If you lose a few pieces of brass, what are they worth on the black market? A criminal could deposit your brass at a crime scene, to throw off the scent.
None of that matters to a bunch of politicians, though. Not their problem.
With urban populations now outnumbering small town and rural populations America as we've known it is in great danger.
The Constitution was intended to prevent the erosion of freedom, but without someone defending the Constitution it is hopeless.