Bullets are speeding faster out of gun shops in U.S.
A SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION
Demand is up despite drop in crime rate
Image via Wikipedia
By David A. Fahrenthold and Fredrick Kunkle
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
In a year of job losses, foreclosures and bag lunches, Americans have spent record-breaking amounts of money on guns and ammunition. The most obvious sign of their demand: empty ammunition shelves.
At points during the past year, bullets have been selling faster than factories could make them.
Gun owners have bought about 12 billion rounds of ammunition in the past year, industry officials estimate. That's up from 7 billion to 10 billion in a normal year.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=2c2f2a4d-38b5-4a91-99bd-7bd0b43a1eb5)
No comments:
Post a Comment