Recycling brass shells is legal again

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Story Published: Mar 20, 2009 at 6:30 PM MDT

Story Updated: Mar 21, 2009 at 12:48 PM MDT

By Steven Pope

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REXBURG - "It was just a running change made, without the feedback of the people of America. They just changed the policy without contacting anyone in advance," said Randy Clements, who recycles brass.

A change that meant anyone who bought used brass shells from the United States military, couldn't recycle the shells for civilian guns. Instead they would have to destroy them.

"We need the brass, and the bullets, and the primer and the powder," said Jerry Sinkovec, a gun expert and teacher.

Without one of those ingredients, our constitutional right to bear arms would be affected.

Sinkovec continued, "because of the constitution, we should always have the right to keep them and bear them."

Recycled brass is about 1/10th the cost of non-recycled, and when you're shooting out on the range, that's going to save you a lot of money. Making a bag of shells like this $40 dollars instead of $400. After tens of thousands of people contacted legislators, the new law was reversed making it again legal to reload your gun.

"The people spoke, and they actually listened, it was incredible, it just happened in a few days," said Clements. So I asked him, "Does it prove Glen Beck is right, we're not alone?"
Clements answered, "Absolutely. We are not alone, there were tens of thousands of people that stood up for this one little issue."

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