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.)
“We’ve also learned that the Department has an open bid for a stockpile of rifle ammo. Listed on the federal business opportunities network, they’re looking for up to 175 million rounds of .223 caliber ammo to be exact. The .223 is almost exactly the same round used by NATO forces, the 5.56 x 45mm.
The deadline for earlier this month was extended because the right contractor just hadn’t come along.
Looks like the Department of Homeland Security means business.”
Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-28/news/31247765_1_atk-bullet-rounds#ixzz1qcHgP6lZ