I saw a report on MSNBC today that due to the Iraq and Afghan wars AND due to resources to make bullets there is an ammo shortage that is unlike any before. Is this true or is it a commie/NWO ruse to disarm the patriots in the KWAXICO?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20322566/

An Associated Press review of dozens of police and sheriff’s departments found that many are struggling with delays of as long as a year for both handgun and rifle ammunition. And the shortages are resulting in prices as much as double what departments were paying just a year ago.

“There were warehouses full of it. Now, that isn’t the case,” said Al Aden, police chief in Pierre, S.D.

The military is in no danger of running out because it gets the overwhelming majority of its ammunition from a dedicated plant outside Kansas City. But police are at the mercy of commercial manufacturers.

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/08/19/sns082007noammo.html

Troops training for and fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are firing more than 1 billion bullets a year, contributing to ammunition shortages hitting police departments nationwide and preventing some officers from training with the weapons they carry on patrol.

The increasingly voracious demand for copper and lead overseas, especially in China, also has been a factor.

I talked to a buddy of mine a coupla weeks ago and he told me that a cop buddy of his says that .308 ammo will be very scarce towards the beginning of next year.

Personally I'm having a hard time believing that lead and copper are hard to find commodities for the usa. I'd sooner believe that it's a backdoor plan to control guns.