Sooooo,...what if Biden says prioritizing ammo sales to municipalities over private purchasers is a national security matter and by proclamation says we can all suck hind teet until the cops can stock up?
https://www.police1.com/police-products/firearms/accessories/ammunition/articles/mich-pds-scramble-to-find-rounds-amid-nationwide-shortage-JV4Ho313qLrTDxxn/
While all ammunition is scarce, experts say it's particularly hard to find 9mm rounds — long the most popular for consumers, and the caliber many police departments recently adopted for their handguns, after years using more expensive .40 caliber rounds.
"For 9mm ammo, it used to be $15 for a box of 50 rounds; now, on the cheap side, it's $42 per box," Allen said.
But police are scrambling to find rounds of all calibers. The problem is so acute, Paw Paw Police Chief Eric Marshall said he plans to make the 330-mile roundtrip drive across the state to Firing Line to pick up 250 rounds of .40 caliber cartridges.
Allen is offering the rounds to Marshall and other cops at cost — which for .40 caliber cartridges is about $1 per round, up from about 30 cents prior to the shortage. Some sellers are asking about $2 per round for .40 caliber cartridges that as recently as last year sold for 50-70 cents per round.
"Many departments do tactical training with live ammo, but there's not enough ammo to do that now," said Marshall, who added he's waiting for two rifles he ordered from Allen to come in before trekking across the state.
He acknowledged it's a long drive for a mere 250 rounds — 25 each for his force of 10 officers — but he said he's desperate.
"You've got to get it wherever you can," he said. "When I found out I could get my hands on some ammo, I jumped on it."
Taylor Police Chief John Blair said his department doesn't have enough ammunition stockpiled to conduct the biannual handgun qualification training in May and September.
"There's not much we can do because that's not enough ammo to do the qualification, and we can't find it anywhere," he said. "We're struggling; we've been calling all over the country."
Blair said his department also has cut back on officers' department range time.
"We'll have open range a couple times a month where we'll open for four hours, and the officers can come in and shoot," he said. "But we had to cut back because we don't have the ammo. It's a huge concern.
"We just got brand new rifles, and we can't find the ammo to qualify officers with them and get those weapons on the street. We have some (of the new rifles deployed) already, but we're trying to expand that, and it's just not happening."
https://www.police1.com/police-products/firearms/accessories/ammunition/articles/mich-pds-scramble-to-find-rounds-amid-nationwide-shortage-JV4Ho313qLrTDxxn/
While all ammunition is scarce, experts say it's particularly hard to find 9mm rounds — long the most popular for consumers, and the caliber many police departments recently adopted for their handguns, after years using more expensive .40 caliber rounds.
"For 9mm ammo, it used to be $15 for a box of 50 rounds; now, on the cheap side, it's $42 per box," Allen said.
But police are scrambling to find rounds of all calibers. The problem is so acute, Paw Paw Police Chief Eric Marshall said he plans to make the 330-mile roundtrip drive across the state to Firing Line to pick up 250 rounds of .40 caliber cartridges.
Allen is offering the rounds to Marshall and other cops at cost — which for .40 caliber cartridges is about $1 per round, up from about 30 cents prior to the shortage. Some sellers are asking about $2 per round for .40 caliber cartridges that as recently as last year sold for 50-70 cents per round.
"Many departments do tactical training with live ammo, but there's not enough ammo to do that now," said Marshall, who added he's waiting for two rifles he ordered from Allen to come in before trekking across the state.
He acknowledged it's a long drive for a mere 250 rounds — 25 each for his force of 10 officers — but he said he's desperate.
"You've got to get it wherever you can," he said. "When I found out I could get my hands on some ammo, I jumped on it."
Taylor Police Chief John Blair said his department doesn't have enough ammunition stockpiled to conduct the biannual handgun qualification training in May and September.
"There's not much we can do because that's not enough ammo to do the qualification, and we can't find it anywhere," he said. "We're struggling; we've been calling all over the country."
Blair said his department also has cut back on officers' department range time.
"We'll have open range a couple times a month where we'll open for four hours, and the officers can come in and shoot," he said. "But we had to cut back because we don't have the ammo. It's a huge concern.
"We just got brand new rifles, and we can't find the ammo to qualify officers with them and get those weapons on the street. We have some (of the new rifles deployed) already, but we're trying to expand that, and it's just not happening."
