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The Department Of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New Bullets
Business Insider ^ | Mar 28, 2012 | Eloise Lee

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."

(Excerpt) Read more at articles.businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; homeland; jackbootedthugs; jbt; obama; security; tsa
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1 posted on 03/30/2012 8:46:26 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

I too am buying precious metals. Brass, Lead & Copper. . .


2 posted on 03/30/2012 8:50:13 AM PDT by DeaconRed (ZERO supporters are stuck on stupid. . . Always were, always will be. . .)
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To: KeyLargo
The Department Of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New Bullets

This regime is gonna need them in an attempt to quell the impending riots that Zero is ginning up before the Nov 6 date.

WILL THERE BE AN ELECTION??
3 posted on 03/30/2012 8:51:37 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: KeyLargo

Another worthless gubment employee who like Vice President Biden wanted a job that doesn’t require production. Need to add a picture of motorcycle cops and A State Senator.


4 posted on 03/30/2012 8:51:40 AM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: KeyLargo

Getting ready for the coming revolution perhaps?????


5 posted on 03/30/2012 8:52:09 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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6 posted on 03/30/2012 8:52:24 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

Oddly enough, I just saw that Midway USA is advertising limited quantities of .40 S&W ammo as over runs / surplus from DHS.


7 posted on 03/30/2012 8:52:39 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Bringing children to America without immigration documents is child abuse. Let's end it.)
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To: KeyLargo

Ballistic inaccuracies in this article aside, I wonder if this is an effort to squeeze supply and make ammo more expensive for the rest of us. Doesn’t seem like 450MM over 5 years would do much if 10 Billion rounds a year are sold, but could choke supplies of specific calibers. DHS looking more like the Peacekeepers from Hunger Games.


8 posted on 03/30/2012 8:54:29 AM PDT by JTHomes (A lot of injustice is done under the cover of law.)
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To: KeyLargo

Just doing the math...it seems like there must be plans for DHS to add a whole heap of operatives. Training can involve simulations, then work with 22 shorts, and then full calibre weapons. 450 million rounds of full calibre ammo is a hefty order indeed.


9 posted on 03/30/2012 8:54:54 AM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American that a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: KeyLargo

Bringing a .40 to a 7.62X39/.308/30-06/300 Win Mag/.338 Lapua/.50 cal fight.


10 posted on 03/30/2012 8:56:05 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
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To: KeyLargo
They are making these purchases not to protect Americans but to subdue and terrorize Americans. If Obama is reelected he will have a lot more flexibility. You and your family will not be safe.
11 posted on 03/30/2012 8:56:23 AM PDT by detective
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12 posted on 03/30/2012 8:57:18 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Voter#537

450 million bullets.

That’s enough to kill every American with 140 million bullets left over.

Even so, come Lord Jesus!


13 posted on 03/30/2012 8:58:22 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Monterrosa-24

Not this again! They are not buying 450 million rounds. It is basically an open contract. When they need rounds they can order them from this vendor. It is like the vendor is preapproved contractor for selling bullets to DHS.

Even if they were buying that many rounds. Split up between every DHS employee, it probably would not cover their training. The army probably buys billions of bullets each year.


14 posted on 03/30/2012 9:00:33 AM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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To: Westbrook

Obama’s a little delusional if he thinks he’s going to take this country with pistol rounds.


15 posted on 03/30/2012 9:01:01 AM PDT by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
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To: KeyLargo

That’s just .40 rounds.
DHS is also ordering 150M .223 rounds.

Enough to implement a District 13 solution.
(In The Hunger Games, 12 districts submit to total control lest they too be wiped out like District 13.)


16 posted on 03/30/2012 9:01:01 AM PDT by ctdonath2 ($1 meals: http://abuckaplate.blogspot.com/)
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To: All

I invite all of you to go to youtube and type in martial law and also fema camps. There will be no election IMHO.


17 posted on 03/30/2012 9:01:49 AM PDT by In God I trust
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To: Voter#537

“The high performance HST bullets are designed for law enforcement and ATK says they offer “optimum penetration for terminal performance.”

There goes the argument that they are for training. These are pp rounds meant for you and me.


18 posted on 03/30/2012 9:01:54 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Free Vulcan

Bingo! I don’t even own a .40, but rifle rounds... I make my own.


19 posted on 03/30/2012 9:02:19 AM PDT by Afterguard
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To: Free Vulcan

Precisely


20 posted on 03/30/2012 9:02:48 AM PDT by EdReform (Oath Keepers - Guardians of the Republic - Honor your oath - Join us: www.oathkeepers.org)
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