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tangent4ronpaul
04-29-2013, 04:48 AM
Title: To limit the amount of ammunition purchased or possessed by certain Federal agencies for a 6-month period.

Introduced: Apr 26, 2013 (113th Congress)

Sponsor: Rep. Frank D. Lucas [R-OK3]

Status: Referred to Committee - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

http://dyn.realclearpolitics.com/congressional_bill_tracker/bill/113/hr1764

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tangent4ronpaul
04-29-2013, 04:57 AM
GOP aims to slow federal bullet buys
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/296471-gop-aims-to-slow-federal-bullet-buys

Republicans want to limit the number of bullets federal agencies can purchase so American gun owners can buy more.

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas have introduced a bill that would prohibit every government agency — except the military — from buying more ammunition each month, than the monthly average it purchased from 2001 to 2009.

The lawmakers say the Obama administration is buying up exceedingly high levels of ammunition in an attempt to limit the number of bullets the American public have access to on the open marketplace.

"President Obama has been adamant about curbing law-abiding Americans’ access and opportunities to exercise their Second Amendment rights," said Inhofe.

"One way the Obama Administration is able to do this is by limiting what’s available in the market with federal agencies purchasing unnecessary stockpiles of ammunition.”

The issue came to the forefront this week as the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee held a hearing on it, in which Republicans balked at the bulk levels of ammunition the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has amassed over the years.

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tod evans
04-29-2013, 05:08 AM
A much more palatable solution to me would be to eliminate the alphabet agencies altogether.

jmdrake
04-29-2013, 05:58 AM
A much more palatable solution to me would be to eliminate the alphabet agencies altogether.

^That. And at the very least limit their policing powers. Seriously, guns for Social Security inspectors? If they really need force to crack down on grandpa continuing to collect his dead wife's social security check, can't they call the FBI or on local law enforcement?

Edit: Still, it's a step in the right direction. I support it. And how can the Obama administration afford the bullets anyway with the so called "sequester"?

CPUd
04-29-2013, 08:07 AM
GOP aims to slow federal bullet buys
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/296471-gop-aims-to-slow-federal-bullet-buys

Republicans want to limit the number of bullets federal agencies can purchase so American gun owners can buy more.

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas have introduced a bill that would prohibit every government agency — except the military — from buying more ammunition each month, than the monthly average it purchased from 2001 to 2009.

The lawmakers say the Obama administration is buying up exceedingly high levels of ammunition in an attempt to limit the number of bullets the American public have access to on the open marketplace.

"President Obama has been adamant about curbing law-abiding Americans’ access and opportunities to exercise their Second Amendment rights," said Inhofe.

"One way the Obama Administration is able to do this is by limiting what’s available in the market with federal agencies purchasing unnecessary stockpiles of ammunition.”

The issue came to the forefront this week as the House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee held a hearing on it, in which Republicans balked at the bulk levels of ammunition the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has amassed over the years.

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They will LOL at this and say OK. If people looked at what they actually took delivery of, they would see that there is a downward trend over the last 5 years already.

Athan
04-29-2013, 08:21 AM
I say first this, then elimination of alphabet agencies. That way we get them to at least stop spending before we do the cuts.