Posted on 02/15/2013 3:56:08 AM PST by Zakeet
Edited on 02/15/2013 4:03:42 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of.
The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next four or five years. It says it needs them -- roughly the equivalent of five bullets for every person in the United States -- for law enforcement agents in training and on duty.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Wake up - instead of the usual 1 year at a time deal, they’re supposedly going 5 years out, but we won’t know that for another year. They claim it’s for economy, but since when are they concerned about responsible oversight of our tax dollars? They have thousands more armed Federal ‘agents” than ever before and are buying ammo not typically used by LEO folks. They tell us that it’s OK because they are just saving us money and some folks buy it despite all the lies coming out of their pie holes. I guess it’s easier to try to settle into the feel-good mode of believing they really do have our best interests at heart.
because we need half of those hollow point rounds for target practice
If I wasn't paying for my own ammo, you bet I'd be using the hollowpoints, even the expensive $1/round social purposes stuff, for practice.
They want the volume discount!
Massive civil unrest in major cities this summer.
Same reason they are desensitizing us to military operations in major cities.
Us: “Why do you need a billion bullets?”
Then: “We got such a good deal we couldn’t afford NOT to buy a billion bullets.
You sure do assume that federal agents spend a lot of time on the gun range. I don’t buy it.
In the late 1980’s I was assigned to a Naval Security detachment on a major weapons depot with possible high-value weapons. We trained with firearms more than most other non-SEAL Navy personnel, and that was still less than 800 rounds per year each, total. That included rifle, pistol, shotgun, and the bulk of it was M-60 machinegun quals.
I hope that DHS doesn’t have 100K agents trained to be SAW gunners.
Currently, I have a friend who manufactures custom ammunition. He just told me last night that he is several thousand rounds behind on filling 9mm orders and can’t find those bullets anywhere at any price.
Something hinky is going on.
I believe the same thing. I’ve read that a lot of the ammo purchased is 380 hollow points, that same as I have in my 2 pistols. You don’t use hollow points for training.
I believe the same thing. I’ve read that a lot of the ammo purchased is 380 hollow points, that same as I have in my 2 pistols. You don’t use hollow points for training.
I believe the same thing. I’ve read that a lot of the ammo purchased is 380 hollow points, that same as I have in my 2 pistols. You don’t use hollow points for training.
Bingo. Radio talk show hosts never consider this possibility. The government can write as many pretend checks as it wants to and just adds it to the deficit.
According to industry information coming from the SHOT show and some other industry sources, ammo manufacturers are producing 1 billion rounds per week. The order by the government is about a week and a half of production.
So it isn’t that much.
All that one has to understand that ANYTHING THE GOVERNMENT SAYS IS A LIE!
We aren’t stupid, we know the reason very well and won’t accept the government propaganda lies on this subject.
IT’S TO DEFEAT FREE AMERICANS SO THAT THEY CAN INSTALL COMMUNISM HERE AT HOME!
***That’s 13000 to train with and shoot over 5 years, or 2600 per year. ***
When I was in the USAF we were trained with 100 rounds rifle and 50 rounds pistol per year. That was back in 1966-1969.
Two years we used M-16s, two years with M-1 carbines, S&W revolvers.
OBama does what he does becassue all conservatives will do is call RUSH or post here.
God Bless the boldness the left has to get in the street and in our faces.
I wish the right had but .0001 as much.
Ohh but we have to work rather than save our children...
Maybe next week after the BBQ.
They don't rely on a firearm either, they merely carry one, just as a city cop or a security guard does. Do cops and MPs, both of whom are more likely to engage in a shootout, use 2600 rounds per year?
Also 3,000 bullets in reserve per agent, would be HUGE. If or when a big shootout like WACO happens, then bullets could be brought in to supply the agents engaged in the battle, but few if any of the agents will ever see such a thing during their career, so why would each individual nationally, need to have such a massive combat load backing him?
Hollow-points for training? Riiiight.
Too bad reporters are so freaking ignorant.
OK, I see it:
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