Talked to the ICE rep on the congressional DHS committee...Seemed like a decent guy, he actually called me back...This was about two weeks ago...He gave me his personal cell number, and his credentials check out...
We did the math...He admitted that the DHS and affiliated agencies utilizing all this ammunition would amount to about 17,000 shooters...I know that sounds a lot, but do the math...
Worse case it came out to be about 34-3500 rounds a year...For training purposes...
I’m sure there would be some sandbagging (I didn’t make that comment to the guy), but it all started to add up over the timeframe of the delieveries of this ammunition...They will not get it ALL in one big hunk...It’ll come in 5-10, maybe even about 30-35 million round lots from the manufacturers, as they get them produced...
Now...Of course we should take this with a grain of salt...I did my own diggin’ through my own investigation and sources, and putting all of this together was certainly a challenge, but I am confident of the information as it stands now...
The MRAP issue is pretty much put to bed...That leaves us the 7000+ personal defense rifles (select fire weapons) to figure out...And the many armored checkpoint booths they have purchased for purposes unknown at this time...
I did not broach that subject with my contact at that time...I believe we should still be alert to things popping up on the radar, and be ready to instigate our inquiries at that time...The reason being is that we cannot trust the current adminstration to be transparent at all on issues like this (obviously), and we need to foment and maintain good communications with those folks we believe can give us good answers...Then we can put it all together and connect the dots...
That’s my committment to this deal...