{"id":1525725,"date":"2022-06-22T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525725"},"modified":"2022-06-22T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:49:10","slug":"white-house-refuses-to-deny-plans-to-halt-future-civilian-ammo-sales-from-lake-city-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-refuses-to-deny-plans-to-halt-future-civilian-ammo-sales-from-lake-city-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Refuses To Deny Plans To Halt Future Civilian Ammo Sales From Lake City Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-refuses-to-deny-plans-to-halt-future-civilian-ammo-sales-from-lake-city-plant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/14467487597_161fd5af81_k-e1655910970419.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The White House refused to deny plans Monday to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/17\/white-house-aims-to-shut-down-ammunition-sales-while-dems-claim-to-engage-in-good-faith-gun-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">restrict ammunition supplies<\/a> for one of the most targeted firearms in the nation: the AR-15. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, The Federalist reported the White House was preparing to shut down the Lake City ammo plant in northwestern Missouri owned by the federal government but operated by Winchester, a private firm. Opened in 1941 to manufacture weapons ammo for the U.S. Army, the government allows the sale of any excess supplies on the open market. The factory is one of the largest producers of M855\/SS109 ammo, the most popular caliber for the AR-15. The plant also sells XM855 and XM193 ammunition and is responsible for more than 30 percent of the nation\u2019s 5.56mm ammo.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Oliva, a spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), told The Federalist \u201cWinchester was informed that the government is considering restricting the manufacturing and commercial sale of legal ammunition produced at the Lake City, Mo., facility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The news led 50 House members to send a <a href=\"https:\/\/graves.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/graves.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/2022.06.20%20Graves%20et.%20al%20Letter%20to%20Biden%20on%20Potential%20Lake%20City%20Ammunition%20Ban%5B14%5D_1.pdf\">letter<\/a> to the Biden administration over the president\u2019s impending decision to curb operations. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to immediately end consideration of this action,\u201d they wrote, \u201cwhich we view as a backdoor attempt to bypass Congress and ban legal and highly popular commercial ammunition and certain semi-automatic rifles used by law-abiding Americans across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates disputed the potential of government closure in a Monday tweet but left the door open to a halt on open-market sales. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not let this plant close,\u201d Bates tweeted, before adding (emphasis ours): <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The administration is not going to restrict production\/sales of excess ammunition <strong>currently available<\/strong> for sale to the public (including M855 and SS109) at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"qoLbkKcR8kh3cdXjtyK9DmwIGVYANN1BEgMz95L2ruoQFxXOU0uhH6DjV1B4nE32Sg7WSldxePwzCqTQ60iyCOvnlatPv\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The administration is not going to restrict production\/sales of excess ammunition currently available for sale to the public (including M855 and SS109) at Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewJBates46\/status\/1539311166933319680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The White House spokesman only committed to a green light for sales of ammunition \u201ccurrently available\u201d as the administration presumably proceeds with plans for future restrictions. The White House did not respond to The Federalist\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>A prohibition of excess sales down the pipeline, Oliva told The Federalist, would place 400 to 500 jobs in immediate jeopardy, reduce available ammunition in the market, and sever the nation\u2019s wartime readiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt risks the ammunition industry\u2019s ability to surge production capacity for national defense if the costs to maintain the present workforce isn\u2019t recouped through sales to the civilian market,\u201d Oliva said. <\/p>\n<p>House lawmakers raised similar concerns in their letter to the White House this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving the ability to produce this product for commercial sale allows the operating contractor to maintain capacity and keep the facility at a high state of readiness, at no cost to the government,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThis ensures the Army is ready to ramp up production in the event of a national emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Obama\/Biden administration previously tried to introduce a prohibition on AR-15 ammunition through a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/03\/09\/the-obama-administrations-m855-ammo-ban-is-blatantly-lawless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">backdoor bureaucratic ban<\/a> with the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) Bureau in 2015. <\/p>\n<p>Deliberations over whether to close the Missouri plant are happening with the backdrop of Democrats negotiating over a bipartisan gun package supposedly in good faith. <\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/22\/the-14-republicans-who-voted-to-advance-democrats-gun-control-wish-list-just-betrayed-their-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 Senate Republicans<\/a> including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Alaska\u2019s Lisa Murkowski, who faces a competitive primary, voted in favor of stricter gun laws with vague language and more resources for the FBI. Among the GOP supporters of the rushed bill include Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/17\/sen-john-cornyn-booed-at-texas-gop-convention-over-willingness-to-surrender-to-democrats-on-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">booed<\/a> at his own state\u2019s Republican convention last week for supporting the framework that blames firearms for the recent series of mass shootings by deranged individuals. <\/p>\n<p>The bill, which ushers in a new era of \u201cred flag\u201d laws allowing the free-flow confiscation of firearms from American citizens, was immediately condemned by the National Rifle Association (NRA) once the text was published hours before the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis legislation can be abused to restrict lawful gun purchases, infringe upon the rights of law-abiding Americans, and use federal dollars to fund gun control measures being adopted by state and local politicians,\u201d the NRA said in a position\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20220621\/nra-announces-opposition-to-senate-gun-control-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThis bill leaves too much discretion in the hands of government officials and also contains undefined and overbroad provisions \u2013 inviting interference with our constitutional freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House refused to deny plans Monday to restrict ammunition supplies for one of the most targeted firearms in the nation: the AR-15. 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