The Department of Homeland Security is set to purchase a further 21.6
million rounds of ammunition to add to the 1.6 billion bullets it has
already obtained over the course of the last 10 months alone, figures
which have stoked concerns that the federal agency is preparing for
civil unrest. A solicitation posted yesterday on
the Fed Bid website details how the bullets are required for the DHS
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico. The solicitation asks for 10 million pistol cartridge
.40 caliber 165 Grain, jacketed Hollow point bullets (100 quantities of
100,000 rounds) and 10 million 9mm 115 grain jacketed hollow point
bullets (100 quantities of 100,000 rounds). The document also lists a requirement for 1.6 million pistol cartridge 9mm ball bullets (40 quantities of 40,000 rounds).
An approximation of how many rounds of ammunition the
DHS has now secured over the last 10 months stands at around 1.625
billion. In March 2012, ATK announced that they had agreed to provide
the DHS with a maximum of 450 million bullets over four years, a story that prompted questions about why the feds were buying ammunition in such large quantities. To put that in perspective, during the height of active battle operations in Iraq, US soldiers used 5.5 million rounds of ammunition a month.
Extrapolating the figures, the DHS has purchased enough bullets over
the last 10 months to wage a full scale war for almost 30 years.
While Americans are being browbeaten with rhetoric about the necessity
to give up semi-automatic firearms in the name of preventing school
shootings, the federal government is arming itself to the teeth with
both ammunition and guns. Last September, the DHS purchased no less than 7,000 fully automatic assault rifles, labeling them “Personal Defense Weapons.” Power Your Mind. MadOne
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