Scary if true

Sorry, wasn't sure what topic this thread belonged under...this was forwarded to me by a friend.



This is totally crazy and it should make you want to slap the hell out

Of the idiots we have in Washington DC. (I felt that way before reading this)



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

Sell 9mm, .45, .223 ammunition. They normally buy spent brass from the

US Department of Defense. Spent brass is "one time used" shell cases

Used by our Military for training purposes.



They buy the brass, recondition it, and then reload the brass for

Resale to Law Enforcement, Gun Clubs, Gun Shops, and stores like

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



This week the DoD wrote a letter to the owner of Georgia Arms and

Informed him that from now on the DoD will be destroying the spent

Brass, shredding it. It will no longer be available to the ammo makers,

Unless they 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 the ammo makers have been paying,

Plus the DoD has to pay to have the brass shredded and do the

Accounting paperwork.



This sure helps the economy now doesn't it? Sell cheaper to China , and

Do not sell at all to a proven US business. Any hidden agenda working

Here? Obama going after the Firearms Industry and our ammunition!!

The Georgia Arms owner even related a story that one of his competitors

Had already purchased a load of brass last week. The DoD contacted him

This week and said they were sending someone over to make sure it was

Destroyed. Shell cases he had already bought!



The brass has no value to the ammo maker if it is

Destroyed/shredded/melted.

The ammo manufacturer only uses the empty brass cases to reload

Different calibers, mainly .223 bullets.



The owner of Georgia Arms says that he will have to lay off at least

Half of his 60 workers, within 2-3 months if the DoD will no longer

Sell spent brass cases to the industry. Georgia Arms has 2-3 months of

Inventory to use, by summer they're out.



If the Reloading Industry has to purchase new manufacture brass cases,

Then the cost of ammunition will double or even triple, plus Obama

Wants to add a 500% tax on each shell.



You can read the information and see the DoD letter to Georgia Arms

Here:

The Shootist Site

http://www.theshootist.net/2009/03/dod-ends-sale-of-expended-ilitary.html

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Eshootist.net/2009/03/DOD-ends-sale-of-expended-military.HTML



If you're not outraged at what this administration is doing you

Should be! Be Afraid! Be Very Very Afraid! Get involved! It's Your

Freedom and Our Country They're Stealing! If You Fail to Act Now, there

May not be a Free United States tomorrow!



I implore you to get involved and forward this to as many people

As you can. Contact your legislators and put them on notice, We're fed

Up with what's going on in the name of stimulating our economy!

Although outrageous, I did a little research and discovered the directive was rescinded 5 days later.

Are you positive it was rescinded or was it just a cover up.