Homeland Security Now Armed With Enough Ammo for 24 Year-Long Iraq War

[Wehrwolfen]

Homeland Security Now Armed With Enough Ammo for 24 Year-Long Iraq War​

by Jim Hoft
February 16, 2013


The government reportedly repositioned several of their Homeland Security ammunition containers recently.

Investor’s Business Daily reported:

In a puzzling, unexplained development, the Obama administration has been buying and storing vast amounts of ammunition in recent months, with the Department of Homeland Security just placing another order for an additional 21.6 million rounds.

Several other agencies of the federal government also began buying large quantities of bullets last year. The Social Security Administration, for instance, not normally considered on the frontlines of anything but dealing with seniors, explained that its purchase of millions of rounds was for special agents’ required quarterly weapons qualifications. They must be pretty poor shots.

But DHS has been silent about its need for numerous orders of bullets in the multiple millions. Indeed, Examiner writer Ryan Keller points out Janet Napolitano’s agency illegally redacted information from some ammunition solicitation forms following media inquiries.

According to one estimate, just since last spring DHS has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets, mainly .40 caliber and 9mm. That’s sufficient firepower to shoot every American about five times. Including illegal immigrants.

To provide some perspective, experts estimate that at the peak of the Iraq war American troops were firing around 5.5 million rounds per month. At that rate, DHS is armed now for a 24-year Iraq war.​

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Homeland Security Now Armed With Enough Ammo for 24 Year-Long Iraq War | The Gateway Pundit

 

[Lakhota]

This is an old story that has been on this board several times.

Not so sinister: Homeland Security is stockpiling ammo _ for target practice - 2/14/2013 1:17:45 PM | Newser

 

[Wehrwolfen]

This is an old story that has been on this board several times.

Not so sinister: Homeland Security is stockpiling ammo _ for target practice - 2/14/2013 1:17:45 PM | Newser

So you maybe you should report me to the moderator.

 

[Lakhota]

This is an old story that has been on this board several times.

Not so sinister: Homeland Security is stockpiling ammo _ for target practice - 2/14/2013 1:17:45 PM | Newser

So you maybe you should report me to the moderator.

No, we enjoy your "intellect"...

 

[Mad Scientist]

"I'm too scared to face this issue so what I'll do is just make fun of people who post these stories and call them Conspiracy Theorists".

 

[Wehrwolfen]

Putting 1.4 Billion Rounds Into Perspective, And The 1400 lbs Of High Tech Explosives DHS Just Ordered – Video’s​

August 27, 2012 17:25


(Before It's News)

Why is everyone all up in arms about the recent purchase by Homeland security of 1.4 Billion rounds of ammunition?

Our undeclared Foreign War in Iraq Consumes about 70,000,000 (70 Million) Rounds of Ammunition Each Year, which would take about 20 years to consume 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition ordered by the Department of Homeland Security alone, not including all the ammunition ordered by the weather service, Social Security, etc! 20 Years To Use All 1.4 Billion Rounds Of This Ammo?

Is the Department of Homeland security to protect us from foreign terrorists, or to protect the central government from the American people?

Oddly enough ALL the bullets they bought were hollow-points, which have been banned in international warfare since 1899, but somehow our civil authorities find it appropriate?

Hollow-point rounds, which expand in human tissue after impact, causing unnecessary suffering, according to widely accepted international treaties signed following the Hague peace conventions held in the Netherlands in 1899 and 1907.

“We need to be very clear in drawing this distinction: A hollow-point round, which is not permitted!
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To put the amount of explosives into perspective, Timothy McVeigh used 5,000 pounds of AN and motor racing fuel. RDX has a much greater explosive capacity than racing fuel, and McVeigh was a party to mass murder and destruction that would be on par with these materials being detonated.

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Putting 1.4 Billion Rounds Into Perspective, And The 1400 lbs Of High Tech Explosives DHS Just Ordered - Video's | Alternative

 

[NYcarbineer]

With all the rightwing talk about armed rebellion I for one am comforted to know that if any such rightwing terrorism breaks out, we will be able to crush it like a bug.

 

[waltky]

Explanation of gov't. ammo purchases...

The Truth About Government Ammo Purchases
March 8, 2013 - "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." --George Washington

The last few months have seen troubling news of massive government purchases of ammunition. Agencies from the Social Security Administration to the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Homeland Security have purchased millions of rounds. But is the whole thing more hype than substance?

