Posted on 04/05/2013 6:22:08 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
Despite the Department of Homeland Security recently putting in orders to purchase billions of rounds of hollow point ammunition for a purpose of what officials say is target practice, training and quarterly qualifications, Border Patrol agents were told yesterday afternoon that they will not be issued any new proficiency ammunition for next quarter.
Due to budget concerns and ammunition availability, we will not be getting issued any proficiency ammunition for next quarter. In addition to these reductions, we are also being limited to qualification ammo only. What this means to you is that you will not receive the normal 150 rounds for practice and we will not have any extra ammunition for a combat course following normal qualifications.
If you have the ammunition available and would like extra practice during your qualification day, the firearms instructors will have a training course available for Indio Station Personnel, keeping in mind basic marksmanship skills as well as tactical training with a limited amount of ammunition. You are not required to bring your own ammunition.
If you do not have extra ammo to bring, you will be given extra time to clean and maintain your issued handgun as well as station long arms.
If you have any questions about this quarters quals please feel free to send me your concerns.
Thanks.
According to information obtained and published by Senator Tom Coburn, Customs and Border Protection [CBP] purchased 36,475,000 rounds of ammunition at a cost of $12,255,040 for fiscal year 2012. CBP plans to purchase more for fiscal year 2013 at a cost of $12,528,146. In total, DHS plans to spend $37,263,698 on ammunition for all sub-agencies this year. As of November, 20, 2012, CBP had 94,404,329 rounds of ammunition in its inventory. DHS had 263,733,362 rounds available.
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send john f’n kerry to the store...
“can I get muh some ammo here?”
let them use spitwads!
Not to mention this indicates Napolitano outright lied to Congress. If the ammo purchases were for legitimate training and/or arming of agents, this story wouldn’t have ever been written.
So-called Homeland Security decides who gets ammo and who doesn’t. This is the slippery slope to gun control.
What do they NEED ammo for? Do they shoot anybody? Send them out there with sticks. They’ll be just as useful.
DHS hasn't ordered billions of rounds of ammunition and they have no plans to do so.
Of the thousands of articles, blog posts, and FR posts on this, all but basically two of them have been completely wrong. I can't emphasize this enough. The thousands of false articles and posts have created an alternate reality which is impossible to combat.
DHS hasn't been stockpiling; they've been reducing their ammunition purchases.
You can actually get pretty darn good practice dry firing. Get a cheap boresighter laser (not worth a darn for boresighting, but great for this). Aim your empty handgun at a spot on the wall and pull the trigger and pull the trigger and pull the trigger...
When the laser dot doesn’t move at all thru the trigger pull, you’ve finally got a good trigger press down, at least on that gun.
Then keep practicing, or you’ll lose it.
Yep. Hey, does anybody have a “Hit and Run Tactics to Combat DHS MRAPs” manual?
What is that really a picture of?
LOL that’s a complete non-sequitor.
They want the border open, to allow in more “unregistered Democrats.”
They want the ammo for the HSI/SRT, for future confiscation raids.
The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3004452/posts
What libs find impossible to wrap their minds around is that it's impossible to control guns in the US. There are just too many to ever eliminate. They might as well try passing laws against earthquakes and hurricanes.
Documentation File on the negative impact of the Obamanation Counterculture on America.
Border Patrol falls under DHS. So, um, were are all those billions of rounds they purchased? No quarterly qual fire means you’re not qualified to carry weapons. That means you’re off the line. All by design?
It's supposed to be a government warehouse in "Raiders of the Lost Arc". It's a joke.
How many bullets do they need to shoot Mexicans?
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