according to this ap article from yahoo, americans purchased 9 billion rounds of ammunition in the past year. it further reports:
The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System reported that 6.1 million background checks for gun sales were issued from January to May, an increase of 25.6 percent from the same period the year before.
there’s a lot of guns and ammo out there. let the criminals beware.
[...] 6 boxes of winchester 9mm, as that was the limit. interesting to note that americans still bought 9 billion rounds of ammo in the past year, 6 boxes at a time. granted, the limits were only put in place by most [...]
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