Videos tagged with Wartime Ammunition Needs

The video discusses the critical role of civilian ammunition sales from the US Army's Lake City Ammunition Plant in maintaining its operational status. It outlines two primary scenarios where the US Army would cease selling ammunition to civilians: a full-scale war requiring all production for military use, and the event of a tyrannical government seeking to disarm the populace. The speaker emphasizes the mutual need between the Army and civilian market for sustained production and readiness.

The Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpiling Act could allow the President to acquire civilian ammunition stockpiles during a declared state of emergency or wartime. However, this would likely only apply to very large stockpiles held by distributors or manufacturers, not typical personal collections of a few thousand rounds. A proven shortage and a significant national security threat, such as boots-on-the-ground conflict, would be prerequisites for invoking the act.