THERIGHTSCOOP.COM 1 Hour Ago Ammunition shortage causing police departments to barter for ammo Posted by The Right Scoop on March 22nd, 2013 in Politics | This is not good, not good at all. And I must say it doesn’t seem right either, that all of a sudden when DHS is rolling in ammo, that police departments should have to be rationing theirs: CNS NEWS – The nationwide shortage of ammunition has left many police departments scrambling to get their hands on the necessary rounds – with some even bartering among each other. Meanwhile, Rep. Timothy Huelskamp (R-Kansas) says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to respond to multiple members of Congress asking why DHS bought more than 1.6 billion rounds in the past year. Police Chief Cameron Arthur of Jenks, Oklahoma says, “Ammunition and assault weapons in general have skyrocketed…In addition to the fact, not only is it a lot more expensive, but the time to get it could be six months to a year, or in some cases ev...