Lake city ammunition plant

Lake city army ammunition plant is a U.S. government-owned, contractor-operated facility in northeastern Independence, Missouri. LCAAP was established in December 1940 as the Lake City Arsenal, with continuous operation since 1941 other than one five year period following WWII. It was the first of 12 small arms plants run by the Army. The plant was built by Remington with assistance from DuPont. Remington Arms operated the plant from its inception until 1985, when operations were taken over by the Olin Corporation. From April 2001, it was operated by Alliant Techsystems (ATK), later known as Orbital ATK after a 2015 merger between Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2018 and is now known as Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. From October 2020 Winchester Ammunition was selected by the DOD to manage LCAAP. Winchester is the largest manufacturer of small caliber ammunition for the U.S military, law enforcement & civilians. In addition to lake city they have existing facilities in Oxford, Mississippi & Illinois.

The Times found that the "vast majority" of rounds sold from Lake City to retailers end up in the hands of law-abiding citizens, although rounds from Lake City have been tied to at least a dozen mass shootings, including the 2012 Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting, the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, and the 2017 Las Vegas Strip mass shooting, the deadliest in US history. The gunman responsible for the Buffalo supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in May 2022 mentioned Lake City in his manifesto. The shooter reportedly wrote that he planned to fire at security guards through a window and said the rounds made at Lake City were "the best barrier penetration ammo I can get.” LCAAP has made millions of commercial rounds every year since 2011, supplying up to 30% of the 5.56 NATO ammo in the United States.

Recently lake city struggled with an inventory crash after an anonymous tip claimed that the civilian supply of 5.56 ammo was about to vanish, causing mass panic buying. The widely shared reports cite an anonymous tip that the administration is suspending Winchester Ammo’s ability to commercially offer ammunition produced at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, an Oct. 30 statement from the Lake City facility clarified that, "Joint Munitions Command has not changed its policy regarding commercial production at Lake City. Lake City has not cancelled commercial contracts."

How is this related to lake city quiet pills? A lake city quiet pill is displayed as a 5.56 in lcqp site images, making this a clear reference to LCAAP. According to ex marines lake city quiet pills is slang used for 5.56, it’s a standard issue and in high demand ammunition and lake city is one of the only places that can fill orders. “Dispensing lake city quiet pills” could only be taken to mean using 5.56 AR15 ammo. MadamMeow works for a chemical manufacturing company that supplies to lake city, this could be a potential inspiration for the name.

Sources:

-Army Ammunition Plant Is Tied to Mass Shootings Across the U.S.

-LCAAP Wikipedia.

-Two Former Lake City Employees Sentenced for Sabotage of War Materials.

-An AR-15 ammunition factory built to supply the military shifted to commercial sales and is now tied to more than a dozen mass shootings.

-Winchester contract, PR newswire.

-lake city promotional video.

-LCAAP historic investigation.

-Winchestermillitary.com

-lakecity.winchester.com

-olin.com

-Lake city army ammunition plant on watch.

-LCAAP facebook.

-“LCAAP cancels commercial contracts.”