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« Your tax dollars at work | Main | Revival of "assault weapon ban"? »

DoD backs down on destruction of fired cases

Posted by David Hardy · 18 March 2009 07:13 AM

I was delaying reference to this, trying to gather more info, but apparently the Dept of Defense has sold expended cartridges to companies that reload, but recently announced that it would cease doing so and only transfer cartridge casings after they'd been mangled into scrap. It's now reported that DoD had backed down.

UPDATE: the NRA press release confirms that Sen. Baccus & Tester, and Rep. Rehberg, played key roles. Since they're all from Montana, that'd bear out the Montana folks' role.

2 Comments | Leave a comment

Storyteller | March 18, 2009 7:48 AM | Reply

I have been following this story after hearing the interview on the Gun Talk radio program Sunday afternoon. After emails to Glenn Reynolds, calls to representatives and NRA-ILA it would seem the problem was resolved very quickly. NRA would only comment that they were "aware" and would have a statement shortly. I give credit to the NRA for helping resolve the situation under the table without embarassment to the DOD. It would seen that this may have been a mid-level decision that was not run by folks at the very top. Thanks to Tom Gresham for getting the word out quickly and being accurate with his sources.

Diogenes | March 18, 2009 8:45 AM | Reply

It would seen that this may have been a mid-level decision that was not run by folks at the very top.

That would seem very plausible. I kinda' felt that it was a little early in the Obama administration for this sort of "stealth ban" effort. Considering that this was a very "low level" threat affecting a small constituency(ignoring for a moment the effect on LEA training costs), the fact that we were able to get it reversed so quickly(and relatively quietly) is quite gratifying and bodes well for later, graver battles.

The mid-level bureaucrat theory also makes me think that a little low level investigation by the IG might be a good idea. IMO, more likely than Obama "grand plans" is somebody in either a gov't or contractor position taking a bribe to reduce competition in the LEA ammunition marketplace.

Jus' sayin'...

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