Posted on 03/30/2012 8:46:22 AM PDT by KeyLargo
The Department Of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New Bullets
Eloise Lee|March 28, 2012|
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office is getting an "indefinite delivery" of an "indefinite quantity" of .40 caliber ammunition from defense contractor ATK.
U.S. agents will receive a maximum of 450 million rounds over five years, according to a press release on the deal.
The high performance HST bullets are designed for law enforcement and ATK says they offer "optimum penetration for terminal performance."
This refers to the the bullet's hollow-point tip that passes through barriers and expands for a bigger impact without the rest of the bullet getting warped out of shape: "this bullet holds its jacket in the toughest conditions."
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450 million!
That’s a bullet and a half for every citizen.
Think of the savings if Big Sis only hired sharpshooters to quell the riots on the street.
The Democrats don’t have any problem with guns as long as they get to decide who the guns are pointed at.
Is that alex jones being attack by obama stazin in that pic?
Government jackboots will not hesitate to break down your door and attempt destroy your family, and we need to be prepared to respond in kind. The war they are fomenting will not be for the squeamish.
Keep your powder dry and your rifle calibers in .3, .4 and and .5 (or NATO equivalents; yeah, 5.56 is good, too).
“You can do everything with bayonets, except sit on them.” -Huxley
Then there’s this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVQRMrlQ95U
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