Posted on 01/22/2013 7:41:54 AM PST by Texas Eagle
Department of Homeland Security: Sport rifle (AR-15) suitable for personal defense
Posted by Steve McGough on January 15, 2013 at 8:28 am
The United States Department of Homeland Security has stated a rifle chambered in 5.56 NATO (compatible with .223) with a magazine capacity of 30 rounds is suitable for personal defense use in close quarters
Well smack me up-side the head. First, a hat tip to Breitbarts Awr Hawkins who pointed us to a posted General Services Administration (GSA) business opportunity solicitation posted and updated last summer. Basically, the site posts a request for proposal (RFP) for personal defense weapons for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
This RFP is not for the traditional armed forces. This solicitation is specific to law enforcement who almost exclusively work within and along the borders of the United States. Certainly the threats ICE officers may be subject to are the same exact threats law-abiding residents could be subject to.
(Excerpt) Read more at radioviceonline.com ...
WHAT?????
I assume by “sportsman” they mean “hunting & fishing”, I do both. The term “sportsman has also been used to describe some who engage in other activities that don’t include me. I don’t consider myself a “sportsman” either and I don’t consider my right to own firearms has anything to do with hunting or any other “sporting” purposes. Any other uses besides protection which includes personsl, family, community and country are a fringe benefit which also helps keep my proficient in their use.
Good work! Requesting permission to steal.
The cops will ignore the mag limit, too. Who is going to enforce it against them?
mi casa es su casa
Tom Logan: I'm a jackpot farmer with one milk cow and a hundred-square-foot patch of vegetables.
Jane: Then how come you have so many guns?
Tom: Because I'm a sportsman.
Jane: Why do you have a sawed-off shotgun?
Tom: Because I'm a sawed-off sportsman.
Uh, oh... looks like somebody at DHS didn't get the memo LOL.
That's assuming they aren't exempt to begin with.
Reports say that the law as passed did not have an exception for police.
Do they make toy guns anymore?
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