The production of projectiles in USA catches fire as the ammunition market hastens to keep up with a dramatic increase in gun sales
Photographs by Joe Raedle / Getty
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Ammunition suppliers nationwide have reported a shortage of stock because of a dramatic increase in gun sales. The surge has been attributed to fears that President Obama will usher in more-restrictive gun laws and that the economic downturn will lead to a rise in crime.
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A worker at Stone Hart Manufacturing Co. in Miami (where these photos were taken) pours bullet casing into an ammunition loader for .45 caliber cartridges.
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An ammunition loader is filled with .40 caliber projectiles.
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Stone Hart employee Lloyd Espiritu operates an ammunition loader.
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A machine turns out .45 caliber cartridges.
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A .40 caliber cartridge is measured for quality control.
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Elsie Garcia weighs a box of 5.56-mm bullets before packaging them for shipping.
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The rounds will be shipped to dealers across the country.
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A magazine loaded with 5.56-mm cartridges lies on newly manufactured rounds.
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