{"id":2796,"date":"2024-01-11T03:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2024-01-11T03:30:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:30:19","slug":"20-states-lobby-biden-admin-to-stop-civilian-sales-of-lake-city-5-56x45-ammo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2796","title":{"rendered":"20 States Lobby Biden Admin To Stop Civilian Sales of Lake City 5.56&#215;45 Ammo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG.jpg\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Letitia-James-NYAG.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Letitia James NYAG\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>NY Attorney General hates the thought of everyday Americans owning firearms.\u00a0 She works tirelessly to attack gun owners at every turn, including trying to run the NRA out of business. As if her current civil corruption trial of Wayne LaPierre isn\u2019t enough, on Wednesday she launched a new front in her war for civilian disarmament: surplus Lake City 5.56 ammo.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s partnered with 19 other state attorneys general to prod the Biden Administration to shut down civilian sales of excess Lake City 5.56\u00d745 ammunition. While that might not sound like a big deal, that ammo represents 30% of civilian sales of that flavor of AR-food.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_542994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542994\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-542994\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"5.56 NATO ammunition ammo\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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-696x461.jpg 696w, 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\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-scaled.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-542994\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"5.56 NATO ammunition ammo\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/5.56-ammunition-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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-696x461.jpg 696w, 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: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-542994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If they\u2019re successful, that will sharply tighten supplies of 5.56 and cause prices to head back toward $1 per round.<\/p>\n<p>And everyday Americans \u2013 the little people \u2013 will have fewer choices of affordable ammunition for self-defense and personal protection as Letitia James and these other blue state attorneys general play politics with your right to self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2024\/attorney-general-james-leads-multistate-coalition-stop-sales-military-grade\">Letitia James\u2019 press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>NEW YORK \u2013 New York Attorney General Letitia James led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/letters\/lake-city-multistate-letter.pdf\">calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade ammunition for sale to civilians<\/a>, including to perpetrators of horrific recent mass shootings. Attorney General James and the coalition sent a letter asking the Office to investigate how a facility overseen by the U.S. Army, Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (Lake City), produced billions of rounds of ammunition that were sold on the civilian market, and asked the Office to ensure that future military production contracts prohibit the sale of military-subsidized weapons and ammunition to civilians.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cMilitary-grade weapons and ammunition do not belong in our homes or in our communities,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Attorney General James<\/strong>. \u201cAmmunition made at Lake City has been used to kill American civilians in devastating recent mass shootings, including the Tops Supermarket massacre in Buffalo. The continued sale of this ammunition on the private market puts everyone at risk. I\u2019m proud to join with my fellow attorneys general to raise this important issue and help ensure that weapons of war don\u2019t make their way onto our streets.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Lake City is a manufacturing facility operated by a private contractor and overseen by the U.S. Army. It is one of the country\u2019s largest manufacturers of military ammunition, able to produce some 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition per year, much of it for use in AR-15-style rifles. Its commercial operations have sold billions of rounds onto the civilian market, and recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/11\/us\/army-ammunition-factory-shootings.html\">reporting from the New York Times<\/a>\u00a0has\u00a0shown its products have been used in mass shootings and other crimes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The coalition of attorneys general notes that Lake City rounds have become the \u201cammunition of choice\u201d for use in mass shootings, citing shootings at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, as recent examples where Lake City rounds were used. The Buffalo mass shooter even praised Lake City ammunition as \u201cthe best barrier penetration ammo I can get.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The federal government has invested over $860 million to improve production at Lake City, meaning taxpayer funds are subsidizing production of these dangerous rounds sold to civilians. The coalition led by Attorney General James is calling on the White House of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate the contracting and manufacturing practices that led to military-grade rounds being sold to civilians, issue a public report with recommendations about how to keep military ammunition out of civilian hands, and take steps over the long term to ensure that future production contracts prohibit the sale of military weapons and ammunition to civilians.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Joining Attorney General James in sending the letter to the White House are the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai\u2018i, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Attorney General James has consistently taken action to stop gun violence and protect communities by limiting the spread of dangerous weapons. Earlier in December, Attorney General James\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2023\/attorney-general-james-takes-action-stop-illegal-gun-trafficking\">led a multistate coalition<\/a>\u00a0of attorneys general supporting a new ATF rule to limit unlicensed gun sales. In November, Attorney General James\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2023\/attorney-general-james-releases-statement-successful-defense-new-york-gun-law\">successfully defended against Second Amendment challenges in six cases in the New York State Court of Appeals<\/a>\u00a0involving gun possession charges. In May, Attorney General James\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2023\/attorney-general-james-sues-gun-accessory-manufacturer-aiding-buffalo-shooter\">sued a gun accessory manufacturer that aided the Buffalo mass shooter<\/a>. In April, Attorney General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2023\/attorney-general-james-announces-751-guns-turned-syracuse-gun-buyback-and-more-0\">James took action to remove more than 3,000 guns off New York\u2019s streets in a single day<\/a>\u00a0through the first-ever statewide gun buyback program. In March, Attorney General James and the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2023\/attorney-general-james-and-ny-drug-enforcement-task-force-take-down-ghost-gun\">took down a firearm and drug trafficking operation<\/a>\u00a0that illegally sold guns, including ghost guns and assault weapons, in New York City. Also in March, Attorney General James\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2023\/attorney-general-james-stops-gun-distributors-shipping-ghost-gun-parts-new-york\">secured a court order<\/a>\u00a0banning 10 gun distributors from selling and shipping ghost gun parts into New York. In June 2022, Attorney General James\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2022\/attorney-general-james-sues-national-gun-distributors-fueling-gun-violence-crisis\">sued 10 national gun distributors<\/a>\u00a0for bringing ghost gun parts into New York.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Time will tell how much sway the Biden regime has with the private vendor running the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, you can check out this three-minute video about the Lake City plant.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"WQquwkALxa4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lake City Army Ammunition Plant - Purpose, Pride, Military\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQquwkALxa4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/span><\/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\/20-states-lobby-biden-admin-to-stop-civilian-sales-of-lake-city-5-56x45-ammo\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 NY Attorney General hates the thought of everyday Americans owning firearms.\u00a0 She works tirelessly to attack gun owners at every turn, including trying to run the NRA out of business. As if her current civil corruption trial of Wayne LaPierre isn\u2019t enough, on Wednesday she launched a new front in her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2796","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\/2796","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=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}