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Peter cotton

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4. Considerably more than that, actually.

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 10:43 AM

Feb 2013

While there's no way know definitively, let's assume each gun owner has five boxes of ammo. That's 250 rounds X 100 million gun owners = 25 billion rounds. Enough to kill everyone on Earth four times over, never mind the U.S.

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The new meme: "The government is causing the ammo shortage" [View all] Earth_First Feb 2013 OP

I have no doubt there is enough ammo out there to kill everyone in the US at least once davidpdx Feb 2013 #1

Considerably more than that, actually. Peter cotton Feb 2013 #4

Yeah I was thinking it was several times more davidpdx Feb 2013 #6

Approximately 5 billion rounds are made and sold annually NickB79 Feb 2013 #10

That is scary, very scary davidpdx Feb 2013 #12

I have some ammo oneshooter Feb 2013 #14

I am not very knowledgeable about guns and ammo davidpdx Feb 2013 #16

I heard this some time ago in a radio interview Laurian Feb 2013 #2

Of course, the govt has to supply the private black army to start the race wars Viking12 Feb 2013 #3

Maybe. Two wars gotta be using up lots of ammo. eShirl Feb 2013 #5

Right on the money! ManiacJoe Feb 2013 #11

I wish it were true! alcibiades_mystery Feb 2013 #7

Nuts blame everything on the Gov. NutmegYankee Feb 2013 #8

Funny thing is, the DHS has made some huge ammo purchases in the last year or two.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #9

Actually all of the GUN-NUTTERS are creating the shortage all by themselves. madinmaryland Feb 2013 #13

the dregs of society BainsBane Feb 2013 #15