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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Buyback is just not feasible. Ammunition control might be more effective?
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The last lead smelting plant closed in the US a couple years ago, and has created a shortage of certain ammo, mostly .22 rimfire. The plant wasn't closed to limit ammo, but it was a side effect. Ask anyone who owns a .22 rimfire and they will tell the price has exploded and it's very hard to find.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworst...e-hippies-won/
A few posts back it was suggested a ammo tax be put in place. Seattle is currently looking at this.
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-...-on-gun-sales/
Another ammo shortage was caused in the last couple years when both the US military and homeland security purchased billions of rounds of ammunition. It's interesting to note that hollow point ammo made up a sizable amount of their purchase. Hollow point ammunition was banned during the Hague convention and no NATO state uses it. At the same time the military is destroying ammo.
"at the height of the Iraq War the Army was expending less than 6 million rounds a month. Therefore 1.6 billion rounds would be enough to sustain a hot war for 20+ years. In America."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphben...-conversation/
http://allenbwest.com/2014/04/pentag...o-makes-sense/
Ammo
is getting harder to find. Not necessarily due to new laws aimed at guns or ammo, but it is becoming harder to find than in recent years and becoming more costly.