Note to Mr. Klein: Government Purchases Did Contribute to Ammo 'Buying Panic'

Note to Mr. Klein: Government Purchases Did Contribute to Ammo 'Buying Panic'

by AWR Hawkins 11 Oct 2014

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/10/11/Note-To-Mr-Klein-Government-Purchases-Did-Contribute-To-Ammo-Buying-Panic

On October 9, TIME's Joe Klein published a column lumping Breitbart News reports in with "conspiracy theories" surrounding federal agency ammunition purchases and suggesting those reports are causal in confusing voters as the 2014 mid-term elections approach.  

                                                                                              

To push this template, Klein had to miss an April 8, 2013, Breitbart News column showing that government ammunition purchases were a component in the creation of a "politically-induced buying panic" that left store shelves barren of ammo. In turn, the scarcity of ammunition--combined with the frenzied demand for it--drove prices through the roof.

When the April 8, 2013 column ran, the U.S. Senate was nine days away from a vote on Senator Joe Manchin's (D-WV) gun control bill. The attack on Sandy Hook Elementary had taken place just four months earlier, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) was still pushing for an "assault weapons ban" that would eliminate approximately 150 different guns--among which were shotguns and numerous other weapons that had nothing to do with Sandy Hook.

The American people felt angst as the Democrats targeted Second Amendment rights.

This angst, combined with news of massive government ammunition purchases, led to what Hornady ammunition described as a "politically-induced buying panic." Ammo could not be found--gun owners faced a perfect storm. 

This run on ammo forced producers like Hornady, Black Hills, and Remington, among others, to run at "full capacity"--which meant keeping production lines running 24/7 in some instances.

Hornady tried to calm the panic by telling consumers that the government purchases weren't directly causing the ammunition shortage, but their words fell on deaf ears as consumers saw news of government purchases for huge quantities of ammunition or read about the DHS's 156 million round stockpile. 

It didn't matter why these huge purchases were happening or why DHS had 156 million rounds. What mattered is that it was happening at a time when Democrats were also trying their best to take guns out of Americans' hands; a time when gun owners watched the delivery truck fill a Wal-Mart shelf with ammunition at 7 a.m. on a given Tuesday and then saw that shelf emptied by 7:30 a.m that same morning. 

These points aren't part of "conspiracy theories" Mr. Klein, they are part of reality. 

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a major retailer for the Freedom Group, Bushmaster Firearms, and was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Note: Cerberus Capital Management L.P. is the owner of the Freedom Group.

Stephen A. Feinberg is the CEO for the Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and his father is Martin Feinberg.

Martin Feinberg is Stephen A. Feinberg’s father, and a Newtown (CT) resident.

Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a mass shootings 28 killed, including gunman.

Bushmaster Firearms is a Freedom Group brand.                                        

Remington is a Freedom Group brand.

Michael P.C. Carns is a director at the Freedom Group, and was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Center for American Progress, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the   Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress, is a major retailer for the Freedom Group, and Bushmaster Firearms.                  

Jose H. Villarreal is a director at the Center for American Progress, a senior adviser for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and was a director at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Stephen Friedman was a director at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/12/commercial-club-of-chicago-members.html

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard C. Blum is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Strobe Talbott is the president of the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was an editor for Time magazine. 
Joe Klein is a columnist for Time magazine, and a frequent guest on Morning Joe.

Steven L. Rattner is a frequent guest on Morning Joe, and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Richard N. Haass is a frequent guest on Morning Joe, was a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).                                         

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

James F. Collins is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and was a senior advisor at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.

Jose H. Villarreal is a senior adviser for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a director at the Center for American Progress, and was a director at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center for American Progress.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was a funder for the Center for American Progress, is a major retailer for the Freedom Group, and Bushmaster Firearms.       

Cerberus Capital Management L.P. is the owner of the Freedom Group.

Stephen A. Feinberg is the CEO for the Cerberus Capital Management L.P., and his father is Martin Feinberg.

Martin Feinberg is Stephen A. Feinberg’s father, and a Newtown (CT) resident.

Newtown (CT) is the location of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a mass shootings 28 killed, including gunman.