Multi-year contracting is not an answer for items that are purchased over the counter in a commercial marketplace.
No grand conspiracy, just poor lousy government
The fiscal year starts in October and ends in September, this means this all started in September of last year and these shortages of ammo can go on for a year due to the tight capacity.
And yes, once upon a time I did this, it was my job and I hated it.
You are assuming they have no plans to deny us ammunition by legislating the industry out of business after they stock up.
Correct. There is no giant conspiracy. Breitbart has a good article debunking the ammo myths:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/04/The-Great-DHS-Ammunition-Stockpile-Myth
They usually buy everyone a new computer...
With any other administration, I would agree with you.
Very disappointed in US ammo makers selling so much to the DHS.
I will remember when things loosen up.
This is a lot more logical than most of the theories floating around.
Except, #4, that is the traditional baseline approach but most agencies now are going beyond baseline to exceed the rate of growth in order to get future budgets increased.
In other words, in traditional baseline budgeting, if they are budgeted to increase by $100, if they spend $90, their next budget is considered a $10 cut so they try to spend $100. This has evolved to go beyond the projected growth rate so if they are budgeted to spend $100, they try to spend $200 so their next budget will be increased by that amount (and so on and so on and so on).
Sorry, but I don’t think that Obambi’s handlers have any intention of leaving our White House. They’ve probably sold every national secret to our enemies, undone any secrecy to anything that’s important to our security, and Lord knows what else they’ve done to our country.
And if an actual president comes in with his administration and finds out how much damage these morons have done, they’ll probably wind up in prison.
No, there’s a much larger plan . . . and I pray for us when it happens.
I hate to burst your bubble but its not that benign. More likely its to keep ammo supplies scarce while gunning up for the inevitiable conflict with the American public.
7,000 full auto AR’s and 2717 armored trucks are not just to make sure all alloted funds get spent.
The is is not your daddy’s govt.
A question, dila...
If the government issues the purchase order for “up to” a gazillion rounds, they have spent their budget, as funds are allocated even if the actual purchase is not made.
The following years’ budgets gets these funds rolled over, for the next hypothetical PO awarded for ever-increasing purchases that are never consummated. Are they just parking money this way?
BTW, thank you for taking on the free energy spammers that pop up here occasionally.
“since it was such a huge order it took away all this critical buffer inventory leading to shortages when the public demand picked up at the same time eliminating all their inventory in their distribution channels.”
No, I’d say this part of your theory is incorrect, because the DHS order is not extraordinary. It’s at the same level as their order from previous years going back at least a decade. So, the sole reason for the shortage is the public panic buying, since the DHS purchases would have had no effect on any buffer inventory.
That hardly explains so much $$$$ spent on ammo when they could just as easily bought office furniture with it. Ammo isn’t going to make their lives more cushy but a nicely decorated office with a big leather desk chair would. That also doesn’t explain why so many gov depts who have no need for such large amounts of ammo were ordering it too.
DING! DING! DING! This is the SINGLE worst thing about the federal government.
In business, you are praised if you save money for the company. In government you are encoraged to spend it all, OR ELSE.
There is no incentive to save.
If we had a one-year program where anyone in the fed govt could get 10% of ANY money they saved, I bet the budget would be cut in half in one year.
but that would become their budget from then on.
Here is why I think they are buying ammo: they are wary of riots and want to have the ability to kill protestors.
If they buy up all the ammo, they don’t have to take your guns — they’re useless.
There are several FReepers who will belong shortly to give you the ‘Harry Reid Lecture’ on ‘Imagined Tyranny’ shortly.
I do not agree w/ your accessment.
Your naivete is astounding!
Ok, why does Her Butchness need 2700 APCs for DHS? Has any explanation ever been given?