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Originally Posted by Ron61
Roscoe,
I saw yesterday that he has now made it against the law for the military to police their brass and sell it to the ammo manufacturers. He has decided along with Pelosi that will stop them from making ammo to sell to the public. What he hasn't figured out yet is since he has ordered it destroyed, they won't be able to make any for the military either until his bill is amended. More of his open and transparent Govt. in action. What a waste of skin and other body parts that could have been used to make real people.Ron 
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Looks like the policy has been reversed. Another stupid proposal, but at least it looks like it won't happen.
Dear Loyal Customers,
Thanks to your voice, DOD has rescinded the order to mutilate all spent cases as of 4:30 pm on 3/17/09. We appreciate the time and effort that you expended, together we all made a difference. We will be posting the email we received from DOD as well as any additional information within the next 12-16 hours. Thanks so much and lets get to work!!! Georgia Arms
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-----Original Message-----
From: Cunningham, Mark (HQ DLA)
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5:51 PM
To: Brian Blalock (Tester)
Cc: Glover, Rebecca (HQ DLA)
Subject: Small Arms Cartridge Cases
Brian,
We received your March 17, 2009, letter on the recent reclassification of small arms cartridges.
Please advise whether the information provided below will suffice in lieu of a written response which will contain the same information.
The Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), a field activity of the Defense
Logistics Agency (DLA), is the Department of Defense (DOD) activity responsible for the
disposition of excess and surplus DOD Property.
The primary focus of the DRMS mission is to protect national security by ensuring property is properly identified for reutilization and disposition and not released for public sale when to do so would jeopardize national security.
During the past two years, DRMS revised its processes to further ensure only appropriate items were made available for public sale. To strengthen current controls and to mitigate future security risk, the DOD issued policy that prohibits the sale of military unique items controlled by the Department of State through its Munitions List.
Small arms cartridge cases are identified as a sensitive Munitions List item and were held
pending review of the policy relating to the category of items in which cartridge cases were
included.
Upon review, the Defense Logistics Agency has determined the cartridge cases could be appropriately placed in a category of government property allowing for their release for sale.The DRMS sales contractor has been notified of this decision and has begun the process of
reoffering the cases that have been held pending completion of the policy review. As was
previously required, buyers who purchase cartridge cases from the government must be approved to do so under Trade Security Controls.
v/r
Mark
Mark Cunningham
Legislative Affairs
Defense Logistics Agency