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Posted on 08/18/2012 8:48:02 PM PDT by null and void
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) confirms that it is purchasing 174 thousand rounds of hollow point bullets to be delivered to 41 locations in major cities across the U.S. No one has yet said what the purpose of these purchases is, though we are led to believe that they will be used only in an emergency to counteract and control civil unrest. Those against whom the hollow point bullets are to be used — those causing the civil unrest — must be American citizens; since the SSA has never been used overseas to help foreign countries maintain control of their citizens.
What would be the target of these 174, 000 rounds of hollow point bullets? It can’t simply be to control demonstrators or rioters. Hollow point bullets are so lethal that the Geneva Convention does not allow their use on the battle field in time of war. Hollow point bullets don’t just stop or hurt people, they penetrate the body, spread out, fragment and cause maximum damage to the body’s organs. Death often follows.
Potentially each hollow nose bullet represents a dead American. If so, why would the U.S. government want the SSA to kill 174,000 of our citizens, even during a time of civil unrest? Or is the purpose to kill 174,000 of the nation’s military and replace them with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) special security forces, forces loyal to the Administration, not to the Constitution?
All my life I’ve handled firearms. When a young boy growing up on my father’s farm in Pennsylvania Dad’s first rule of firearms training was, “Never point a gun at someone, in fun or otherwise, unless you intend to shoot them. If you shoot someone, shoot to kill.” I’ve never forgotten his admonition. It stayed with me through my Boy Scout training, when I enlisted in the army as a Private to fight in the Korea War, during my days as a Ranger and Paratrooper and throughout my thirty-four year military career.
If this were only a one time order of ammunition, it could easily be dismissed. But there is a pattern here. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has ordered 46,000 rounds of hollow point ammunition. Notice that all of these purchases are for the lethal hollow nose bullets. These bullets are not being purchased and stored for squirrel or coyote hunting. This is serious ammunition manufactured to be used for serious purposes.
In the war in Iraq, our military forces expended approximately 70 million rounds per year. In March DHS ordered 750 million rounds of hollow point ammunition. It then turned around and ordered an additional 750 million rounds of miscellaneous bullets including some that are capable of penetrating walls. This is enough ammunition to empty five rounds into the body of every living American citizen. Is this something we and the Congress should be concerned about? What’s the plan that requires so many dead Americans, even during times of civil unrest? Has Congress and the Administration vetted the plan in public.
I fear that Congress won’t take these ammunition purchases seriously until they are all led from Capitol Hill in handcuffs. Why buy all this ammunition unless you plan to use it. Unknown to Congress, Does DHS plan to declare war on some country? Shouldn’t Congress hold hearings on why the Administration is stockpiling this ammunition all across the nation? How will it be used; what are the Administration’s plans?
Obama is a deadly serious, persistent man. Once he focuses on an object, he pursues it to the end. What is his focus here? All of these rounds of ammunition can only be used to kill American citizens, though there is enough ammunition being ordered to kill, in addition to every American citizen, also every Iranian, Syrian or Mexican. There is simply too much of it. And this much ammunition can’t be just for training, there aren’t that many weapons and “shooters” in the U.S. to fire it. Perhaps it is to be used to arm illegal immigrants?
We have enough military forces to maintain law and order in the U.S. even during times of civil unrest.
We have local police, backed up by each state’s National Guard, backed up by the Department of Defense. So in addition to all these forces why does DHS need its own private army? Why do the SSA, NOAA and other government agencies need to create their own civilian security forces armed with hollow nose bullets?
Were I the JCS, and if I wasn’t already fully briefed on this matter, I’d stop the purchase of hollow point bullets, ask the secretary of Defense why all this ammunition is being purchased and spread around the country? If I got answers like the ones Congress got during the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious – I’d start tracking all ammunition deliveries nationwide to find out what organizations and units are using them, for what purpose and, if it is not constitutional, prepare to counteract whatever it is that they are doing.
This is a deadly serious business. I hope I’m wrong, but something smells rotten. And If the Congress isn’t going to do its duty and investigate this matter fully, the military will have to protect the Constitution, the nation, and our citizens.
Jerry Curry is a decorated combat veteran, Army Aviator, Paratrooper, and Ranger, who for nearly forty years has served his country both in the military and as a Presidential political appointee.
Thanks for your posts- the explanations make sense to me.
What really distresses me is that because of the leadership we have in Washington it is EASY to believe these purchases could be part of some darker plan.
Further .357Sig isn't quite the ballistic equivalent of .357 Magnum and last I checked .357 Magnum wasn't penetrating vests.
I'm all for people contacting their Senator or Congressman, but let's not sound as ignorant as the typical media flunky that calls everything a "AK47".
No one said you have to live in Ardland.
That’s not the whole picture, and the full one has been posted here a couple of times.
So sue me.
I got the e-mail from a personal friend who is a retired federal LE still well connected on the national level. Both he and his association of retired LEs are concerned about the purchases and composed the letter. That sends off huge alarm bells in my mind.
I’m not one of the various people that have been attacking you on this thread. No reason to get angry with me.
Ooops the smilie didn’t post. Sorry.
Please add me to your ping list!
“Why else a stash of that size?”
The ‘stash’ of the beaurocracy, including this, is nothing compared to that the ‘army’ of ‘America’s hunters etc.’
Hm, if it passes: 18 USC 241, 18 USC 242, and 1983 prosecutions should all be perused. (That's felony, felony, civil.)
Tactics aren't where you need to be concerned: wars are won with logistics.
No.
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you need to threaten to report me to the Admin if I don’t add you to the list...
AB 2179
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2151-2200/ab_2179_bill_20120525_amended_asm_v96.html
analysis
http://www.aroundthecapitol.com/Bills/AB_2179/20112012/
status
http://legiscan.com/gaits/view/405502
I’m concerned too but that doesn’t mean that factually incorrect letters should be sent out to congress. If the letter displays ignorance it really detracts from the over all message.
That's because the list is itself a conspiracy. ;)
It’s a bit metaphysical, I know, but it’s the only fair way. </The Inquisitor></obscure Red Dwarf reference>
LOL — I loved Red Dwarf.
The English can still do comedy without it having to be vulgar — something that seems to be rather rarefied in a lot of our media.
“You’re going to breed horses with a sheep and a cow?”
Why aren’t you on the Red Dwarf ping list?
There's a Red Dwarf ping-list? I can't imagine it's very high-volume...
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