U.S. Government Targets Ammo Supply LinesPrices to Rise Sharply As Americas Last Lead Supplier Calls It Quits A couple of years ago we opined that the anti-gun establishment had found a loophole for the Second Amendment and that rather than targeting the banning of all firearms, they would instead turn their attention to ammunition. The governments most recent efforts to reduce open market availability through taxation, individual purchase restrictions and a massive stockpiling effort by the Department of Homeland Security has forced ammunition prices to nearly triple, while also dwindling supplies of many popular calibers. But theyre not done yet. In fact, they may have finally found a way to circumvent U.S.-based domestic production altogether. The all-out attack on Americans gun rights is now being taken to the next level. The goal is to regulate all forms of ammunition out of existence, and theyre starting with Doe Run, which is the last of Americas domestic lead processing and manufacturing facilities. Now, the only ore-to-lead producer in America the largest in the Western world has been shut down by EPA regulation. EPAs regulatory uncertainty and an estimated $100 million to convert [to non-smelter manufacturing] caused the company to finally throw in the towel. Its not just ammunition thats disappearing. American industry American jobs. are being regulated out of existence as well. Leads still going to be manufactured in China, but itll be done without any environmental oversight, itll be scarce, itll be expensive, and well have fragile supply lines. [] Its part of a multi-pronged attack on ammunition. And after we can no longer manufacture ammunition domestically we have the UN Arms Trade Treaty to stop the importation of ammunition. If you look at the multiple ways theyre trying to remove all ammunition not just certain guns they believe are dangerous theres no question that this is about all-out gun control. Via David Knight of Infowars.com Doe Run is scheduled to layoff its workforce and close its doors before the end of the year. With no more lead being processed in America, we are now completely dependent on our largest creditor, China, to supply the necessary base metals for ammunition production. This will have the immediate effect of further limiting supplies, while also increasing prices, and we can expect this soon after Doe Runs closure this December. Furthermore, in April of this year James Rawles of SurvivalBlog.com detailed new importation restrictions set forth in a Presidential Executive Action following the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, which bans the importation of military surplus items that include magazines, firearms accessories and, of course, foreign ammunition. Couple this with the implementation of U.N. authorized trade restrictions set forth in the new UN Arms Trade Treaty, and you can see where this is headed. It is not an over-exaggeration to suggest that ammunition supply lines will soon be cut, effectively making it nearly impossible to acquire. You can read more from Mac Slavo at his site SHTFplan.com, where this first appeared. 