Thank Obama, The Moron In The Oval Office

Barack 0bama is on track to eliminate shooting hobbies, even if it
breaks the Country. Thanks to all of you who voted for him.

Sooner or later he'll get around to something that affects YOU.

This is breaking news....

Georgia Arms is the 5th largest retailer of .223 Ammo in America. (they

sell 9 mm, .45, etc) They normally buy spent brass from the US

Dept of Defense - 'one time used' shell casings by our Military - from

training on Military bases, etc. They buy the brass and then re-load

for resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Shops, Gun Clubs, etc.



They normally buy 30,000 lbs of spent brass at a time.



This week the DoD (Dept of Defense) wrote a letter to 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 condition (which they have no use for). By The
Way
- The brass is NOW going to be sold by the DoD to China as scrap - For

less money than Ammo manufacturers have been paying for the shells
before
processing to destroy. 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. Any agenda working here?

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. Shell Casings he had already bought! THE BRASS HAS NO VALUE TO THE AMMO MAKER IF IT IS DESTROYED/SHREDDED/MELTED. HE ONLY USES IT TO RELOAD DIFFERENT CALIBERS - MAINLY .223 BULLETS.

Georgia Arms owner says that he will have to lay off at least Half of
his 60 Workers, within 2 - 3 months if the DoD no longer sells their spent
brass to him. He has 2 - 3 months inventory of shells to use. By summer - he's out.
You can read the info and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms here:

The Shootist Site
http://www.theshootist.net/

Georgia Arms Site:
http://Georgia-arms.com/

Well, what can I add to this news. Just that we have one dumb President sitting in the Oval office.

UPDATE To this article:
Actually, Department Of Defense has rescinded this directive and ordered the brass be "re-classified" so sales will continue to be allowed. But I'm sure they're working on the same result from another direction like a huge excise tax on ammunition and components to reload your own ammo.


Bob