HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen led a coalition in calling on the Biden administration to keep a major commercial ammunition manufacturing plant open following a request by Democrat attorneys general to investigate the plant, which would halt production. Shutting down the plant would decrease ammunition supply and undermine national security.
In the letter sent Wednesday to President Biden and White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention Director Stefanie Feldman, Attorney General Knudsen opposed the requests by Democrats to open an investigation into the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant and called out them out for their misleading attempts to tie the plant to mass shootings. The allegations do not justify placing unreasonable limitations on the plant and undermine the Second Amendment right as one cannot exercise their right to keep and bear arms without access to ammunition.
“The Biden administration and Democrats are treading dangerous ground. They will apparently stop at nothing to keep Americans from exercising their right to keep and bear arms, even if it means diminishing ammunition production capabilities and undermining our national security,” Attorney General Knudsen said. “Worse yet, their latest effort to shut down the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant is based on a highly questionable ‘investigation’ by the New York Times.”
Not only is the Lake City plant crucial to the nationwide ammunition supply chain, but the plant has a longstanding contract with the United States Department of Defense to allow for commercial use of the facility for the purpose of supporting military readiness.
“We need to be primed at any moment to increase production and provide our military with much-needed ammunition to provide protection domestically and to our international allies. Lake City remains a vital part of the past, present, and future of the U.S. Military and military readiness. Rather than pushing Lake City out of business, we should be thanking them for the role they play in arming our military,” the attorneys general wrote.
Rather than punishing criminals who perpetrate gun violence, Democrats are attempting to punish the firearms and ammunition industry and are putting the safety of armed Americans trying to protect themselves from violent crime at risk.
“We strongly advise against heeding the Democrat attorneys general request to investigate Lake City. There are no allegations of wrongdoing that could justify placing such unreasonable limits on Lake City or any other firearm, parts, or ammunition manufacturer. If this course continues, we intend to take any and every action necessary to defend our citizens’ Second Amendment rights,” the attorneys general concluded.
Attorneys general from Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming and the North Carolina legislature joined the letter which was co-led by Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri.
Attorney Generals Calls On Biden Administration To Protect Ammunition LETTER
the brandon administration will probably conduct an “investigation” into lake city to appease the progs but i doubt even brandon will shut down lake city as much as he hates the Second Amendment. that 27 attorney’s general signed off on this letter has to let brandon know that this is nonsense. on another note, why do we need a white house office of gun violence prevention? aren’t there other agencies in the executive branch (doj) that do similar work, i.e. fbi, batfe, ss? we have waaaaaaaaaay too many federal government employees as it is, we don’t have to keep on… Read more »
The ‘White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention’ is nothing ore than a partisan method to figure out new and innovative way to DISARM America.
Thats why is staffed only Anti-Gunners Cherry-picked for the job.
Biden can’t even protect the effing border..
never mind Biden’s botched Afghan exit was disaster.
never mind Boozy Hilary Clinton.. She was directly responsible for our guys dying in Benghazi. FACT!
Effing democrats… toxic vermin.
Dementia Joe ain’t honorable, and he sure isn’t a legitimately elected ANYTHING, and the pedophile has no power to shut down an ammo manufacturer. No reason production would be curtailed even if there were an investigation, and no rational world would initiate one, as manufacturers have naught to do with end users and their actions. Joey could come to my shop personally, dirty diaper and all, and I’d tell him to eat s h i t. Lake City should ignore any actions his puppet master make Biden take, as well as any agencies.
Letters don’t stop totalitarians or tyrants. But you know what does?…
“calling on the Biden administration to keep a major commercial ammunition manufacturing plant open following a request by Democrat attorneys general to investigate the plant, which would halt production. Shutting down the plant would decrease ammunition supply”
And here we go again. Yet another attempt to destroy ammunition, since the antiprogs have been unable to advance their gun control agenda. Could it be any more obvious? Like if they tattooed it onto their face, like the giant wart on the wicked witch’s nose? 🙂
First off, notice on the list of states supporting this that no left coast state was listed. Second, they can’t close the plant because that is where the US military, US FBI, US ATF, US CIA, US IRS, Israel, Ukraine and Iran/Afghan gets it’s ammo from via ammo left behind. Third, I don’t think they want to close the plant via another article I read on this site, but they want to close off We the People from being able to buy overruns or ammo that doesn’t quite make the requirements for military standards but shoots or maybe it is… Read more »
They should Remove the word Honorable from that letter.
There is Nothing Honorable about Joe “Brandon” Biden.
Tis VERY DISAPOINTING that “politicians” who SWOR an OATH to DEFEND Americans from ENEMIES, both Foreign AND Domestic, have shown American Citizens that these “politicians” are now active in the DOMESTIC ENEMY ENCAMPMENT!! What has happened to their FIDUCIARY DUTY, their HONOR, their SWORN OATH-OF-OFFICE? These Domestic ENEMIES are now acting the same as Hitler when he stated: What is a SIGNED TREATY? It is nothing but a piece of paper with ink on it!! These COMMUNISTIC ACTING POLITICIANS MUST BE FOREVER REMOVED FROM ANY AND ALL PUBLIC OFFICES!!
We all know the letter will be passed on to a blind guy, The writers of this article certainly knows that, We all should be encouraging Montana to ignore the feds..Texas is !..The Supremacy laws are only if the feds stay within the boundaries of the constitution