From a friend of mine who is retired federal Law Enforcement:
The Honorable (Insert Senator’s/Congressperson’s name here)
I am writing to ask that your office officially look into the massive quantity of small arms ammunition various agencies in the federal government are buying with a 60 day delivery date. These agencies range from Department of Homeland Security to National Weather Service to Social Security Administration. (Why would the Social Security Administration require ANY ammunition, especially 174,000 .357 SIG and 174,000 .40 cal S&W)? .357 SIG is not a standard round for any agency. It is a bottle-necked cartridge (.40 cal casing necked down to a .357 bullet—capable of penetrating most body armor). Add to this “very interesting” order the various agencies NOW buying the below:
• Over one million rounds of hollow-point .223 rifle ammo
• Over half a million rounds of non-hollow-point .223 rifle ammo
• 220,000 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun #7 ammo (target ammo)
• Over 200,000 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun #00 buckshot ammo (tactical anti-personnel ammo)
• 66,000 rounds of 12 gauge shotgun slugs (tactical anti-personnel, anti-vehicle rounds)
• Over two million rounds of hollow-point .357 Sig JPH (hollow-point) pistol ammo (anti-personnel)
• Over four million rounds of .40 S&W JPH (hollow-point) pistol ammo (anti-personnel)
• Over 60,000 rounds of .308 match grade anti-personnel sniper rounds (BTHP)
• Plus, hundreds of thousands of additional rounds of .38 special, .45 auto, 9mm, 7.62x39 (AK rifle) ammo, and others.
This is on top of the massive 450 million .40 S&W hollow point rounds the DHS has already requisitioned. (All above can be verifed on government websites regarding contract solicitations).
We need answers to what this is all about, and why now?
What do they know or expect, and when did they decide to act?
Who exactly requires this amount of ammo for civilian agencies (and don’t let them tell you it’s for training...not hollow points).
Keep in mind that the above stockage would provide every single member of the US armed forces with over 400 rounds per person.
Who is REALLY going to use all this? And against who?
Please keep me advised. I am sending a copy of this to selected individuals in other states so that they can make similar inquiries with their respective senators and representatives.
Time is of the essence. I fear this has something to do with anticipated election results or some other event we have not been made aware of.
Sincerely,
(Insert your name and address)
Make that the KNOWN contracts. I'm even more worried about the unknown, behind the scenes, under the table, back door transactions. Then there's the contracts for bullet proof check point booths and aremored vehicles.
The federal fiscal year ends September 30 so they're at the end of their budgets so it's either spend the money or lose it. Okey, dokey but isn't is interesting that all these little non-military agencies, save a handful of armed security employees, have all channeled their monies to ammo rather than a workshop in a 5 star resort or new office furniture or a few cartons of pencils.
I wonder if it is possible that the fedgov is placing these orders simply to lock up the supply chain, preventing citizens who are buying ever more guns from getting any ammo.
Dec. 21, 2012. The day they make the official announcement that the sovereign United States no longer exists, and the North American Continent is now part of the New Socialist Western Hemisphere.
Further .357Sig isn't quite the ballistic equivalent of .357 Magnum and last I checked .357 Magnum wasn't penetrating vests.
I'm all for people contacting their Senator or Congressman, but let's not sound as ignorant as the typical media flunky that calls everything a "AK47".