{"id":2513,"date":"2023-11-13T15:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2513"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:21:12","slug":"breaking-ny-times-exclusive-news-bulletin-lake-city-army-plant-makes-ar-15-ammo-and-has-sold-some-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2513","title":{"rendered":"Breaking NY Times Exclusive News Bulletin: Lake City Army Plant Makes AR-15 Ammo and Has Sold Some to the Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"396\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-696x396.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-696x396.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-700x399.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-738x420.jpg 738w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1-560x319.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lake-City-1.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Lake City Ammunition Plant\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, built during World War II, has long been operated for the federal government by private contractors. Over the past decade, a New York Times investigation found, the site has increasingly produced rounds for the commercial market as military demand has diminished.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Army says the commercial business is meant to keep the factory in good working order so that military production can be quickly ramped up, while also reducing the cost of its ammunition. The current contractor, Olin Winchester, did not respond to inquiries from The Times. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>By reviewing annual reports, earnings-call transcripts and government documents, and interviewing more than 40 former employees and others with knowledge of Lake City\u2019s operations, The Times was able to determine that the site, in Independence, Mo., had manufactured hundreds of millions of rounds for the commercial market every year since at least 2011. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The vast majority of Lake City rounds sold by retailers have gone to law-abiding citizens, including hunters, farmers and target shooters. Some are drawn to them because they are made with the same materials and often to the same specifications as the military\u2019s, while others see them as an authentic accessory for their tactical weapons and gear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>But some Lake City rounds have been seized from drug dealers, violent felons, antigovernment groups, rioters at the U.S. Capitol and smugglers for Mexican cartels. They were confiscated from a man in Massachusetts who threatened to assassinate President Barack Obama and from a man at Los Angeles International Airport after he fired at a civilian and three T.S.A. agents, killing one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Ben Dooley in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/army-ammunition-factory-takeaways.html?searchResultPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside the Army Factory That Makes AR-15 Ammunition: 4 Takeaways<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/breaking-ny-times-exclusive-news-bulletin-lake-city-army-plant-makes-ar-15-ammo-and-has-sold-some-to-the-public\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 The Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, built during World War II, has long been operated for the federal government by private contractors. Over the past decade, a New York Times investigation found, the site has increasingly produced rounds for the commercial market as military demand has diminished. 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