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March 17, 2009
Keep Your Guns, But as for the Bullets…
Posted by Dave Blount at March 17, 2009 9:01 AM
Apparently not all Dems in Congress are counting on ACORN and a rigged census to get them reelected regardless of what they do to voters, because they are now taking more subtle approaches to undermining our crucial right to bear arms. Part of the strategy is to raise the cost of ammo:
Several days ago, ammunition manufacturers were advised that the Department of Defense has decided to no longer sell empty, once-fired cartridge cases as surplus to companies that polish and reload those empties, recycling them back into the marketplace. Instead, the empty brass will be destroyed so that it cannot be re-loaded, for commercial use, for law enforcement training, for hunting, target shooting, for anything. The result is that at least one company has announced it may no longer offer remanufactured ammunition in two important calibers, 308 Winchester and .223 Remington.
The point is to make life as difficult as possible for gun owners, by any means that comes to mind. Bureaucrats have even taken an environmental angle:
Then came the announcement from the National Park Service that it plans to eliminate lead ammunition and fishing tackle from national parks by next year. While the announcement focused on eliminating lead fishing lures, sinkers and leaded line, and lead bullets used for culling animals — an idea that literally lit the collective fuse of the nation's sportsmen — there's something else afoot here. This would also prevent legally-armed, licensed private citizens from carrying traditional lead ammunition in their defensive handguns.
Concealed carry is allowed in national parks; it's only the ammunition that won't be permitted. After all, the Constitution grants us a right to bear arms, not a right to bear bullets.
Then there's the push to impose microstamping of bullets, which is spreading nationwide from California. This will not solve crimes but facilitate them by driving the cost of ammo through the roof, moving us toward the ultimate objective of a disarmed populace that will be powerless to prevent crimes committed by the State.
On a tip from Nancy. Hat tip: The Shootist.
