Military to destroy once fired brass for popular calibers

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[johnharris]

More attacks - not frontal but gorilla tactics

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[SomeGuy]

From a fiscal standpoint this is madness. The military could bring in millions annually by selling it as once fired in bulk. Now, they can at best sell it as scrap. If a few Senators began pointing this out, they could make great political points, and we would benefit.

I just got done cleaning a rifle from my range trip, and I spent as much time picking up brass as shooting. I came back with a lot of 9mm, .40SW, .223 and .30-06 brass, the ones that I shot I know are once fired. The other stuff appeared very fresh as well. I may not know how yet, but once I learn to reload I will have a decent stockpile ready.

[SomeGuy]

Reading on this at another forum, they say this is not the actual fed gov, but someone else. IOW, we may be getting our leg pulled. Not saying we are, but I want to hear proof before I start really jumping in.

[jarhead]

On the other hand...

http://www.georgia-arms.com/

"Dear Loyal Customers,

Thanks to your voice, DOD has rescinded the order to mutilate all spent cases as of 4:30 pm on 3/17/09. We appreciate the time and effort that you expended, together we all made a difference. We will be posting the email we received from DOD as well as any additional information within the next 12-16 hours. Thanks so much and lets get to work!!! Georgia Arms"

[johnharris]

One small step for man, one giant step for the 2nd Amendment.

[Tim Nunan]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php? ... geId=92095

Feds undercut ammo supply
But Defense policy reversed after intervention by 2 Montana senators

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Posted: March 17, 2009
9:00 pm Eastern


By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Responding to two Democratic senators representing outraged private gun owners, the Department of Defense announced last night it has scrapped a new policy that would deplete the supply of ammunition by requiring destruction of fired military cartridge brass.

The policy already had taken a bite out of the nation's stressed ammunition supply, leaving arms dealers scrambling to find ammo for private gun owners.

Mark Cunningham, a legislative affairs representative with the Defense Logistics Agency, explained in an e-mail last night to the office of Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., that the Department of Defense had placed small arms cartridge cases on its list of sensitive munitions items as part of an overall effort to ensure national security is not jeopardized in the sale of any Defense property.

The small arms cases were identified as a senstive item and were held pending review of policy, he said.

"Upon review, the Defense Logistics Agency has determined the cartridge cases could be appropriately placed in a category of government property allowing for their release for sale," Cunningham wrote.

The Defense Department liaison was responding to a letter yesterday to the Defense Logistic Agency's Vice Admiral Alan S. Thompson from Tester and fellow Montana Democrat Sen. Max Baucus. The senators argued "prohibiting the sale of fired military brass would reduce the supply of ammunition – preventing individual gun owners from fully exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. We urge you to address this situation promptly

One of the companies that brought attention to the issue is Georgia Arms, which for the last 15 years has been purchasing fired brass casings from the Department of Defense and private government surplus liquidators. The military collects the discarded casings from fired rounds, then sells them through liquidators to companies like Georgia Arms that remanufacture the casings into ammunition for the law enforcement and civilian gun owner communities.

But earlier this month, Georgia Arms received a canceled order, informed by its supplier that the government now requires fired brass casings be mutilated, in other words, destroyed to a scrap metal state.

The policy change, handed down from the Department of Defense through the Defense Logistics Agency, cut a supply leg out from underneath ammunition manufacturers.

The policy compelled Georgia Arms to cancel all sales of .223 and .308 ammunition, rounds used, respectively, in semi-automatic and deer hunting rifles, until further notice. Sharch Manufacturing, Inc. had announced the same cancellation of its .223 and .308 brass reloading components.

"They just reclassified brass to allow destruction of it, based on what?" Georgia Arms owner Larry Haynie asked WND. "We've been 'going green' for the last dozen years, and brass is one of the most recyclable materials out there. A cartridge case can be used over and over again. And now we're going to destroy it based on what? We don't want the civilian public to have it? It's a government injustice."
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