June 18, 2022. Story based on NRA Institute for Legislative Action report: Last week, it was reported by the Biden administration that they want to restrict the sale of ammunition made in Lake City. Biden’s team plans to ban the commercial (public) sale of 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition made at the Lake City Ammunition Plant, Missouri. The move could lead to a decrease in commercial production of 5.56x45mm NATO ammunition (.223 Rem) by more than 30%. The overall supply of centerfire.223 Rem ammunition and 5.56×45 ammunition could be significantly reduced. This would cause a significant increase in the price of all ammunition. Lake City-produced ammunition has been available for the private commercial market for a long time. According to some estimates, Lake City produces one-third of all 5.56×45 ammunition that is available to U.S. consumers. Larry Keane (NSSF Senior V.P.) broke the news. General Counsel. Keane published this tweet last week: “The U.S. Military is actively contemplating closing down the sale [of] the M855/SS109 ammo to Lake City to the market.” Lake City Ammunition Plant Produces More Than 1 Billion Rounds Each Year
Lake City is an expansive ammunition plant in Independence Missouri. It was originally built by Remington in 1941 to produce and test ammunition for the U.S. Army. It is currently owned and operated by private contractors. It produces well over a million rounds of ammunition annually. Commentary on the Potential Ammunition Sales Restrictions:
The Truth about Guns Blog commented that “The motivation is obvious. The Biden administration wants to increase ammunition prices, making it more expensive for gun owners. This includes the scary black rifles that the president claims are only good at killing people and bringing down Kevlar-wearing deer. The Biden administration is trying to make it as expensive as possible to shoot most AR-15 rifles for Americans who have between 20 and 25 millions AR-platform guns. According to the NRA-ILA, “Gun prohibition advocates long wanted to ban the AR-15 and all other semiautomatic long guns. Joe Biden is fond of boasting that he wrote the 1994 ‘assault weapons ban’ that Bill Clinton signed into law. The ban was allowed to expire ten years later by Congress after a Department of Justice sponsored study failed to show that it had any significant crime reduction benefits. Second Amendment supporters will recall that the Obama/Biden administration targeted the same [5.56×45] round under the pretense of renaming them “armor-piercing ammunition”, which is prohibited from being sold commercially by federal law. The Second Amendment community was furious and Obama’s ATF director B. Todd Jones quit his job. “Similar Posts”:Tags ATF, Biden Lake City Ammunition Larry Keane, NSSF
