Originally Posted by
405grain
The state where I live in requires background checks (which you have to pay for) to purchase ammo. Also, you're only allowed to purchase ammo for firearms that you have registered. You're not allowed to bring more than one 50 round box of ammo into the state, so you can't just buy it somewhere else. Every time I go into a sporting goods store I see where people are waiting in line, sometimes for an hour, just to purchase ammunition. Except for 22lr, I haven't purchased a single round of factory ammunition since 1982. Being able to make our own ammunition, plus also being able to cast our own bullets, gives us freedom from those that seek to restrict our rights. Reloading and shooting * ammo that we made our self is also rewarding. (* I was going to say "shooting & hunting", but they imposed a "lead bullet ban" and took hunting away from us.) I'm still thankful that we can "roll our own".