start making their own according to the laws of supply and demand. That’s the first thing anyone learns about economics. Why is supply to matching demand?


28 posted on 06/19/2022 9:37:13 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Those smart ones who stocked up many years ago, seeing the copper price increase in the obummer years will have a barter item.

The price came down somewhat, but never fully recovered.

...SW wasn’t one of the smart ones =o/


29 posted on 06/19/2022 9:41:46 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer (My enemy saw me on my knees, head bowed and thought they had won until I rose up and said Amen!)
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To: Billthedrill

Lake City brass is one of the better ones out there.
Worth paying a little extra for if you reload.


30 posted on 06/19/2022 9:42:46 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: David Chase

I remember the 1994 AWB, and I remember EVERY gun-grabbing and ammunition related BS since then. What they plan to do doesn’t affect me in the slightest. If anything, it makes what I have even more valuable. Maybe valuable enough to sell it ‘on-the-street’ so to speak....


31 posted on 06/19/2022 9:46:36 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: PROCON; Mr. Mojo

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32 posted on 06/19/2022 11:11:09 AM PDT by wardaddy (Where did all the sane posters go......they cannot have all died ....could they ?)
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To: PROCON; Mr. Mojo

Sorry

Wrong thread

It’s morning somewhere


33 posted on 06/19/2022 11:14:10 AM PDT by wardaddy (Where did all the sane posters go......they cannot have all died ....could they ?)
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To: Maverick88

Ping


34 posted on 06/19/2022 11:34:38 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Colorado Doug

It is found from time to time. I have an unopened canister and 2/3 of another.


35 posted on 06/19/2022 11:51:04 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

I always wondered where Lake City was located.

Sniffer needs to get to work on getting me some small pistol primers.


36 posted on 06/19/2022 12:28:31 PM PDT by depressed in 06
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Since when the military get to legislate?


37 posted on 06/19/2022 1:11:21 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Buy American made this month.


38 posted on 06/19/2022 1:28:56 PM PDT by samadams2000
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Bttt.

5.56mm


39 posted on 06/19/2022 1:44:03 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho got to go.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

Geez, what are they afraid of?

The more they implement restrictive measures, the more people buy and collect.


40 posted on 06/19/2022 1:53:35 PM PDT by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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