{"id":2517,"date":"2023-11-14T13:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:23:04","slug":"jernalizm-the-ny-times-bumbling-attempt-to-blame-an-ammo-maker-for-mass-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2517","title":{"rendered":"Jernalizm: The NY Times&#8217; Bumbling Attempt to Blame an Ammo Maker for Mass Shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shutterstock\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"461\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-696x461.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-696x461.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-700x464.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-1068x707.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-1920x1272.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-634x420.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-560x371.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"5.56 NATO ammunition ammo\" title=\"5.56 NATO ammunition ammo\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#634651530f0606231002054d0c1104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Lee Williams<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The actual shot-callers behind the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s war on guns and the Second Amendment have certainly been creative in the steps they\u2019ve taken toward achieving their goal of total civilian disarmament.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">These unelected bureaucrats have targeted \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/was-the-gun-used-by-the-orlando-shooter-a-weapon-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weapons of war<\/a>\u201d as they like to call them, which prompted several weak-kneed retailers to strip the country\u2019s most popular rifles from their shelves. Through their toadies at ATF, Team Biden has targeted homemade firearm kits, after-market triggers, pistol braces and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">They have lobbied banks and credit card firms to shut off access to credit and capital, and they have threatened shippers who move firearms, ammunition and accessories across state lines. Of course, no one has paid a higher price in the administration\u2019s war than law-abiding gun dealers, who face the loss of their livelihood for even the most minor of clerical errors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">None of these moves happened in a vacuum. All of them relied upon the media to garner public support.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Now, it appears that ammunition manufacturers have been targeted for termination. Evidently, it\u2019s their turn, so the Biden-Harris administration turned to their friends in the legacy media to lead the charge, and there are no more loyal sycophants than the \u00fcber-woke, anti-gun reporters at <i>The New York Times<\/i>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">An A-1 story published Sunday, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/army-ammunition-factory-takeaways.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S.<\/span><\/a>,\u201d chronicles the newspaper\u2019s \u201cinvestigation\u201d of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which is located in Independence, Missouri. Built during World War II, Lake City is overseen by the Army\u2019s Joint Munitions Command and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/winchester-takes-over-operation-of-the-armys-lake-city-ammunition-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">operated by Olin Winchester<\/a> since 2020.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Everything you need to know about the newspaper\u2019s \u201cinvestigation\u201d is summed up in the story\u2019s secondary headline: \u201cIn recent years, the factory has also pumped billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition into the commercial market, an investigation by <em>The New York Times<\/em> found, leaving the \u2018LC\u2019 signature scattered across crime scenes, including the sites of some of the nation\u2019s most heinous mass shootings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In other words, mass shootings aren\u2019t just the fault of the mass shooter. In NYT-world, the ammunition manufacturer somehow bears responsibility as well.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_510421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-510421\" style=\"width: 877px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-510421 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Lake City Ammunition Plant\" width=\"877\" height=\"491\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM.png 877w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-700x392.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-770x431.png 770w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM.png\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-510421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM.png\" alt=\"Lake City Ammunition Plant\" width=\"877\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM.png 877w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-700x392.png 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-01-at-9.29.55-AM-770x431.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-510421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lake City Ammunition Plant (courtesy US Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">Journalistically, the story is utterly devoid of balance. Of its 106 paragraphs, only one sentence actually tells the actual truth and offsets the flawed narrative its authors seek to drive home in the remaining 105 paragraphs:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cThe vast majority of Lake City rounds sold by retailers have gone to law-abiding citizens, from hunters and farmers to target shooters,\u201d the story states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The authors never bother to mention the millions of American troops who have used Lake City ammunition to defend their own lives, the lives of their teammates and the nation. They leave out the law enforcement officers who are alive today because of Lake City\u2019s dependable products, and they never once mention the millions of law-abiding American gun owners who rely upon Lake City to defend themselves and their families.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Instead, the authors list more than a dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/gun-violence-archive-generating-exactly-the-gun-violence-stats-the-anti-gun-media-love-to-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass shootings<\/a>, in which brass head-stamped at Lake City was allegedly recovered: Parkland, Aurora, the Tree of Life Synagogue, Uvalde, Buffalo and more. The authors even imply that Lake City made the rounds used in Lewiston, Maine, where the shooter allegedly used a .308 caliber rifle. \u201cThe authorities in Lewiston, Maine, declined to release ballistic information about the mass shooting there last month that resulted in 18 deaths,\u201d the story states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b>Sourcing concerns<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">Chris Hixon was the athletic director at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school until he was shot and killed during the 2018 mass murder while trying valiantly to disarm the shooter. The authors interviewed his son, Tom Hixon, who serves on Michael Bloomberg\u2019s Everytown for Gun Safety advisory board.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Hixon wasn\u2019t aware Lake City made the ammunition used during the shooting, and according to the story, he didn\u2019t think it really mattered.