Mitchell County, IOWA — In their efforts to maintain safety in homes across the county, law enforcement and fire officials in Mitchell County, Iowa will host a collection day for unused, unwanted, or expired ammunition on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 1:00-5:00 PM.
Mitchell County residents can drop off their ammunition at the below collection site:
Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office
211 South 6th St.
Osage, Iowa 50461
Once collected, the Office of the State Fire Marshal will transport the ammunition to Des Moines for safe disposal. Improper disposal of ammunition has potential environmental, health, and safety risks. This event makes it easy for residents to safely remove potentially dangerous ammunition from their homes. The proper disposal of old or unwanted ammunition can save lives by preventing it from landing in the hands of young children, and can also help protect the environment by keeping lead and other contaminants from seeping into the groundwater.
Remember: You should never use old and deteriorated ammunition in a firearm. Such ammunition can cause negligent discharges or delayed discharges.
Yeah, they’ll start with “unwanted ammunition” an move right into “we wan’t your guns”!
I’ve never seen an experation date on ammo. And here again they use the “were doing this for your safety” claim. I’ll take care of that on my own thank you very much.
I never heard of expired ammo either. I was shooting some shotgun shells last year from Arts and Meritz. that store has been closed for a long time and didn’t see any difference in those shells than ones you buy today. They were dropping geese deader than a rock!
What a frickin joke. They should be rounding up Illegal Aliens. Or should we call them squatters or trespassers there criminals and breaking the law.
Other than the dates and the drop off sites this is the same article that was in the other news source. I didn’t know that ammunition had an expiration date, if it does I couldn’t find it on mine. Just wondering, is this a county/state/government conspiracy to take away our means to defend ourselves, after the next election. The government is having a hard time taking away our guns, so if they confiscate all our ammo, we can’t stand up to them. Just wondering, ofcourse this would never happen, HAHA