US Army Ammo Plant Tied To Many Mass Shootings

The New York Times reports:

The initials on the bullets stand for the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. Built during World War II, the federal site, in Independence, Mo., has made nearly all the rifle cartridges used by the U.S. military since it pulled out of Vietnam.

In recent years, the factory has also pumped billions of rounds of military-grade ammunition into the commercial market, an investigation by The New York Times found, leaving the “LC” signature scattered across crime scenes, including the sites of some of the nation’s most heinous mass shootings.

Starting in 2012 with the massacre of 12 people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., the rounds have been tied to at least a dozen mass shootings involving AR-15-style guns, including at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a FedEx warehouse in Indianapolis — and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

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NYT: US Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S. @BenjaminDooley

(Alternative headline: Taxpayer Subsidized Mass Murder)

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— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) November 12, 2023