[Kartographer]

Tin foil hat stuff? I am not so sure...What does DHS need with 450 million rounds of ammo?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Live free or die.

And if you have to die, take a few of the bustards with you.

[the invisib1e hand]

What does DHS need with 450 million rounds of ammo?maybe they're just trying to corner the market.

[null and void]

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you need to threaten to report me to the Admin if I don’t add you to the list...

[SnuffaBolshevik]

"What does DHS need with 450 million rounds of ammo?"

Maybe they're poor shots. /s

[bmwcyle]

I hope they put it all in one place.

[LibLieSlayer]

That works out to about 1500 rounds per agent in one investigative report posted here on FR... and another stated it was 2500 rounds (one had a different number of “qualifying” agents). These agents have to qualify with a weapon and unlike the present Military (who BTW are in the process of phasing out the 9mm Beretta) they use .40 semi autos with hollow point projectiles. You practice with what you carry.

I myself have burned through over 2000 rounds of .45 ACP and 2500 rounds of 5.56 in an afternoon's shooting. These are not fragmentation rounds... which would shred tissue badly... but these are jacked hollow points and they are designed to exert all of their energy into the body... by utilizing their quick expansion properties... but it can be affected at range by heavy clothing and light armor.

One last point... the actual order for these bullets has a statement in it that says that they can purchase up to 450 million rounds at contract price... not that they will. This is a multi-year, ongoing supply contract.

LLS

[silverleaf]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2868859/posts

Agricultuure Dept buying another 200M rounds
To suppress those seditious raw milk and home garden cults

[SWAMPSNIPER]

When they come to the swamp for me a few of them won’t come back out.

[Dead Corpse]

Big ol’ roll of tin foil there. The 450 million rounds of .40 short and weak are a ten year expenditure. Considering the number of Federal agents carrying a .40.... This works out to an average well below your average shooter...

[TheOldLady]

They probably aren't very good shots, being against the 2nd Amendment, and all. They had to buy extra.

Announcing the purchase may be some sort of a threat, designed to intimidate us, but when they miss the first shot, we will have time to kill them before they draw a bead for the second.

I do love my PS90.