Reload With Fear

Sometimes the Associated Press just keeps the national agenda afloat.

If you're feeling like you need a little fear to get you through the weekend, then enjoy their report that the cops are out of bullets.

Troops involved in training and operations for Iraq and Afghanistan are firing more than 1 billion bullets a year, and the claim is that the massive usage has contributed to and spurred ammunition shortages nationwide for police departments, even preventing some officers from training with the weapons they carry on patrol. The Associated Press reviewed dozens of police and sheriff's departments and reported that many are struggling with delays of as long as a year for both handgun and rifle ammunition or causing the price to almost double since last year.

Absolute bullshit.

The article lists the woes of the departments who claim they can't train properly (read: practice) or qualify officers with non-standard weapons like AR-15 assault rifles and .40-caliber handguns. But further down the article, many departments they questioned reported no problems buying ammunition, and others told the AP they face higher prices and delays. So which is it?

When you find out the military is in no danger of running out because it gets the overwhelming majority of its ammunition from a dedicated plant outside Kansas City, the whole bogus idea that war use has depleted domestic supplies is clear. And more, admitting that police have increased their training and practice like the rest of the scared little law agencies after 9/11 just shows they've driven commercial manufacturers (who they rely on) to increase their production in response (already happening).

As they flip back and forth with contradictory statements, the incapable AP writer continues to paint a picture of hysteria and trouble due to a shortage that all supplied info and interviews can not substantiate. They're yelling "fire" and not even looking to see if anything is burning, just figuring that a fire is possible and being satisfied. Joe McCarthy ought to name some Communists from his list just to add the final touch to this sham concern and make this fiction even more ridiculous.