Sunday, November 1, 2009

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Posted by Frank Smith at 1.11.09

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Anonymous said...

Bullets are speeding faster out of gun shops in U.S.
A SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION
Demand is up despite drop in crime rate

By David A. Fahrenthold and Fredrick Kunkle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious sign of their demand: empty ammunition shelves.

At points during the past year, bullets have been selling faster than factories could make them.

Gun owners have bought about 12 billion rounds of ammunition in the past year, industry officials estimate. That's up from 7 billion to 10 billion in a normal year.

It has happened, oddly, at a time when the two concerns that usually make people buy guns and bullets -- crime and increased gun control -- seem less threatening than usual.

November 3, 2009 at 1:15 AM

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