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shance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:18 PM
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Why has the Bush Family's Carlyle Group bought up all the bullet manufacturers in the US?


The Bush family's Carlyle group has bought up all the bullet manufacturers in the U.S

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ATK Ammunition Systems is the largest ammunition manufacturing entity in the world, supplying products to the military, hunting, sport shooting, homeland security, and law enforcement markets.

The group operates the ATK Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Missouri, where it has the capacity to produce 1.5 billion rounds of small-caliber ammunition annually.

It also operates the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Radford, Virginia, where it produces rocket and gun propellants and other energetic materials.

The group’s commercial products include some of the most widely known and respected brands in the industry, including Federal, CCI, Speer, and Outers.
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:24 PM
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1. They plan to profit when Bush declares his third term? n/t
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:26 PM
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2. I got molds
and often pour my own.

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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:34 PM
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3. Because all the other ones were
Edited on Mon Mar-10-08 12:38 PM by SoCalDem
BLOODY...
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shance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:55 PM
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8. Wow. Socal.
That says it all right there doesn't it?
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:34 PM
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4. control
nt
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:36 PM
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5. Answer to dis Reloads. Fuck Carlyle!
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Junkdrawer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:37 PM
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6. Because "they" won't ban guns..."they" will just not sell you bullets...
Neat. Clean.
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flor de jasmim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 12:55 PM
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7. Martial law on the horizon?? (color me shivering)
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 01:36 PM
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9. The price of ammunition is through the roof
And some kinds are hard to get at all. My husband--an NRA member--does a lot of shooting and has been complaining about it for the last couple of years. He always says that the Democrats will at least be up front about it if they take our guns, Republicans will just see to it that guns and ammo are unavailable.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-10-08 01:40 PM
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10. Because there is money in ammo, and more in a monopoly. Simple math.
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