Activists on the left leaning on Biden to forbid an ammo manufacturer from selling their product commercially have hit a roadblock.
Attorneys-general from twenty-six states have linked arms to stop it.
At the center of the controversy is an ammunition plant in Missouri: Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which happens to be one of the nation’s largest ammunition plants. An activist group has been pressuring Stefanie Feldman, director of Biden’s shiny new “White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention” to forbid the plant from selling ammunition to the general public.The letter from the AGs are calling on Biden to disregard that request.
Among the list of “errors” the GOP AGs point out that their Democrat colleages allege that ammunition manufactured for “military use” does not belong in communities.
“First, the ammunition manufactured at Lake City and sold into the commercial market is not the primary rifle cartridge used by the United States military. The primary cartridge is proprietary to the Army and may not be sold commercially,” the AGs note.
“Second, while the United States military purchases and uses a particular type of ammunition, that is not determinative as to whether it is “military ammunition” that should be banned for public use,” they write.
“If the United States military using ammunition precluded that ammunition’s use by civilians, then other widely and commonly available ammunition, including 9mm and 12-gauge shotshells, would also be prohibited for public use,” they argued, adding that Supreme Court precedent “does not support such an openly artificial distinction.” —FoxNews
Not only is that request based on some critical flaws in logic, but if they get their way, it could potentially hurt national security and military readiness in the very same way that our shipbuilding capacity has suffered.
The AGs argued that the Democrats’ efforts would undermine national security. “Gun control advocates are firing blanks when they contend that taxpayers are subsidizing mass shooters. They get causality backward. The law-abiding target shooters and gun owners who buy Lake City ammunition are subsidizing national defense and military readiness,” they argue.
They note that the Defense Department “sought to avoid a situation when the military needs surge due to a real-world conflict, ammunition is not readily available,” adding that ammunition availability requires facilities, production equipment, a skilled workforce, and supply chains to remain in constant operation.
“Machines and production cannot be turned on like the flip of a switch. It takes time to hire and train the highly skilled workers needed to operate production lines to manufacture the highest quality ammunition for U.S. warfighters. Commercial production has allowed Lake City, and its suppliers, to maintain steady labor, maximize equipment run time, ensure a stable supply base, and provide a level of readiness to the U.S. military that would not otherwise be available,” they added. —FoxNews
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