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Originally Posted by IH8OPEC
A $1.05 a round is ridiculous considering the price this time last year it was $0.39 a round or less! That's one hell of a mark up thanks to the gov ordering far more ammo than they can possibly use for departments that do not carry weapons, for an example, over 450 million hollow point rounds of just one caliber were ordered for the DHS/TSA! Why?
They may not be able to ban weapons but they can sure as hell make ammo either hard to find or far too expensive to buy for normal people achieving almost the same effect as a ban. I say stock up on components like primers, bullets and powder and save your brass when you go to the range you may not be able to find it readily available in the near future.
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/tinfoil hat
DHS/TSA covers border patrol, secret service, CIA, FBI, TSA (air marshals, etc), and basically every single federal agency that is not the military. I've heard time and again that it's "more round than they could possibly use". That's not true. The government orders things like this in MASSIVE bulk to get a bulk buy discount we couldn't even dream of. This order does not go in once a year, but rather is a contract for several years (I believe 5).
Think about those times you go shooting, and how easy it is to plink through 100 rounds. What does it take you... 30 minutes maybe?
These departments need to train also. DHS employs more than 200 thousand federal workers, not to mention its contracted ones. Do the math:
Lets just pretend that all 200k use guns, and that none of the contracted ones do. 200k people. 450 million rounds. 5 years.
That's only 450 rounds per year, per individual. Do you really think that's excessive? I used to buy 500 rounds a month or more.
The inflation of prices is because of panic buyers, and panic buyers only. Supply and demand. Nothing more, nothing less. People are scared they will lose all of their rights overnight, and are stockpiling everything they can get their hands on. It happened in 2008 (not as bad), and they weren't even trying to pass the massive gun legislation they are now.