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In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious sign of their demand: empty ammunition shelves. At points during the past year, bullets have been selling faster than factories could make them. Gun owners have bought about 12 billion rounds of ammunition in the past year, industry officials estimate. That's up from 7 billion to 10 billion in a normal year.

ShotSpotter sensors were slated to be installed on electrical poles in a one-square-mile area in a north Oak Cliff neighborhood. The sensors work by picking up the sonic waves emitted by gunshots, triangulating the location of the gunfire and notifying 911 operators to send police.

Its been predicted for a long time that if anti- gun groups can't get your guns, then they will go after your ammunition. Governor Arnold Swartzenegger has done exactly that in signing a new law regulating ammunition sales. The ostensible goal is to track the bullets used in crimes. Criminals will find another way to get their bullets. It will be where they get their guns...on the street. This is another gun law that will only affect the honest individual. The Governor said just the week before that he would veto the new ammunition law, thus preventing organized opposition to...

I just sent an email to John G. Matsuka, President of the Initiative & Referendum Institute at the University of Southern California asking him if anyone has started a petition to overturn Arnold's signing into law AB962 controlling ammo sales in California. See SF Gate article here!

Does anyone know when AB962 come into effec?

We reported recently that the California Legislature passed AB 962. This bill would require anyone buying pistol ammo to provide drivers’ license #, address, and a thumbprint. And, because AB 962 requires all pistol ammo sales to be “face to face”, the law would effectively ban mail-order ammo sales in California. While AB 962 targets pistol ammo sales, it could also apply to any type of rifle ammo that has been used in pistols (including single-shots). That would include 22LR, 22 rimfire magnum, .223 Rem, 6BR, 30-30, .308 Winchester, and more. Opposition Efforts Gain Strength Right now, unless CA Governor...

US researchers have unveiled a new penny-sized "nuclear battery" which can retain almost a million times the power of conventional chemical batteries. Developed by a team at the University of Missouri, the new battery produces energy from the process of decaying radioisotopes, which releases charged particles that can be harvested for an electrical current.

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The USA is suffering the most severe ammunition famine in living memory. Gun fanciers, fearing a Democrat crackdown on every American's right to pack heat, are clearing shelves at ammo shops and hoarding cartridges. AP reports that the Remington Arms Company's factory in North Carolina is now working around the clock trying to supply insatiable demand for rifle, pistol and shotgun cartridges. "We've had to add a fourth shift and go 24-7," Remington spokesman Al Russo told the news wire. "It's a phenomenon that I have not seen before in my 30 years in the business."

FORT WORTH, Texas - Weapons sellers say gun enthusiasts won’t have to bite the bullet much longer, as a nearly yearlong nationwide ammunition shortage may be winding down. “We’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel,” said DeWayne Irwin, owner of Cheaper Than Dirt, a Fort Worth store and online retailer. Demand for guns and ammo began growing last year before the November presidential election, partly because many gun owners were concerned that President Obama and Democrats in Congress would reinstate an assault weapons ban or drastically raise taxes on ammunition, guns and firearms materials. “It was the...

While the dismal economic picture in America hasn’t caused “bank runs” wherein customers demand to withdraw their savings from banks across the country — a frequent occurrence during the Great Depression — gun owners are causing a run of their own: a national “gun shop run” for ammunition. Ammunition manufacturers report their factories are producing ammunition at record rates and keeping their facilities operating 24/7. Yet they still cannot keep up with the demand for bullets for everything from handguns to hunting rifles. Gun store owners and manufacturers claim this is the first time they have ever seen such...

America Armed, But Guns Not Necessarily Loaded By MARY FOSTER, Sep 23 NEW ORLEANS – Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can't keep up with the nation's demand for ammunition. Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation — even though nothing specific has been proposed and the president last month signed a law allowing...

To: Cabela's California Customers From: Cabela's Communications Subject: California Assembly Bill 962 Date: Sept. 22, 2009 We are writing to inform you of pending legislation that will restrict purchases of handgun ammunition in California and will terminate our ability to service your needs for certain products. On Friday, Sept. 11, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 962, by a 44-31 vote. Among other regulations, AB 962 would: • Ban all mail-order and Internet sales of handgun ammunition. • Prohibit the retail sale, the offer for sale or the display of handgun ammunition in a manner that allows ammunition to be...

