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Its hard to print bullets, why don't they just give up on regulating guns, and regulate bullets?

• hga 13y ago
  Practicality? The US civilian sector alone manufactures 11-12 billion (sic) per year (and we get tasty leftovers from manufacturing for the military on their equipment at Lake City, plus there's imports), and that number will be going up somewhat as e.g. Remington expands their Arkansas plant. Then there's the problem that ammo, if stored in minimally good conditions (cool and dry, of course), lasts a very long time. A lot of WWII era ammo is still fine and functional, although disfavored because most of it uses corrosive primers. This is recognized in the near total deregulation in the US of ammo after it leaves the manufacturer, you don't need any special license to sell it, although shipping of course requires proper labeling (an ORD-M sticker) and must be by ground. Oh, yeah, the leftover brass of centerfire guns and brass and plastic hulls of shotgun ammo can generally be reloaded a number of times, that's completely unregulated beyond again the usual safety stuff, primers and smokeless powder are somewhat more dangerous when packaged in bulk vs. as part of finished rounds. And more on longevity: my father is still reloading shotgun shells using powder from Hercules (now Alliant) casks bought plus or minus WWII (!)....