Joe Bruchis -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 JB> Ed Hulett wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:

 EH>> I read an article that said .223 ammo is virtually non-existent in
 EH>> the private sector. They are even having trouble finding jacketed
 EH>> lead for reloading.

 JB> Many have recognized, the first step to abolishing guns is to abolish
 JB> ammo. This is true. All legal ammo for hand guns is becoming harder to
 JB> find and much more expensinve. The "survivalists" have a
rule of thumb
 JB> stating one should have at least 1000 rounds of ammo for the
"day" that
 JB> is on the horizon, when it will be needed. Most of them bought and
 JB> stored their ammo already. It is we that will have the problem.  We
 JB> won't find ammo anywhere, in the next five years or so. That will render
 JB> our hand guns useless. So, no new guns will be sold and old guns will be
 JB> empty.  What a sweet plan.

A few years back I read an article that outlined just that plan - that if
they couldn't go after the guns directly, they would make it more difficult
to obtain the ammunition rendering the guns useless.

Ed

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