Ever since Barack Obama was first elected in 2008, he has been selling guns and ammunition at a faster clip than any gun salesman could hope for. And since his re-election, citizens have been faced with severe shortages of both. This can only be exacerbated by large government purchases. The Social Security Administration (SSA), for example, purchased 174,000 rounds and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) bought 320,000 rounds. More understandable in purpose but also perhaps more staggering in scale, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) put in a request for 450 million rounds, while the FBI intends to purchase 100 million.

The headlines are ominous, but some of the hype can be put in perspective by doing a little math. National Review's Charles C. W. Cooke does just that. The SSA's request for 174,000 rounds amounts to just 590 rounds for each of its 295 inspector general agents "who investigate Social Security fraud and other crimes." Some of us might go through 590 rounds in an afternoon at the range. As for the USDA, 320,000 is enough to provide the same number of rounds for 542 agents, and, through the Forest Service, those agents have an area the size of Pakistan to cover.

When it comes to the bigger orders, Cooke writes, "The FBI and DHS's apparently vast orders are deceptively presented by the conspiracy theorists. It is true that in 2011, the FBI ordered up to 100 million bullets for its 13,913 special agents (which works out to 7,187 per agent). And, yes, the Department of Homeland Security -- a composite department that oversees USCIS, Customs and Border Protection, FEMA, ICE, the TSA, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the National Protection Directorate -- placed a request for up to 450 million rounds for its 65,000 armed personnel (which works out to 6,923 per agent). But in the real world, ammunition is not divided up and handed out on such a basis. What is bought is stockpiled and then allocated on the basis of need. The DHS's order is expected to last for at least five years, and it was placed up front primarily as a cost-saving measure." Indeed, DHS is not even bound to buy that much; they merely have a tab on which to order more rounds as needed.

More The Truth About Government Ammo Purchases ? The Patriot Post

 

[LoneLaugher]

Holy shit. This fucking dog has too much free time.

 

[tyroneweaver]

This is an old story that has been on this board several times.

Not so sinister: Homeland Security is stockpiling ammo _ for target practice - 2/14/2013 1:17:45 PM | Newser

So you maybe you should report me to the moderator.

how bout double secret probation.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9A52xOQmAI]Double Secret Probation 1978 HD - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Wehrwolfen]

This is an old story that has been on this board several times.

Not so sinister: Homeland Security is stockpiling ammo _ for target practice - 2/14/2013 1:17:45 PM | Newser

So you maybe you should report me to the moderator.

how bout double secret probation.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9A52xOQmAI]Double Secret Probation 1978 HD - YouTube[/ame]

Oh NO, not that. Double Secret Probation... No wonder AmyNation sent me that notification about 50%.

 

[waltky]

Cutting costs: Marines told "save every round"...

Desperate times: Marines told to 'save every round'
March 11th, 2013 - United States Marines are being told to preserve ammunition and gasoline as a deal softening the impact of automatic spending cuts continues to elude leaders in Washington.

Marine Corps Commandant James Amos urged personnel in a videoposted online Friday to "save every round, every gallon of gas," and to "take every single aspect or opportunity in training to get the most bang for the buck," a reminder of the cuts' immediate effect on the U.S. military. The Marine Corps and other branches are being forced to cut billions from their budgets as the result of the spending cuts, which were triggered March 1 when Congress and the White House failed to strike a deal reducing the federal debt. In a letter to all Marines dated March 2, Amos said his branch would cut $1.4 billion in 2013 and $2 billion in every ensuing year for nearly a decade.

State-by-state reports produced by the White House indicated the military slashes would be seen in delayed maintenance for military equipment and canceled air shows, along with furloughs for civilian defense personnel. Salaries for enlisted personnel are exempt from the budget cuts. "This is no time to do business as usual," Amos said in the video. "Things have changed. The landscape's changed. We need you to be conservative in the way you do business, I need you to think about conserving our assets, and I need you to become part of the solution as it relates to sacrifice."

The primary goal of the Marines going forward will be to preserve the corps' readiness, Amos said, including initiatives to "recapitalize" and "modernize" the institution. But for now, Amos indicated Marine leaders will be focused on "moving money around" and looking at more ways to reduce spending. "This is going to require all of us to take a different perspective on your piece of the Marine Corps, and it's going to require all of us to take a look at how we sacrifice for the good of the institution," he said.

And despite the cuts originating from a stalemate between the White House and lawmakers, Amos described Congress as "our best friends." "The Marine Corps exists today because of Congress," he said, saying in discussions with congressmen and senators it's clear that lawmakers want to help counteract the automatic spending cuts. "Everybody's on this, everybody's pulling together," he said.

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