Posted on 01/30/2024 11:06:09 AM PST by Navy Patriot
The Attorneys General of 28 states are demanding that President Joe Biden ignore a request to investigate the Lake City Army Ammunition plant’s policy of selling 5.56 mm rifle ammunition to civilians.
A Jan. 24 letter written by Attorneys General Andrew Bailey of Missouri, Brenna Bird of Iowa, and Todd Rokita of Indiana and signed by 25 other attorneys general, warns that ending sales would harm America’s military readiness and do nothing to prevent crime.
The letter derides a previous missive, dated Jan. 9 and written by New York Attorney General Letitia James and signed by 19 other Attorneys General calling for the investigation, as dangerous and uninformed.
(Excerpt) Read more at ntd.com ...
Very complicated Lawfare and Weaponization of Investigative and Regulatory Bureaucracies against the Citizen.
Selling excess ammo to the general public allows the plant to run full time and decreases cost to the military.
Just ask the Israelis
Because of this secondary way to make money, the contractor charges less to run the Lake City facility.
Banning the contractor from this secondary source of revenue will only increase costs to the U.S. Government, but will not grossly affect ammunition available on the civilian market.
How come the Republican AGs are filing charges against the Biden Crime Family?
Libs don't care what anything cost the government as long as we plebes are kept in our place and continuously further enslaved.
To these people the government can never run out of other peoples's money. The taxpayer can always produce more money and will be happy to supply it.
Or else!
I wouldn’t have a problem giving any 5.56 back to democrats. ... might be hot as hell but that’s on them.
Slightly off topic but Lake City could change dies to .223 Remington which is almost identical specs as 5.56. Any weapon chambered in 5.56 will run .223. 👍
Remember, this is Lawfare and Weaponization.
Should a court accept the premise that there is "Military Grade Ammunition" that can be denied to civilians, private ammunition manufacturers are just a Leftist Lawsuit away from a court order banning sale of military designated calibers, and a second lawsuit for interchangeable civilian calibers.
No 308 Winchester for you, peon, ... or 223 Winchester, serf.
Nope, you’re not off topic, 223 Remington could be in danger, see my post #9.
From the article:
“A tyrant’s tactic is to chip away at liberties little by little,” he wrote. “Americans cannot exercise their constitutionally protected right to use their firearms without access to ammunition. That’s why we’re taking a strong stand.”
And:
“The primary cartridge is proprietary to the Army and may not be sold commercially. If the United States military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, then other widely and commonly available ammunition, including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells,” the letter reads. “Lake City only sells ammunition to commercial customers that is legal to manufacture. Lake City complies with all the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (“ATF”) requirements.”
They also write that the claim that taxpayers are subsidizing the sales is the opposite of what’s happening.
“They get causality backward. The law-abiding target shooters and gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness,” the Jan. 24 letter reads.
The letter from Mr. Bailey and the other pro-Second Amendment attorneys general points out that Lake City began selling ammunition to civilians as a means of maintaining production levels and a trained workforce in the event of war.
The plant had been basically mothballed prior to 1990. With the early 1990s military actions in Iraq, Kuwait, and other areas, the Lake City plant found itself playing catch up, trying to get machinery running and employees trained to meet the surge in demand for ammunition.
The addition of civilian sales to its government contract means the plant continues production and maintains its equipment and trained workforce, ensuring it’s able to meet future surges.
“That section in the Lake City contract was—and remains—a sound policy choice. As we confront an increasingly dangerous world with unpredictable adversaries, now is not the time to undermine our military readiness,” the Jan. 24 letter reads.
I am pleased, but not surprised, to find Patrick Morrissey’s (WV) signature on that letter.
Running full time means that when DOD needs ammo NOW, all Lake City has to do is change which trucks the crates go on.
Maybe not even that. Maybe just change the delivery instructions given to the drivers ...
Thanks, Jack!
Cartridge dimensions are the same. It’s the chamber dimensions that vary.
That’s why .223 Wylde is such a good chambering. Sure it is a compromise, but accuracy is better with .223 Rem than with a 5.56 chambering.
Without customers the MIC can’t keep manufacturing open, Russia is going to be facing this problem as their weapon sales drop and their weapons/ammo manufacturing must then depend solely on the Russian taxpayer for all funding and purchases.
Purchases from outside of the American military keep the market more stable, and diverse, keeps the factories open and makes the manufacturing profitable.
Stop posting drunk.
2) To a Democrat, that is not an argument against.
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