East Alton, IL – -(AmmoLand.com)- Winchester® Ammunition was recently awarded a contract by the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security to supply a maximum of 200 million, 40 cal. rounds over the next five years.

Craigslist now requires phone verification to submit ads to the Sporting Goods section. Maybe they're not requiring everyone to do so, but it just required me to verify by phone (recorded code) to be able to post to the sporting goods section. It includes a warning that violation of policy (guns, ammo) will result in suspension of account and blacklisting of the phone number. Ebay bought a large percentage of craigslist and is probably behind some of this. The liberals are in charge. Most Americans have little backbone to fight these people in control. The whole thing is a tragedy.

Fear of gun limits fuels a burst of demand for bullets Since President Obama's election, demand for guns and ammunition has skyrocketed. Gun shops have trouble keeping bullets in stock. A sign at the Los Angeles Indoor Pistol Shooting Range notifies customers the sale of ammo sales is limited. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times / August 25) By W.J. Hennigan August 29, 2009 There's a bull market for bullets. Stacks of ammo, once piled high at gun shops across America, have dwindled. Prices paid by consumers for much-sought-after Winchester .380-caliber handgun bullets have doubled. At weekend gun shows,...

NEWTOWN, Conn.--In response to an announcement regarding a National Parks Service program encouraging hunters to voluntarily switch to alternative ammunition, the National Shooting Sports Foundation rejected NPS's categorization of traditional ammunition as a health threat. NSSF is offering to work with the National Park Service to develop measures to educate hunters about steps they can take to prevent scavengers from ingesting lead fragments of spent traditional ammunition. The park service is proposing to ban, at a minimum, the use of lead bullets, shot and sinkers in the park system by NPS personnel. While no scientific evidence supports restricting the use...

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NEWTOWN, Conn., July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During a time period of great economic uncertainty, firearm and ammunition sales have continued to increase throughout the country. According to the most recent Firearms and Ammunition Excise Tax Collection Report, released earlier today by the Department of the Treasury, firearm and ammunition manufacturers paid more than $109.8 million in the first calendar quarter of 2009; up 43% over the same time period reported in 2008. This dramatic increase follows a 31.3 percent increase in excise taxes from the previous quarter (4Q, 2008) and eight straight months of increased FBI background checks -...

When the conversation at the ladies' luncheon suddenly swung from cats and grandchildren to the ammo shortage, I finally verified I was not imagining things. We're living in strange times. Perilous times. Definitely uncertain times. The Internet is full of kooks and near-kooks preparing for "the end of the world as we know it," or TEOTWAWKI. Some have a precise date set for the apocalypse. Hmm. I think I'm going to keep on working on keeping my soul clean and taking my chances on that one. Others predict the economic collapse of the United States. This is TEOTWAWKI in a...

Note: The following text is a quote: Weapons smuggler sentenced to 57 months in prison ICE investigation tied Mexican national to more than 200 illegally exported weapons EL PASO, Texas - A Mexican man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Wednesday after an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tied him to more than 200 firearms smuggled illegally into Mexico. Begmar Ivan Ruiz-Zuniga, 31, a Mexican citizen, was sentenced to 57 months in prison by a U.S. district judge. Ruiz-Zuniga must also forfeit 11 AK-47 assault rifles, one upper receiver for an AR-15 assault rifle, two...

Surprisingly the National Rifle Association (NRA) may be the cause of this problem. A new Government Accountability Office report provides us with the startling news that an FBI investigation proved 865 of 963 or 90% of those listed on the Homeland Security “Terrorist Watch List” had no trouble legally purchasing guns and even explosives! Felons, illegal aliens and drug addicts can’t buy guns or explosives presumably because they are a danger to our safety, yet those on the “Terrorist Watch List”, and thereby deemed extremely dangerous, are having little trouble legally buy weapons to kill us with. Currently there is...

AUTHORITIES ARREST TWO PEOPLE ABOARD U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER SMUGGLING HANDGUN ON BOARD.

