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The AT&F Bulletin Board

We plan to use the AT&F Bulletin Board to dispense information on firearms, security, and industry related issues as well as things happening with AT&F. If you have any information to contribute please make sure that it is vetted and attributable and we will try to include it in the bulletin. Please send your contribution via e-mail in Word or PDF format.

Ammunition Shortage Explained

A number of our customers have asked about the availability, or the lack, of ammunition. Mr. George Petronis, an ammunition distributor, has offered the best explanation of the current ammunition situation in “Factors Contributing to the Ammunition Shortage”, which he allowed us to make available to you. He had originally written it to explain the situation to our law enforcement customers, and you will see that when you read it, but we discussed the fact that this would be helpful to all of our customers and he agreed to share it on the AT&F website bulletin board.

Farewell to Our Friends Randy Mays and Mack Elliot

This is not what I expected to be writing about in our first bulletin but out of friendship and respect I am taking this opportunity to bid farewell to Randy Mays and Mack Elliot, two friends of the shooting community and a personal friend of ours, Randy Mays. I met both of these fine gentlemen through the Piedmont NRA Instructors organization of Northern Virginia. They were both instructors of mine and mentors as I progressed to become an instructor. They were always supportive and available for advice. Though we did not keep in touch as much as we had in the past I always knew that they were there. It is difficult to believe that they are gone. Randy went first in September and Mack shortly thereafter in November. It is impossible to know the impact people have on each others’ lives as we make our journey I doubt that either Randy or Mack had any idea how they impacted my life. I know that they were not aware of AT&F or the website. I had planned to surprise them with it, but it took too long to finish and they both left us far too soon. In a way, if it were not for them, I may not have gone into this business, and this website would not be here. So this is my way of acknowledging them and to saying “farewell.”

NRA-ILA Link

For extensive up to the minute news and information concerning firearms legislation link to the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA).