A recent article from the BG Daily News discussed the rising costs of gun ammunition and how it could end up costing taxpayers. If you are not familiar with this issue ever since President Obama took office there has been a big rush on hand guns and ammunition. Many fear that Mr. Obama would tried to pass tougher gun restrictions and would attempt to use back door tactics to eventually seize weapons. Much of this panic is about nothing. Mr Obama and Congress has much tougher policy decisions on economic recovery, healthcare reform and the war on terrorism much less to approach a hot topic as gun rights. However absurd the rumors and fears it has led to one thing; an increase on gun and ammunition sales and the rise on prices as well.
With people spending all their income reserves to buy ammo it is causing some hurt on taxpayers. Police departments and other government agencies that conduct weapons proficiency training are finding it harder to find the right type of ammunition and the prices in some cases have doubled. Here in Bowling Green, the BGPD has started buying extra ammo each purchase to help build a surplus to prevent training stoppage because of ammo shortages. The gun industry has taken advantaged of the irrational behavior of consumers by raising prices, even though the price to make ammo has not gone up.
I am a firm believer in the 2nd Amendment, but find it ridiculous how paranoid people are of phantom legislation. And because of them we must all pay.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
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