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Law enforcement competing with civilians for ammunition
http://www.twincities.com/minnesota/ci_22443329/run-guns-has-few-metro-police-departments-coming?source=rssThe running joke at the local gun club, according to South St. Paul Police Chief Bill Messerich, is "anybody got any .223?"
That's .223-caliber ammunition -- the type used in controversial semiautomatic rifles like AR-15s that have been flying off shelves. The ammunition is such a hot seller that even some police departments are having trouble getting it.
That's .223-caliber ammunition -- the type used in controversial semiautomatic rifles like AR-15s that have been flying off shelves. The ammunition is such a hot seller that even some police departments are having trouble getting it.
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The department has seen spikes in demand before, but "this one's probably unprecedented in my time," said Vague, who's been with the department for 23 years.
"We find ourselves as a law enforcement agency competing against everyone else in getting ammunition," he said.
"We find ourselves as a law enforcement agency competing against everyone else in getting ammunition," he said.
Damn.
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