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cMr. Hixon did not blame the government or the Army for his father\u2019s death, he said in an interview. If the gunman hadn\u2019t bought Lake City rounds, he would have bought ammunition made elsewhere,\u201d the story states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In other words, not even a hand-picked anti-gun activist supports the narrative that <i>The New York Times<\/i> is trying to cram down its readers\u2019 throats.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_517328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-517328\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-517328 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"New York Times\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1605\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-700x439.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-1536x963.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-2048x1284.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-696x436.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-1068x670.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-1920x1204.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-670x420.jpg 670w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-scaled.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-517328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"New York Times\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-700x439.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-1536x963.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-2048x1284.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-696x436.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-1068x670.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-1920x1204.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/AP330850225439-670x420.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-517328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Mark Lennihan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">There are other issues with the story.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">According to four \u201cunnamed sources,\u201d who the <i>Times<\/i> claims were \u201cwere not authorized to speak publicly,\u201d Lake City managers were concerned their rounds would be found at \u201chigh-profile\u201d crime scenes, and one of the four anonymous sources said their managers were \u201cterrified\u201d that journalists would make a connection to the plant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">That four Lake City employees would risk their jobs and their families\u2019 future by talking off-the-record to reporters \u2013 much less reporters from <i>The New York Times<\/i> \u2013 is extremely hard to believe.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b>Real news?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">The <i>Times<\/i> story, if it is to be believed, might actually contain some good news for gun owners. It dissected the rumors that claimed Lake City was considering ending commercial sales, which would have shut off a major source of 5.56mm ammunition for the civilian market.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Congressman Sam Graves, a Republican who represents Missouri\u2019s Sixth District, along with dozens of other lawmakers warned the Biden-Harris administration in a letter that stopping commercial sales at the Lake City plant would violate the Second Amendment.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cA White House spokesman, responding on social media, denied such a plan, and later, so did the Defense Department,\u201d the story states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><b>Takeaways<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p3\">If you accept the <em>Times<\/em> reporter\u2019s argument, then Ford, Chevrolet, and Dodge must be held accountable for millions of deaths, too, far more than any ammo plant in rural Missouri.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> And let\u2019s not even talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/pic1.calcalist.co.il\/picserver3\/wcm_upload_dev\/2023\/10\/23\/Hy3t00Qza\/NonASCIIFile_37503278.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toyota and their pickup trucks<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Still, it\u2019s obvious that the Biden-Harris administration will use this story and the dozens of others that will likely follow.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542996\" style=\"width: 1713px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-542996 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"lake city ammunition ammo pallet\" width=\"1713\" height=\"1273\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet.jpg 1713w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-700x520.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-696x517.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-1068x794.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-565x420.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-560x416.jpg 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1713px) 100vw, 1713px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-542996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet.jpg\" alt=\"lake city ammunition ammo pallet\" width=\"1713\" height=\"1273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet.jpg 1713w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-700x520.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-485x360.jpg 485w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-696x517.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-1068x794.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-565x420.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lake-city-pallet-560x416.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1713px) 100vw, 1713px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished boxes of the commercial ammunition are palletized at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. (Image: Captain Steven M. Noe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cThe site was built for the military, but commercial sales are booming with little public accountability. Rounds have been bought by murderers, antigovernment groups and others,\u201d the story states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It\u2019s the mention of <i>public accountability<\/i> here that betrays the administration\u2019s intent. We will likely see yet another push for background checks on ammunition purchases, a law that\u2019s already on the books in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/ninth-circuit-grants-emergency-stay-california-ammo-background-check-law-again-in-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several states<\/a>, including New York where it\u2019s been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/new-yorks-new-ammunition-background-check-system-is-the-disaster-everyone-knew-it-would-be\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complete disaster<\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">For gun owners, there can be only one takeaway from a story such as this: they\u2019ll be going after our ammunition next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/jernalizm-the-ny-times-bumbling-attempt-to-blame-an-ammo-maker-for-mass-shootings\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutterstock By Lee Williams\u00a0 The actual shot-callers behind the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s war on guns and the Second Amendment have certainly been creative in the steps they\u2019ve taken toward achieving their goal of total civilian disarmament.\u00a0 These unelected bureaucrats have targeted \u201cweapons of war\u201d as they like to call them, which prompted several weak-kneed retailers to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2517","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}