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In reply to the discussion: Our country is sick! Massive ammo shortages in gun shops! [View all]mwrguy
(3,245 posts)47. Why do we allow people to manufacture their own ammunition with no regulation?
You can't distill your own booze without a federal license, but you can make as many deadly bullets as you want with no oversight and no way to track them from crime scenes.
This has to change.
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The mayors against guns should buy them all, then buy the business and shut them down
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#1
Once the court/law/candidates are changed, the world will be an anti-gun oyster
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#6
Hillary/Napolitano 16/20 Michelle24 Michelle/Schlossberg28 Schlossberg 32 36
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#13
How many folks have mayors shot, like CCWers such as Zimmy, Holmes, Stawicki, & other CCW'd yahoos?
Hoyt
Mar 2013
#46
A classroom ankle deep in the blood of first graders tends to upset and disgust normal people
Fumesucker
Mar 2013
#84
Every other reason for having a gun has been rebuked. There is no other.
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#18
Even reloading equipment and supplies are in short supply with long back-order times
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#20
"It started right around the election, as soon as President Obama mentioned gun control"
bullwinkle428
Mar 2013
#22
All the gun shops I drive past in GA always have "Sale!" banners out front.
RiffRandell
Mar 2013
#27
We are not sick because of drones,wars, poverty, health care...but people buying before prices go up
The Straight Story
Mar 2013
#28
Not at all, unless your area has some kind of fire code that limits storage of ammunition
slackmaster
Mar 2013
#55
Gun manufacturers should have to display photos of mangled corpses and wounded people
Lint Head
Mar 2013
#35
there was a line that stretched a mile-long to get into the gun show in san diego..
frylock
Mar 2013
#40
And this is why its not unreasonable for a regular shooter to keep 10K of ammo on hand
aikoaiko
Mar 2013
#58