Between DHS vacuuming up billions of rounds and now the USPS entering the ammo hoarding its no wonder regular law-abiding citizens are having trouble finding ammo and when they do, having to pay through the nose for it.


U.S. Postal Service Announces Giant Ammo Purchase

Post Office joins other federal agencies stockpiling over two billion rounds of ammo

The U.S. Postal Service is currently seeking companies that can provide “assorted small arms ammunition” in the near future.

The U.S. Postal Service joins the long list of non-military federal agencies purchasing large amounts of ammunition.

The U.S. Postal Service joins the long list of non-military federal agencies purchasing large amounts of ammunition.

On Jan. 31, the USPS Supplies and Services Purchasing Office posted a notice on the Federal Business Opportunities website asking contractors to register with USPS as potential ammunition suppliers for a variety of cartridges.

“The United States Postal Service intends to solicit proposals for assorted small arms ammunition,” the notice reads, which also mentioned a deadline of Feb. 10.
The Post Office published the notice just two days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced his proposal to remove a federal gun ban that prevents lawful concealed carry holders from carrying handguns inside post offices across the country.

Ironically the Postal Service isn’t the first non-law enforcement agency seeking firearms and ammunition.

http://www.infowars.com/u-s-postal-service-announces-giant-ammo-purchase/

1.) Infowars isn't a reliable source of information.


2.) The Post Office has its own police force, no surprise they are buying ammunition.

HERE IS ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS FINDING AMMO


Brass Shell Casings

Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America. They sell 9 mm, .45, .223 ammunition. They normally buy spent brass from the US Department of Defense. Spent brass is "one time used" shell cases used by our Military for training purposes. They buy the brass, recondition it, and then reload the brass for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Clubs, Gun Shops, and stores like Wal-Mart. They normally buy 30,000 lbs. of spent brass at a time.

This week the DoD wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and informed him that from now on the DoD will be destroying the spent brass, shredding it. It will no longer be available to the ammo makers, unless they buy it in a scrap shredded condition (which they have no use for).

The shredded brass is now going to be sold by the DoD to China as scrap metal, after the DoD pays for it to be shredded. The DoD is selling the brass to China for less money than the ammo makers have been paying, plus the DoD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do the accounting paperwork.



This sure helps the economy now doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China , and do not sell at all to a proven US business. Any hidden agenda working here?



Obama is going after the Firearms Industry and our ammunition!!

The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors had already purchased a load of brass last week. The DoD contacted him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was destroyed. Shell cases he had already bought! The brass has no value to the ammo maker if it is destroyed/shredded/melted.



The ammo manufacturer only uses the empty brass cases to reload different calibers, mainly .223 bullets.


The owner of Georgia Arms says that he will have to lay off at least half of his 60 workers, within 2-3 months if the DoD will no longer sell spent brass cases to the industry. Georgia Arms has 2-3 months of inventory to use, by summer they're out.



If the Reloading Industry has to purchase new manufacture brass cases, then the cost of ammunition will double or even triple, plus Obama wants to add a 500% tax on each shell.


You can read the information and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms here:

The Shootist Site http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/dod-ends-sale-of-expended-military.html

If you're not outraged at what this administration is doing you should be! Be afraid! Be Very, Very Afraid! Get involved! It's Your Freedom and Our Country They're Stealing! If You Fail to Act Now, there may not be a free United States tomorrow!

I implore you to get involved and forward this to as many people as you can. Contact your legislators and put them on notice.



We're fed up with what's going on in the name of stimulating our economy!



The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Plato

There hasn't been any ammo available since Obama became president.

The best way for gun shops to sell ammo is tell every gun nut that the ammo is going to be banned tomorrow. Gun nuts will run to the store quicker then QVC shoppers can buy amazing bread knives.

I have hundreds of incandescent light bulbs, enough to last my lifetime!

Those, and thousands of rounds of ammo in the proper caliber for my various guns. And enough reloading supplies to last me damn near forever for the range. I have 15 AR rifles bought as investments. Make me an offer for a package that includes a gun, 3 30-round mags and 1,000 rounds.

Hussein is the greatest gun salesman ever!

We have enough for target practice until the next election. If there isn't a proper election, we still have enough for what comes next. Assuming everything goes well, though, the ammo shortage will be over the year after the election when the stupid Executive Orders are countermanded and things go back to normal.

Ammo cEujH Wrote:
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> We have enough for target practice until the next
> election. If there isn't a proper election, we
> still have enough for what comes next. Assuming
> everything goes well, though, the ammo shortage
> will be over the year after the election when the
> stupid Executive Orders are countermanded and
> things go back to normal.


You sound like a pussy to me.

If you can't find and purchase ammo,
then buy more guns.
Geez,you dumbass gunnuts are stupid. The more guns you own,the less ammo you require.