4,317,804
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And the ammo makers smiled.
https://www.ammoland.com/2021/02/nics-and-gun-sales-in-january-2021-sets-new-record/#axzz6lVvK2VMM
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Maybe.
The last two years under Obama, huge purchases were made...
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - $4.8M, AR-15's, shotguns, liquid explosives and ammo
SBA - $410,000, Glocks. With silencers.Not to be outdone, a few more agencies purchased a few things.
Department of Energy: approximately $50,000 worth of M-16 fully automatic rifles
General Services Administration: approximately $16,000 in shotguns and Glocks
Bureau of Reclamations: approximately $697,000 for firearms and ammunition
EPA: almost $70,000 for ammunition
Smithsonian: approximately $42,500 for ammunition
Social Security: approximately $61,000 for ammunition
$426,268 on hollow-point bullets, including orders from the Forest Service, National Park Service, Office of Inspector General, Bureau of Fiscal Service, as well as Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The latter three, sure, but the Forest Service, National Park Service, and Inspector General's Office?
Bureau of Engraving and printing: approximately $100,000 on firearms
U.S. Mint: almost $180,000 for ammunition
Bureau of Fiscal Services: approximately $672,000 on ammunition and firearms
Department of Agriculture: $1.1 million for weapons and ammunitionNow, under Trump, the agency buying didn't stop, but it did slow down.
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Most likely, though, people want food for their new pets. Many of the ammo companies are not traded publicly, so numbers are hard to come by. Vista is publicly traded and they have the Remington brand, among others.
They are at full capacity, running about 30% over 2019.
Currently, they have $1B in backorders.