(Brownsville, TX) -- Nearly two-thousand rounds of ammunition was seized from a southbound motorist at the Texas-Mexico border this week. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents working outbound enforcement operations in Brownsville, Texas discovered the undeclared ammunition hidden in boxes of detergent. The driver of the southbound pickup truck was referred for a secondary examination on Tuesday, and discrepancies were discovered in two boxes of detergent found in the truck bed. CBP officers discovered the five-point-56 caliber ammunition in large plastic bags, commingled with the powder detergent. Authorities arrested 41-year-old Brownsville resident Mario Salinas on federal...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Not long after the November elections, orders spiked at Black Hills Ammunition in Rapid City, S.D. They haven't come down since. The election of a gun control friendly president and Congress has been kind to gun makers and ammo manufacturers. In the most recent quarter, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. (SWHC) reported a 45% increase in handgun sales over 2008. Sturm, Ruger & Co. (RGR), another major gun manufacturer, reported a quadrupling from 2008 net income. And sales are said to be brisk at the smaller, privately held manufacturers that comprise the bulk of the industry. "The...

CALIFORNIA ALERT SYSTEMMultiple Organization Alert NRA Members' Councils of California   CAL-ERT  06/12/09 --- Noon ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ CALIFORNIA REGULATORY ALERTThis information is accurate at the time this CAL-ERT was written and originally distributed. The NRA Members' Councils of California and the California Rifle and Pistol Association have issued this alert in a cooperative effort and will keep you informed as issues affect your gun-rights in California. EXPANSION OF THE BAN ON LEAD AMMUNITION MAY BE ATTEMPTED BY FISH & GAME HISTORY: On February 5, 2009, we informed you that the California Fish and Game Commission was considering a state-wide ban...

After being placed in the suspense file, and everyone thinking it was dead, Assembly Bill 962 is moving through the state legislature again. It passed the state Assembly Wednesday and now moves to the state Senate. How it got this far is a mystery. In case you've forgotten, Los Angeles Assemblyman Kevin DeLeon's bill would: 1. Stop the sale of more than 50 rounds of handgun ammunition per month to individuals. Since "handgun" ammunition is not defined anywhere in the bill, it effectively means "all" ammunition, since you can buy handguns in just about any metallic cartridge today. It would...

Have y’all experienced something similar? According to a salesclerk at the Norwalk, CT Walmart, Walmart is planning to discontinue ammo sales in the greater NYC area. Walmart has removed the ammo case from this store. Mea Culpa on the vanity post.

ATK subsidiary Federal Cartridge Co. in Anoka, MN received a $49.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for 300 Winchester magnum ammunition. This ammunition will be used by U.S. forces engaged in combat, and by the US Navy in Match Team competition. Work will be performed in Anoka, MN will run until June 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $1.3 million will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with multiple proposals solicited via the Federal Business Opportunities website. One offer was received by The Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division in Crane,...

MONTEREY, Calif.- From gun stores to sheriff and police departments across the nation, there's a shortage of ammunition. It's no different on the Central Coast. Ammunition for handguns and rifles are hard to find. Keith Hennessy works at the Outdoor World Sporting Goods store in Monterey where it's simple economics that has kept many popular types of ammunition in short supply.

SPRINGFIELD -- While the extreme shortage of ammunition in the past several months has received some media attention, little thought has been given to the impact on some of the product's most prolific users: the street gang / urban thug community. Drug dealers and gang members, used to employing relatively common rounds like 9mm or .45ACP in their TEC-9s and Hi-Points, have joined other gun enthusiasts in being stymied by the empty shelves at Wal-marts and local gun shops alike. Rivals aren't going to shoot themselves, however, so active gangbangers do not have the luxury of merely waiting until the...

Two backyard sheds and a metal container in which ammunition was stored caught fire and exploded Sunday in a Reseda neighborhood, forcing the evacuation of nearby homes, authorities said. The fire and explosion were reported at 8:43 a.m. in the 19200 block of Ingomar Street. It took firefighters about 90 minutes to extinguish the blaze. No injuries were reported. Crews had to douse the flames from about 50 feet away because ammunition continued to go off, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman D'Lisa Davies. According to arriving firefighters, Davies said, it "sounded like thousands of rounds were going off." Five...

