Posted on 01/21/2013 6:12:22 AM PST by Perseverando
Cops scramble for bullets while DHS stockpiles 1.2 billion rounds
Will the U.S. soon face a critical situation in which the federal government– primarily the Department of Homeland Security – possesses an ammunition surplus while local and state authorities face ammunition shortages and backlogs in purchasing more rounds?
Current trends could find the federal government with a strong ammunition advantage over local police and sheriff departments.
Earlier this week, a Georgia TV station reported that police officers training at the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Gun Range were holding back on some live-range ammunition training due to shortage concerns.
Range Master Sgt. Ted Glisson told WSAV-TV in Savannah, “What we’ve incorporated is we’re doing more dry firing practice and this basically gets some people better suited to do what they need to when they come out here on the range.”
Dry firing is pulling the trigger but not firing a bullet.
Glisson said that while his unit currently had enough ammunition, he was concerned because “one of our suppliers was running short on what they had because there’s a mass – everybody’s trying to get a lot of ammunition and things like that.”
Similar reports are cropping up nationwide amid fears of a federal clampdown as the Obama administration continues to push gun legislation in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre.
Brownells, the largest supplier of firearm accessories in the world, reported it had sold several years’ worth of ammunition in just a matter of hours.
The company released a statement apologizing for the delay in fulfilling orders, explaining the it had experienced “unprecedented” demand for AR-15 ammunition magazines since earlier in the week.
CNS News reported police departments nationwide are experiencing ammunition shortages, referring to the
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“Homeland Security hoarding ammo, depriving police”
and by extention ensuring that the public gets nothing.
This is government confiscation of ammo before it even gets into public hands I guess. 1.4billion rounds worth.
I thought that I would make your day.
Welcome to Obama transformation 2.0 on steroids.
Government
Sen. Chuck Schumer Says the NRA Is an Extreme ‘Fringe Group’
Jan. 19, 2013 7:20pm
Government
Chicago Official Wants GPS Tracking Devices Required on All Guns: ‘Safety Is…a Much More Important Issue Than Privacy’
wrote CBS News political director John Dickerson at Slate Friday evening in a piece astonishingly titled “Go for the Throat! Why if he wants to transform American politics, Obama must declare war on the Republican Party.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2979970/posts
Have a HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY
Just an observation- if you are using calibers like 7mm, .300 Winchester Magnum, or other calibers not commonly used for self-defense, there’s still ammo out there.... Dropped by an Academy sporting store and bought some fodder for some handguns to celebrate Gun Appreciation day this weekend. .40, .45, 5.56 NATO, 7.62x39, etc. were limited to two boxes each- and the shelves of those were bare.
“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
Hussein Obama
While 1.2 billion rounds is a lot of ammo, the entire Federal and Local HLS organization has a combined 2.2 million first responders. From that perspective, 1.2 billion is not a huge stockpile. And one has to wonder what specific ammo has been bought by DHS. Mostly 9mm with some .223 for swat teams?
I was in Wal-Mart yesterday and stopped by at their ammo desk to see if they had any 9mm on hand.
They had NOTHING but a few boxes of 30-06 and a handful of shotgun boxes.
I think as it become clear that Congress will not give Obama what he wants re: gun control, production will once again overtake demand and ammo will begin to appear on shelves.
BTW, there is still some available online if you watch carefully. (I just checked cheaperthandirt.com and midwayusa.com and they had 9mm available--but it was the expensive stuff and not cheap practice rounds).
The trouble with Democrats is that they utterly despise the people who wear uniforms, as well as disdain them, thinking them little more than high school graduate thugs, who couldn’t get any other job, who obey any order given them.
But this leads to the conclusion on their part, that if they give a gun to a gorilla, he will be just as capable as a highly trained cop or soldier.
Look at the typical loser hired to work for DHS. He is not what you could think of as the cream of the crop. In fact, he is more like the old Nazi SA, recruited from prison and told to be street bullies.
The SA were effective against unarmed civilians with a deep respect for authority, or communists of the caliber of the Occupy crowd. But if they ever met any real resistance, they ran away like the cowards they were.
You put such people up against trained cops or soldiers, it doesn’t matter if they have 100 times the bullets. They will shoot their guns rapper style, sideways, not hitting anything, whereas a cop will use just one round, right between their horns. And the second one of them is injured or killed, the others will high tail it out of there.
Everyone would be better off preparing for a post-SHTF scenario of Excessive Rule of Law
and not one of Without Rule of Law.
You don’t build a police state and not use it.
Homeland Security doesn’t want law enforcement wasting ammunition on common criminals.
They will be needing it to counter the threat of veterans, white hetero males, old people, Bitter Clingers and other patriots.
I noticed the same thing w/ 10mm. Granted, ammo for it has always been a little pricey with a fairly limited selection in most stores, but in my experience so far, there's not been any real significant change in price or availability.
It almost made me wish there was an AR in .243 Winchester....
Armalite has what you're looking for.
I went to a major gun show yesterday. It’s a standard show in our area held three times a year and always draws big crowds.
It was packed yesterday but only a short line formed to get tickets. It was nowhere near as crowded as 4 years ago when Obama was first Coronated.
It looked like almost all table spaces were occupied by sellers. There might have been room for another 10-12 tables maximum.
There were many private sellers in the parking lot, at the entrance, etc. - more than usual.
There were plenty of guns of most types for sale but prices on long rifles of all types were through the roof. Some types and models of rifles were nowhere to be found. There were plenty of “scary black assault rifles” at 2, 3, or even 4 times prices of a year or two ago.
I got the feeling many asking prices were set high just to see what people would pay.
Pistol prices seemed to be about the same as last year.
The tables for filling out forms were busy so it looked as if a lot of people were buying.
There are usually several big ammo sellers with pallets of bulk ammo at this show, but yesterday there were none. In fact, there was relatively little factory ammo available.
Some of the larger sellers might have had 6 - 10 boxes or 1 or 2 spam cans of some calibers but there was no one selling bulk ammo in quantity. Even non-military stuff like .38, .357, or 30-30 was in short supply.
All ammo prices were high. Shotgun shells were high and there were no bargains. Rifle and pistol ammo prices were outrageously high - even on the oddball old calibers.
Examples: .38 Special ammo was $30 to $50 a box.
Boxes of .22 ammo were priced the same at $30 - $50 per 500 rounds - the same boxes that were around $15 a few months ago.
It was a disappointing show because of the high prices and lack of ammo.
Didn’t the British confiscate the colonists’ armory supplies? And then cut off importation of gun powder in the leadup to the Revolutionary War? What do the Democrats have planned for us?
Emanuel urges mayors to divest from gun companies
The Associated Press
Posted Jan 20, 2013 @ 02:18 PM
http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x1665865006/Emanuel-urges-mayors-to-divest-from-gun-companies
Hmm..thanks for the tip. The only ARs I’ve ever seen have been in 5.56 or 7.62.
17 people shot, 2 fatally, since Friday in Chicago
6:20AM Monday
January 21, 2013
Yeah, you can still find ammo online, but you have to be quick if you want it. Cabelas had the 100 round boxes of 9mm FMJ on Friday morning. All gone by Friday afternoon. The same thing happened with the 2100 round cans of Federal .22LR about two weeks ago. It lasted a little longer, and I’m still kicking myself for hesitating and not buying at least one.
You might want to consider 6.8mm.
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