NPR: Linkfest: Gun Owners Pinched as Ammo Prices Rise

Linkfest: Gun Owners Pinched as Ammo Prices Rise

For years now, comedian Chris Rock has been doing a bit about "bullet control" -- the idea is that ammunition should be expensive enough to make people think twice about firing it off. Now, thanks to China's demand for metals and the need to supply U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the price bullets is on the rise. "If things get bad enough, we may all just get one bullet each," one enthusiast told Reuters.

It's the Most.

So much for restaurants' "diet" menus/ Group plans fifth annual prairie dog killing contest/ Mom forced to live in car with dogs/ Former Carter aide Hamilton Jordan dies/ Gun owners pinched as ammo costs shoot up/ Tin Thatcher sparks assembly row

Laura Conaway

6:22 AM ET | 05-21-2008 | permalink

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While the ammunition cost peice gave me a good chuckle, the part about the prairie dog hunting convention was a bit disturbing. It doesn't appear people have changed much since the early years of slaughtering buffalo or wolves, as much as we like to pat ourselves on the back.

Sent by Leigh Cutler | 11:24 AM ET | 05-21-2008

@Leigh Cutler: "It doesn't appear people have changed much since the early years of slaughtering buffalo or wolves, as much as we like to pat ourselves on the back."

Are you referring to the guy who was scratching his back with a pistol? Maybe not...

I live in prairie dog country and the "dogs are just vermin" attitude is disturbingly common. Aside from the well being of the prairie dogs themselves, there are three other species I know of whose fortunes are directly tied to them: burrowing owls, black-footed ferrets, and golden eagles.

Sent by Dave Wiley | 3:24 PM ET | 05-21-2008

I believe Hamilton Jordan's last name is pronounced "jerdon". I have no idea why, but as I'm older than any two of BPP staff combined, trust me on this one (I'm a survivor of the national malaise of the Carter administration).

Sent by Marc Naimark | 9:30 AM ET | 05-23-2008

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