Department of Defense Reverses Ammunition Directive Due to Public Outcry

  Every once in a while the people rise up and make their voices heard so loudly that the government has to listen. The last time that the people rose up in anger and stopped legislation from being passed was the Bush/McCain/Kennedy illegal alien amnesty bill. The American people wrote letters and emails, blogged and called senators and representatives in such large numbers that the government had to listen and vote down the amnesty bill.

  Today the American people have risen again and stopped a directive by the Department of Defense that stipulated that used bullet cases would no longer be sold to ammunition retailers for reloading and would be scrapped instead. The Department of Defense has rescinded that order based on the outrage that ensued.

Shipley said thousands of calls, letters and e-mails went to the DOD and to lawmakers to protest the now-rescinded order, which would have made the brass available only as useless scrap metal to be sold to China and other countries. 

  This directive from the DOD was the first salvo fired (pardon the pun) towards gun owners by this administration. The first target of this administration when it comes to the second amendment was and is  ammunition. This was a stealth attack on the right to bear arms and it might have been having some effect as ammunition all across the country is in high demand and manufacturers can’t keep up production to the levels required. As a result prices for ammunition have risen dramatically over the last few months.

  Today the people fought back and gained a victory, so much pressure was put on that the Department of Defense had no choice but to rescind the directive on destroying used shell casings. 

  We may have one this battle, but it was just the first battle. We can’t let our guard down because the attack on the second amendment has just started.