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President Joe Biden’s Department of State is banning the importation of Russian ammunition at a time when the demand for ammo continues to keep in-store inventories slim.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped a smuggler from transporting “Zombie Apocalypse” ammo to Honduras. The officers found the “self-defense” ammunition in a cargo container of household goods bound for Central America.

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) are pushing legislation to ban the sale and possession of ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds. 

Certain makes of firearms are occasionally hard to find in 2021 but ammunition is absolutely scarce and, when found, it comes at a price exponentially higher than it was 12 months ago. For example, 9mm ammunition, one of the most

October 2020 was the tenth straight month of record National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background checks for gun sales.

Walmart removed all guns and ammunition from store displays this week, citing the possibility of post-election civil unrest and any looting that might accompany it. 

The stock for renowned gun maker Smith & Wesson is up 130 percent his year, amid the unprecedented surge in gun sales. 

Michael Bloomberg-founded Everytown for Gun Safety is opting to push healthcare instead of new gun laws in swing states as the November election approaches.

National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) indicates that ammunition sales were up 139 percent in the first six months 2020 as compared to sales during the first six months of 2019.

An ammo shortage is being witnessed nationwide as Americans react to civil unrest by buying up firearms and the ammunition needed to use them for self-defense.

As Democrats and other leftists push to defund the police, gun stores around the country are witnessing a surge in gun and ammunition purchases. 

The National African American Gun Association (NAAGA) gained thousands of members following the May 25 death of George Floyd.

A district judge issued a ruling Thursday, granting the NRA a preliminary injunction blocking California’s requirement for background checks on ammunition purchases. 

Doubletap self-defense ammunition penetrates deep and expands wide, leaving behind a crippling wound channel designed to end attacks on innocent would-be victims.

As possible geopolitical ramifications of maintaining or severing ties with China post-coronavirus are weighed it is important to point out that the U.S. military ammunition supply is not China-dependent. 

The government in Victoria, Australia, reacted to the surge in firearm “permit to acquire” applications by shutting down gun sales altogether during the coronavirus crisis.

Amid the rush for guns and ammo sales, a store owner in Arizona told Breitbart News the buying surge surpasses even the tremendous run witnessed during the post-Sandy Hook gun control push.

Gun sales in Colorado jumped 100 percent last week in reaction to the ongoing coronavirus threat and looming prospect of civil unrest should a worse-case scenario arise.

Ammo.com says the company saw a 276 percent sales increase last week alone as coronavirus concerns rose and seized the nation.

California gun sales are surging as Asian Americans arm up to defend themselves, should they be targeted by people angry over the existence of the Corona virus. 

Ammunition sales are surging amid fears of pandemic-induced lawlessness and disorder as the coronavirus threatens the United States.

Ammunition sales are surging as Virginians seek to stock up ahead of a slew of Democrat-mandated gun controls for the state.

A bill put forward by Delegate Mark Levine (D) would make it felony for law-abiding citizens to possess a magazine holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Police in Hong Kong fined a Russian man $3,000 (about $383 USD) for trying to smuggle used tear gas shells and rubber bullet casings back to his country as a souvenir, local media reports. 

The Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted Tuesday to increase prices on guns and ammunition sales within  city limits.

Needles, California, Mayor Jeff Williams says the gun laws of his state require him to drive 280 miles round-trip in order to get ammunition to hunt quail or target shoot.

California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed Monday that the U.S. as a whole adopt California’s new law requiring background checks for purchasing ammunition.

Democrat presidential hopeful Eric Swalwell (D-CT) used a Monday speech to reveal his hopes to ban the individual ownership of more than 200 rounds of any given caliber of ammunition.

Oregon State Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-Lake Oswego) and State Sen. Rob Wagner (D- Tualatin) are pushing legislation to limit ammunition magazines to no more than five rounds.

People for the American Way (PFAW) are defending the New Jersey “high capacity” magazine ban, which they present as a ban on “rapid-fire ammunition.”

Aspects of California’s gun confiscation laws broadened on January 1, 2019, as the state added ammunition and certain magazines to the list of items that can be confiscated when firearms are seized.

The Detroit City Council unanimously passed a “Bullet Bill” ordinance that creates an ammunition tax and requires a mental background check for bullet purchases.

A commissioner in Wayne County, Michigan, is pushing a bill that would outlaw ammunition purchases from anyone other than police.

With nearly every gun control imaginable already on the books, Democrats in California are now weighing ways to control ammunition.

Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer announced they will no longer sell firearms and ammunition. The superstore has been selling guns and ammo at roughly 45 stores in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.

Democrat Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) is pushing legislation to place a 20 percent tax on guns and a 50 percent tax on ammunition.