Thread: Need Ammo

AMMO> > Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223> Ammo in America . They > sell 9mm, .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 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 want > 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> > The Shootist: DOD Ends Sale of Expended Military Brass to Remanufacturers
> > 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 you > can. Contact your legislators and put them on
> notice, We're fed up with > what's going on! This is a call to> action.

old news they are still selling it to them and will continue to

Well that is Good news cause I just found this link and it was suppose to be updated....