This gun proposal misfired By FRED LEBRUN COMMENTARY First published in print: Sunday, May 31, 2009 Guns bring out the worst in people. Mobile AlertsGet weather alerts, sports scores and more. Or at least the on-going acrimonious, polarizing debate over gun control seems to. Finding a middle ground that preserves our constitutional rights and traditions in terms of gun ownership and use while addressing changing public safety needs driven by increased street violence remains increasingly elusive, nationally and regionally. Moving toward a wider public consensus on what to do about guns in America is getting harder, not easier. That should...

If we weren't a well-armed society before, we're fast becoming one as hunters, target shooters and regular Joes continue to purchase firearms at a robust pace. Data released by the FBI's National Instant Background Check System reported 1,225,980 checks in April, marking it the sixth consecutive month of increases and a 30.3% increase compared with last April. The checks are required for all people buying weapons from licensed retailers. ************* Final line: Are we a safer society because of this? Probably not, but those with new weapons might feel more at ease.

·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   New York: Albany County Ammunition Registration Proposal to be Considered Tonight!   Tuesday, May 26, 2009   Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voices Heard!Local Law “A”, a proposal that would regulate the purchase of ammunition in Albany County, will be considered TONIGHT in the Law Committee of the Albany County Legislature.  Local Law “A” would require a valid firearms license be shown when purchasing ammunition.  The law would also mandate that retailers keep a record of all ammunition sales, including the type, caliber, and quantity of the ammunition, the make, model...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A controversial measure involving the sale of bullets is on the agenda of the Albany County Legislature this evening. The proposed law that would require gun shops to register sales of ammunition. The measure has been condemned by gun proponents as a back-door means to register guns and learn what weapons people have.

<p>Eye am a federal agent and eye was recently told that our ammunicion allowance was being cut over haf 'cuz of budgetary cuts and ammo shortages. We are being charged with defending the constitution and Merican lives and wee have know means to do it. The private sector is ripe for revolt and the Federal Govmint doesn,t seem to care that its only means of restoring order and killing lots of civilians in these times doesn,t have enough ammunition to allow agents to kill, let alone get in a protracted shootouts with these subversives. We are slowly creeping towards impotence. My doctor even told me eye'm impotent. So all you private sector Second Amendment nuts and anit-government slobs can go ahead and get surrounded and wiped out by partisan rangers and mobs when the revolution hits. Just don,t count on the cavalry coming, because we probably will have to throw stones and harsh language instead of bullets. Case and point...does a novice shooter need 10,000 rounds of 9mm ammo, cause they feel better having stockpiled ammo in a barn they couldnt even hit the side of. All of you people that think you are a one man Alamo will quickly learn that you are just an ammunition storage facility for bigger and meaner professional mercenaries that will just make short work of you and then take your ammo and your TV too. Between people hoarding ammunition and the government cutting defense spending, who even gives a shit about protecting America, when she doesn't give a damn about those putting their lives at risk every day, with inadequate ammunition. If this keeps up, Agents in my sector will have to buy ammunition from the drug cartels, because they are better equiped.</p>

FREDERICK, MD - Across the nation gun stores are coming up with a shortage of ammunition, and now it's starting to hit local law enforcement. Ammo that once took a couple of weeks to order and ship is now taking eight to 12 months. NBC25 spoke with the Frederick Police Department, where officers say they order their ammo about a year in advance, but they are taking precautions to preserve what ammo they do have. "We are changing to scenario-based training, which is using the air-soft, which are similar to the bb guns or the simunition guns, which shoot cartridges...

One of the most controversial measures to come before the County Legislature in some time is expected to draw an overflow crowd at a public hearing Tuesday night. At issue is a proposed law that would require gun shops to register sales of ammunition, a measure that has been condemned by gun proponents as a back-door means to register guns and learn what weapons people have. Supporters say it is merely an attempt to close a loophole in state law governing how ammunition is purchased.

Has anyone had any luck finding ammo?

