Democrats Seek to Ban Ammunition Sales That Benefit the Pentagon
- Government plant’s bullets were used in several mass killings
- Defense Department gets roughly $30 million a year from sales
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Declaring that “there should never be a government label on ammunition used in a mass shooting,” congressional Democrats plan to introduce legislation today that would forbid the Pentagon from allowing bullets made at an Army-owned munitions plant to be sold to civilians.
The federally owned Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which is operated by the firearm manufacturer Winchester Ammunition Inc. produces about 1.6 million rounds of military-grade ammunition a year, half of which are sold on the commercial market. The plant’s output supplies more than 30% of the ammunition sold each year for the AR-15-style rifle, a semiautomatic weapon that has been used in several mass shootings in recent years.