The USA is suffering the most severe ammunition famine in living memory. Gun fanciers, fearing a Democrat crackdown on every American’s right to pack heat, are clearing shelves at ammo shops and hoarding cartridges.
AP reports that the Remington Arms Company’s factory in North Carolina is now working around the clock trying to supply insatiable demand for rifle, pistol and shotgun cartridges.
“We’ve had to add a fourth shift and go 24-7,” Remington spokesman Al Russo told the news wire. “It’s a phenomenon that I have not seen before in my 30 years in the business.”
The shortages are so bad that retail globocorp Wal-Mart has been forced to introduce rationing at the ammo counter in many of its stores. Depending on calibre, customers may be limited to purchases of just 50 rounds at a time. Apparently, classic .45 ACP pistol ammunition is especially scarce – a fairly good indication that it is in fact conservative Middle America rather than, say, inner-city criminals buying up all the ammo*.
Source/Full Story: The Register
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3 Comments
Most of the people I know who are stocking up are doing so because they think a civil war is almost inevitable. I have never heard anyone express a desire for this to happen, quite the opposite, in fact. There is this sense of dread that is palpable. I hope we get through the next few years ok. If we do, think of the fun we can have burning up all of that extra ammo.
Man…. you go hunting a website for information about frozen carrots, and you stumble on “ammo rationing at Walmart”. This is the best site I’ve found since Phyllis the Republican (or whatever her name is). I have to admit it, you know, Americans are the funniest people I’ve ever met. You guys keep stocking up on guns and ammo, the rest of us will carry on with the job of making the world a good place to live.
Cheers,
Doc
Hey Doc, thanks for commenting. I’d like to suggest to you that before you continue “making the world a good place to live” you might want to learn to stay on task, unless of course you suffer from ADHD.
Carrot info available here