"There's a war on, you know"

Ammunition shortage squeezes police

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.

An Associated Press review of dozens of police and sheriff's departments found that many are struggling with delays of as long as a year for both handgun and rifle ammunition. And the shortages are resulting in prices as much as double what departments were paying just a year ago.

I guess the notion of rationing ammunition is too unAmerican to even consider as it could potentially limit someone's god given right to shoot cans off a fence post.

I guess Chris Rock's proposal might not be too far off.