http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/06/inhofe-obama-administration-trying-to-dry-up-ammo-supply-audio/ What do you think about this? I think it could end up backfiring because of creating pent up demand from the public and allowing the ammo manufacturers to improve their manufacturing capability by modernizing equipment.
It's a great lesson in how unaccountable appointed bureaucrats are. They can get away with just about anything and not be penalized for it.
The basic technique being employed here is just like the African kleptocracies that starve their people by enriching their government.