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In your eyes, it's probably a waste too, in my eyes it's not. That's why we have different makes of coffee pots. Differing opinions. Doesn't make either of us right or wrong, it just makes us different.
You and I must be reading different threads. I am making a point that 1.4 billion rounds (ordered by DHS) might be a little overkill since, according to my limited internet research, 5 billion rounds fired by U.S. Troops in Vietnam.
That is 1.4 billion ordered by the government.
Cool your jets on the snark. We're on the same side.
"Nobody needs that many bullets! What are they gonna do start a war???!!!" - the typical hysterical nanny stater
Ha Ha. When ammo was tight, I ran into a Big 5 having a SALE on 9mm for 9 bucks a box. I cleaned them out and when I got to the counter with the 42 boxes, the cashier girl asked me the same question, "Are you planning on starting a war?" My answer then is my answer now, there is simply no such thing as too much ammo.
I always felt about 10-12 thousand rounds each of all the popular calibers, a few thousand of other calibers,
and a few thousand of the more expensive expanding types. Especially the caliber you carry.
Shotgun ammo is another chapter!
It doesn't go bad and worse case, it will become a type of currency.
I need a calculator!
I love to shoot and to reload. I earn the money that pays for my hobby and trespass against no one. I currently have right at 4000 rounds of 45 ACP and can load up to double that if I like. As others have said, if you love target shooting it is easy to burn through a lot of bullets in a single day.
You and I must be reading different threads. I am making a point that 1.4 billion rounds (ordered by DHS) might be a little overkill since, according to my limited internet research, 5 billion rounds fired by U.S. Troops in Vietnam.
That is 1.4 billion ordered by the government.
Cool your jets on the snark. We're on the same side.
Oh, my bad.
To be honest, I'm not on a 'side'. I'm a bleeding-heart eeeeebil Librul who happens to like guns and support our second amendment rights.
Those 1.4 BILLION rounds being purchased by the DHS are indicative of the police state in which we live. That's a byproduct of both the Left and the Right- I have no faith that EITHER will make more than a token effort to get the police off our backs. Why would they? The police WORK FOR the political establishment.
Even the NRA has done an article debunking an "ammo shortage." Nobody except the craziest if the crazies actually believes such a scenario.
but the prices sure have gone through the roof!
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My answer then is my answer now, there is simply no such thing as too much ammo.
