THE TRUTH??? I HOPE NOT!!!! - The Firearms Forum

rooter · 05-01-2009, 04:43 AM

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing."
Sir Edmund Burke

Obama Ammo grab

Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America.
(they sell 9 mm, .45, etc ammo) G.A. normally buy spent brass from the
US Dept of Defense - 'one time used' shell casings by our Military -
from target training on Military bases, etc.

They buy the brass and then re-load for resale to Law
Enforcement, Gun Shops, Gun Clubs, Wal-Mart, and etc.
They usually buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time.

This week the DOD notified the owner of Georgia Arms and said that
from now on the DOD will be destroying the brass - shredding it.

It is no longer available to the Ammo makers - unless they just 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 Ammo manufacturers have been
paying...plus the DOD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do all
the accounting paperwork.

That sure helps the US economy now doesn't it?

Sell cheaper to China - and do not sell shells at all to a proven US
business. Do you see an agenda working here????

President Obama is going after our ammunition!!!!!

The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors
had already purchased a load of brass last week - and the DOD contacted
him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it
was destroyed.

THE BRASS HAS NO VALUE TO THE AMMO MAKER IF IT IS
DESTROYED/SHREDDED/MELTED.THE AMMO MANUFACTURER
ONLY USES THE EMPTY BRASS SHELLS TO RELOAD DIFFERENT CALIBERS -
MAINLY.223 BULLETS !!

The Georgia Arms owner says that he will have to lay off at least Half
of his 60 workers, within 2 or 3 months if the DOD no longer sells
their spent brass to him. He has 2 to 3 months inventory of shells to
use. By summer - he'll be completely out. If he has to buy new
manufactured brass shells, then the cost of ammunition to the buyer
will certainly double and then triple...plus Obama wants to add a 500%
tax on each shell.....

You can read the info and see the DOD letter to Georgia Arms at the website below.....Click on it.....
http://www.theshootist.net/

05-01-2009, 04:43 AM	#1
rooter VMBB Senior Chief Of Staff Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Marty Robbins old hometown, Glendale Arizona--a suburb of Phoenix. Contributor Posts: 9,274	THE TRUTH??? I HOPE NOT!!!! "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing." Sir Edmund Burke Obama Ammo grab Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America. (they sell 9 mm, .45, etc ammo) G.A. normally buy spent brass from the US Dept of Defense - 'one time used' shell casings by our Military - from target training on Military bases, etc. They buy the brass and then re-load for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Shops, Gun Clubs, Wal-Mart, and etc. They usually buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time. This week the DOD notified the owner of Georgia Arms and said that from now on the DOD will be destroying the brass - shredding it. It is no longer available to the Ammo makers - unless they just 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 Ammo manufacturers have been paying...plus the DOD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do all the accounting paperwork. That sure helps the US economy now doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China - and do not sell shells at all to a proven US business. Do you see an agenda working here???? President Obama is going after our ammunition!!!!! The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors had already purchased a load of brass last week - and the DOD contacted him this week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was destroyed. THE BRASS HAS NO VALUE TO THE AMMO MAKER IF IT IS DESTROYED/SHREDDED/MELTED.THE AMMO MANUFACTURER ONLY USES THE EMPTY BRASS SHELLS TO RELOAD DIFFERENT CALIBERS - MAINLY.223 BULLETS !! The Georgia Arms owner says that he will have to lay off at least Half of his 60 workers, within 2 or 3 months if the DOD no longer sells their spent brass to him. He has 2 to 3 months inventory of shells to use. By summer - he'll be completely out. If he has to buy new manufactured brass shells, then the cost of ammunition to the buyer will certainly double and then triple...plus Obama wants to add a 500% tax on each shell..... You can read the info and see the DOD letter to Georgia Arms at the website below.....Click on it..... http://www.theshootist.net/ __________________ -->