her silence is deafening... and says all there is to say
Posted on 03/22/2013 5:40:49 PM PDT by raptor22
Bullet Buys: Fifteen members of Congress have written a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding to know why the federal agency is buying so many rounds of ammunition. We'd like to know too.
Fifteen members of Congress have sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding to know why the federal agency is buying so many rounds of ammunition. We'd like to know too.
Freshman California Republican Doug LaMalfa and 14 of his House colleagues, who signed on to his March 5 letter, are asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain why it is buying 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition of various calibers. They aren't happy with explanations provided so far in the press by lower-level officials, answers meant to debunk "unfounded" concerns.
As we have noted, DHS has been buying lots of ammo, enough by one calculation to fight the equivalent of a 24-year Iraqi War.
Peggy Dixon, spokeswoman for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga., told the Associated Press that the training center and others like it run by the Homeland Security Department use as many as 15 million rounds every year, mostly on shooting ranges and in training exercises.
The massive purchases are said to be spread out over five years and due simply to the best practice of saving money by buying in bulk what comes down to five rounds of ammo for every man, woman and child on the U.S. That's a lot of practice and training.
A good portion of the 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition are being purchased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government's second-largest criminal investigative agency. Yes that's the same ICE that is releasing detained criminal illegal aliens onto our streets because of sequestration cuts.
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I totally, totally agree. Also MREs, FEMA stocks, “continuity of govt” bunkers etc.
They can see what’s coming, but don’t dare tell the proles down in steerage.
Too many in Congress are already controlled by blackmail, as is the Chief Justice.
Obama could drop a nuke on Utah, adn teh MSM wouldn’t cover it.
I’m sure these purchases are what’s causing shortage on the shelf.
her silence is deafening... and says all there is to say
Practicing and training for what???
Re-capturing and deporting the released criminal illegal aliens they just let out???
Yeah, great waste of money paying twice for doing what was already a done deal...
I figure we should just cut 85 billion from DHS and call it a day...
No Mo sequestration??? Right???
Impeachment File on B. Hussein Obama.
If we could just get the manufacturers to not sale to them~ We’ve got to do stuff/
What, we should expect accountability from a government agency that knows better than we do what is good for us?
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Yes, that was a bit activist! The real question is why is our Federal Government trying to buy up all common ammunition.
It is NOT an accident that they are doing so. They do NOT do that (not for this kind of money)! For you forever optimists - explain just how this is just an accident.
Anyone who continues to suggest that this is just Government at work is continuing to dismiss the obvious result of their actions. Let us say that the stupid rule...until the end is near - sure seems to be the case her and so many other places (voting seems to be a particular problem).
Oh well, will be gone by the time these folks wake up so no loss to me but I really worry about the future. The real problem is that the youngsters tend to agree with this Communist propaganda.
Freedom From War, Publication 7277, State Dept. 1961.
Reducing nuke stockpile. Internal security forces - ie "we need a civilian military AS STRONG as ou military". Cutting regular military down - a sizeable part of which is operating under UN command or fulfilling UN objectives. Disarming citizens. The latest UN small arms treaty crap. Destroying the last superpower by killing the economy and creating economic crises by printing money like water. Getting ready to Cyprus our 401k's into "government bonds" and private bank savings into "stock/equity in the bank" your money's in - worse than FDIC-insured. Not far fetched as he hates America, walked around for months with the Post-America book he was reading, has all national intelligence assets looking at anyone who is "anti-government" (anti-Obama) as a threat. (And in case you didn't know, Freedom From War, the UN treaties do not allow civillians to remain armed - which means confiscation, by force if necessary.)
Do not think they will not take your supplies as well, as these emergency orders will also allow them to take any of your property they need. Once they disarm you it won't be hard.
This is what it's all about. In its "Second Annual Report to Congress" (February 1963), the ACDA presented a simple graphic depiction (see top of next page) demonstrating its proposed three-stage disarmament process:
U.S. THREE-STAGE DISARMAMENT PLAN
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