I recently retired from DHS and the agency still issues 9mm ammunition to a large number of agents and officers. Many carry the Sig Sauer 226 that uses the 9mm round. These guns are carried as either back up weapons or as a primary depending on the position occupied by the officer/ agent. Most everyone else carries the Sig Sauer 229 that uses the 40 S&W round. Before I left the agency I was a supervisor and signed for some very large amounts of ammunition that was delivered to the field office. Most of it was 40 S&W. I also signed for large amounts of 223, 9mm and shotgun ammo. I think that everyone should contact their elected representatives and demand an answer as to why so much ammunition is needed. I personally beleive it is designed to create a shortage of ammunition. Just another form of gun control from Obammie and company.
There are probably 5000 government employees per day retiring on government tax paid lottery style government pensions.
I think that everyone should contact their elected representatives and demand an answer as to why so much ammunition is needed.
Oh sure, I'll compose a letter right now, and send it to D.C....I'm sure they'll all be very concerned and jump right on it....gak..
That's the funniest damn thing I've heard in the last 2 hours.
Thanks for weighing in. There has been a lot of speculation, but little hard data, on the degree to which the 1.6 billion-plus round DHS ammo buys are excessive. Can you help with the math? How many rounds does the typical DHS agent fire in a year for training and qualification? How many law enforcement agents would be using this ammo for training and qualification?