Two Anti-Gun Bills Scheduled for Consideration on Thursday, May 28 2009 Assembly Bill 962 and Senate Bill 585 are scheduled to be considered on Thursday, May 28. AB962, sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), is in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations. AB962 would make it a crime to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a “handgun ammunition vendor” in the Department of Justice’s database. Ammunition retailers would have to be licensed and store ammunition in such a manner that it would be inaccessible to...

Every day, Darren Newsom's three Bitterroot Valley Ammunition facilities crank out 300,000 rounds of ammunition. It's not nearly enough. “I'm going about 100,000 rounds in the wrong direction every day,” Newsom said. “We probably have about six months of back orders right now.” Newsom has been in the ammunition manufacturing business for more than 20 years and he's never seen demand this high. Fearful of the Obama administration's potential to tighten gun control laws, people from all over the country are stocking up on guns and ammunition. “I went through the Clinton years and there was a bit of a...

Insurgents in Afghanistan, fighting from some of the world's poorest and most remote regions, have managed to maintain a guerrilla war against materially superior U.S. and Afghan forces. Arms and ordnance collected from dead insurgents hint at one possible reason: Of 30 rifle magazines recently taken from insurgents' corpses, at least 17 contained cartridges identical to ammunition that the United States had provided to Afghan government forces. The presence of this ammunition among the dead in an area of fighting near the Pakistan border suggests that munitions procured by the Pentagon have leaked from Afghan forces for use against U.S....

HAVERHILL — Keni Garcia told police he intended to use the 30,000 bullets they found in his car and home for target practice. That is hard to believe, the prosecutor at Garcia's arraignment said, because if he were to fire a gun for eight hours a day, it would take weeks for him to use all of it. Garcia, who allegedly bought thousands of rounds of ammunition and had 10,000 bullets in his car when he was stopped by police Thursday, was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail yesterday.

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ROSEBURG, Ore. -- Law enforcement has seen the same problem the general public has with trouble getting ammunition because of the shortage. Police agencies are in the same boat as everyone else, it's tough to get ammunition. "We've been told that we can be put on a waiting list, and I've had some distributors just laugh when I've called them to get inquiries about purchasing ammunition," said Roseburg Police Sgt. Aaron Dunbar The trouble is, officers need the ammo for their daily jobs, and in order to undergo training. Some agencies change out ammunition about once a year to keep...

ROSEBURG, Ore. -- The country has seen an increase demand in ammunition in the last few months, and some say it's due to the fact that Obama is now in office, and many fear stricter gun control is on its way. More gun control has always been feared by those who use guns for hunting, shooting and just wanting to have the right to protect themselves against intruders. There was a rise in gun sales a few months back, and now we are seeing a rise in ammunition sales. Stores can't even keep it on their shelves, and manufacturers have...

Ammunition Sales Restrictions Ammunition Sales Restrictions Scheduled to be Heard on Wednesday, May 6 Please Contact the Assembly Committee on Appropriations Today! Assembly Bill 962 is scheduled to be heard by the Assembly Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday, May 6. Sponsored by Assembly Member Kevin De Leon (D-45), AB962 would make it a crime to privately transfer more than 50 rounds of ammunition per month, even between family and friends, unless you are registered as a "handgun ammunition vendor" in the Department of Justice's database. Ammunition retailers would have to be licensed and store ammunition in such a manner that...

I ordered a case of 7.62x39 ammo February 12 from Walther Pistols, which is run by TGSCOM. After several phone calls as to why I had not recieved my order I did a search and came across a couple of articles claiming TGSCOM was a scam and runs over 150 websites.

American gun owners, en masse, are "casting their ballots" on how much they believe Barack Obama's campaign-trail promise to "not take away your guns." They're driving the price of ammo through the roof, swarming gun shows, hauling away cases on hand trucks, leaving the floors of the ammo suppliers' booths as naked as a wheat field after the locusts pass through. Glen Parshall at Bargain Pawn in North Las Vegas reports "I got 20,000 (rounds of) .223 on Saturday and by Tuesday it was more than half gone. And that's only because I limit customers to a thousand rounds per...