Posted on 03/30/2012 8:46:22 AM PDT by KeyLargo
The Department Of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New Bullets
Eloise Lee|March 28, 2012|
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office is getting an "indefinite delivery" of an "indefinite quantity" of .40 caliber ammunition from defense contractor ATK.
U.S. agents will receive a maximum of 450 million rounds over five years, according to a press release on the deal.
The high performance HST bullets are designed for law enforcement and ATK says they offer "optimum penetration for terminal performance."
This refers to the the bullet's hollow-point tip that passes through barriers and expands for a bigger impact without the rest of the bullet getting warped out of shape: "this bullet holds its jacket in the toughest conditions."
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I too am buying precious metals. Brass, Lead & Copper. . .
Another worthless gubment employee who like Vice President Biden wanted a job that doesn’t require production. Need to add a picture of motorcycle cops and A State Senator.
Getting ready for the coming revolution perhaps?????
Oddly enough, I just saw that Midway USA is advertising limited quantities of .40 S&W ammo as over runs / surplus from DHS.
Ballistic inaccuracies in this article aside, I wonder if this is an effort to squeeze supply and make ammo more expensive for the rest of us. Doesn’t seem like 450MM over 5 years would do much if 10 Billion rounds a year are sold, but could choke supplies of specific calibers. DHS looking more like the Peacekeepers from Hunger Games.
Just doing the math...it seems like there must be plans for DHS to add a whole heap of operatives. Training can involve simulations, then work with 22 shorts, and then full calibre weapons. 450 million rounds of full calibre ammo is a hefty order indeed.
Bringing a .40 to a 7.62X39/.308/30-06/300 Win Mag/.338 Lapua/.50 cal fight.
450 million bullets.
That’s enough to kill every American with 140 million bullets left over.
Even so, come Lord Jesus!
Not this again! They are not buying 450 million rounds. It is basically an open contract. When they need rounds they can order them from this vendor. It is like the vendor is preapproved contractor for selling bullets to DHS.
Even if they were buying that many rounds. Split up between every DHS employee, it probably would not cover their training. The army probably buys billions of bullets each year.
Obama’s a little delusional if he thinks he’s going to take this country with pistol rounds.
That’s just .40 rounds.
DHS is also ordering 150M .223 rounds.
Enough to implement a District 13 solution.
(In The Hunger Games, 12 districts submit to total control lest they too be wiped out like District 13.)
I invite all of you to go to youtube and type in martial law and also fema camps. There will be no election IMHO.
“The high performance HST bullets are designed for law enforcement and ATK says they offer “optimum penetration for terminal performance.”
There goes the argument that they are for training. These are pp rounds meant for you and me.
Bingo! I don’t even own a .40, but rifle rounds... I make my own.
Precisely
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