INSIDE THE GREAT OBAMA AMMO GRAB

Human Events ^ | 6/23/2013 | Raquel Okyay

[Thane_Banquo]

Some recent news stories say DHS has also requested 22LR, .410, 45 Long Colt, and several other cartridges that have less than zero law enforcement or security usage. So that’s where 22LR has gone.

[Obadiah]

I have no doubt that the Obama regime has put the word out, however tacitly yet clearly, that federal agencies should take whatever steps necessary to impinge upon the second amendment. These steps include:

1)Intimidating anyone who deals with the manufacture and sale of firearms, ammunition, and firearms related industries. Just look at what Obama-friendly businesses have done, such as GE Capital denying credit to gun stores. Or Bank of America refusing to do business with gun manufacturers.

2)DHS and other agencies buying up all ammo designed to create commercial shortages.

3) The destruction of once-fired military brass rather than selling it through auction as has been custom.

4) Putting out the word to political aspirants (Cuomo, Hickenlooper, etc.) that passing gun control legislation will earn you national political points allowing you career advancement.

Having said all this, also part of the problem is people buying up ammo with reckless abandon. They are piling it high and stacking it deep. This is creating shortages. Unless .22 manufacturers are lying about full production, there is no other explanation for .22 shortages other than people are hoarding the stuff and this is adding to the sense of shortage, which is leading to the sense of fear, which is leading to people hoarding even more.

[Obadiah]

What sources have you seen stating that DHS or other agencies are purchasing .22LR?

[Thane_Banquo]

DHS Buying More Ammo: Lots of Non-Military Calibers

[Old Sarge]

there is no other explanation for .22 shortages other than people are hoarding the stuff
and this is adding to the sense of shortage,
which is leading to the sense of fear,
which is leading to people hoarding even more.

[Old Sarge]

TB, thank you for the link.

I’m reading the bidding data, and I’m not sure I’m reading it right.

Does it say that the PO is asking for 91,680 rounds of all types/calibers?

[Obadiah]

Thanks.

[UCANSEE2]

Obama is planning something,

Junior. We should call him JUNIOR . It fits.

[Da Coyote]

Whistle blowers now have their next assignment: the location of those stored fed bullets.

Just make it very pubic.

[Stayfree]

The real question is finding out where the govt. is storing all this ammo so we know where to find it when all hell breaks loose........

[Still Thinking]

Three Letter Agencies.

[SgtHooper]

I do not get why you guys think 22LR is hard to find. It is all over the web. And since it is hard to find you should be willing to pay more to at least ensure you have wht you think you need. Gunbot shows plenty of 22LR and other calibers.

[Gaffer]

I have been shooting the ammo, some of it anyway...can’t see any difference as yet.

However, I did get a box of Winchester 22 LR 36 grain/1280fps in 333 round box where the casings look very very dirty like they skipped a step. Could be the lead rubbing off from the loose packed 333 rds, but still very dirty.... I think QC was off on that lot of production.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Amen, and I have made sure that I purchased conversion kits for my rifle and handguns so that if I ran out of one, I could fall back to the other. Thinking about a Glock now, as I’ve heard you could get a .22 conversion kit for some of them...

[NorthernTraveler]

In the sandbox we were told to call them OGA -

Other
Governmental
Agencies

[DuncanWaring]

TLA - Three Letter Acronym.

[PowderMonkey]

If I were to hazard a guess, I’d say it’s being redistributed among certain “friends” of the regime. There's simply no other explanation as to why a serving cabinet secretary would refuse to answer a congressional inquiry in the matter, and not be charged with contempt of congress.

[556x45]

4 million rds seems like a very small amt.

[marktwain]

There's simply no other explanation as to why a serving cabinet secretary would refuse to answer a congressional inquiry in the matter, and not be charged with contempt of congress.

Plenty of other explanations. One is that you think Congress has the real power, when the real power is in the MSM.

If the MSM treated the Obama regime the same way they treated G.W. Bush, he would long ago have been impeached, convicted, and gone.

The shortage of ammunition is simple to understand. There are many millions of new shooters. A large number of gun owners want to stockpile ammunition, so those who would have bought a 50 round box once a year now want a case of 5,000 rounds, just as insurance.

The production plants cannot meet that runup in demand overnight. It looks like they are finally starting to saturate the new state of the market.

If the current regime doesn't do anything more to make people worried about potential unrest, future inflation, or a rogue president destroying their Constitutional rights, I expect the ammo shortage to be over in six months.