Bullet deficit

If this is true, and knowing the recent machinations of the Associated Press, it’s hard to tell…

"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."

…then it is a comment on the poor planning of the bullet industry, considering that the current military campaigns are puny compared to previous wars.

UPDATE  Scott, at The Fat Guy, thinks its the cops’ fault. They’re wasting ammo.

MORE: Ha! The AP story is bogus. More MSM anti-war narrative bull. Now why am I not surprised? But it also seems Scott came closer to the truth, i.e. the militarization of our domestic police forces is unnecessarily running up the ammo bill.