[ctdonath2]

It’s about end-of-fiscial-year use-up-the-budget buys. A lot more gov’t agencies need ammo than we realize (ex.: Social Security Administration fraud department may want some protection when knocking on a felon’s door, even if the Sheriff is knocking too). One dysfunction of gov’t budgets is “use it or lose it”: if they don’t spend what’s allocated for this year, they won’t get as much next year. Put the two together, and you get a lot of agencies ordering a lot of high-quality ammo to use up budgeted funds. Do the research & math, assuming 2K rounds per agent, and most of the numbers work out in a rational, sane manner.

Of course, freaking out over DHS ordering a billion rounds is more fun. And even divided out in a benefit-of-the-doubt manner, the quantity seems rather high...

[cripplecreek]

I suspect that its at least partly a means of hiding something else. Possibly large amounts of ammo going to Syria.

[vet7279]

Of course, freaking out over DHS...
I am not sure I agree with being concerned with DHS purchasing enough ammunition to shoot every man, woman and child in the US a couple of times over is "freaking out".

[jeffc]

re end-of-fiscal-year use-it-or-lose-it: Why would they order ammo (does NOAA even have any guns)? Why not more office supplies (you can never have enough of those)? Has this (buying ammo) been done before, or is it only since Zero has been in office?

I don't know. If true, it's very strange (and suspicious). If not true, well......