Posted on 04/16/2015 5:26:32 PM PDT by markomalley
Liberals haven’t been able to ban all-purpose sporting rifles (or “assault rifles” as authoritarians call them), so they went after AR-15 ammo. But they encountered enough resistance that they had to back down for now. In the meantime, they are trying another tack: buying up the ammo with our money:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to solicit offers to Request for Proposal (RFP) HSBP1015R0025 for .223 Remington (.223 Rem) Caliber Training Ammunition for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) locations nationwide, including those in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the Northern Marianna Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. …
Estimated quantity is approximately 12,600,000 (12.6 million) rounds of .223 Rem training ammunition per year, totaling 62,500,000 (62.5 million) over the life of the contract.
If the government buys up enough, .223 will be as hard to find as .22LR has been for the past few years.
I’m trying to stick with 5.56 American ammo. Thanks for the good advice.
BLOAT! (Buy lots of ammo today) The sales figures drive the left crazy.
“zombie attacked, half eaten jack booted thug”
I’ll take what I can get!
DHS has the same head count as the USMC and TWICE their headcount.
WHY do we vote for Republicans who then act AGAINST OUR INTEREST...???
> And of course, government contracts are fulfilled before manufacturing for the public. Here we go again with high prices and shortages.
Wouldn’t the government be pissed if they knew the people assigned to guard the armores were cashing in and reselling it back to the public for pennies on the dollar....: )
if a republican gets into the office he should do a government ammo giveaway sort of like the government did with cheese product and peanut butter years ago when they had a surplus of these products. they can give it away through the shooting ranges just like the government gave away the peanut butter and chees through the food pantries. that would really get the gun control nuts.
Lake City Army Ammo Mfg. Plant, run by Federal Ammo Company, alone produces over 1.2 Billion 5.56 rounds per year. HLS’s purchase of 62 million rounds, while disturbing on a political/Constitutional level, is a drop in the bucket considering the total US production, by all mfgrs, combined of 5.56/.223 ammo.
But I need 10,000 rounds
Buy OA stock.
My doctor was talking about this yesterday. She thinks Obama is arming his own forces and will declare marshal law rather than leave office. I don’t think our military is going to go along with this, so it may be them against Obamas thugs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.