Posted on 08/15/2012 9:27:17 AM PDT by blam
The Social Security Administration Is Buying 174,000 Rounds Of High-Powered Ammunition
Robert Johnson
Aug. 15, 2012, 11:47 AM
First the DHS needed 450 million rounds of ammunition, then the NOAA requested 46,000 rounds, now we've discovered an online request at FBO.Gov calling for 174,000 rounds of ammunition for the Social Security Administration.
The request actually calls for 174K .357 hollow points that arguably have as much stopping power as any bullet out there, and hollow point to do as much damage to soft tissue as possible on top of that.
R.K. Campbel at Gun Blast mentions his experience with .357 rounds:
I observed the effect of the .357 Magnum 125 grain JHP once over the top of my own sights. The effect was gruesome. A solid hit that produced a severe blood flow AND dramatic effect from the rear, including lung tissue thrown perhaps three feet.
The 125 grain and JHP (jacketed rounds) are exactly the ones requested by the SSA and their offices of Inspector General and Office of Investigation.
The FBO has a link that lists all locations slated to receive the batches of bullets. Offices like Greensboro, NC are getting a mere 1,000 rounds while offices like Iselin, NJ are getting 10 times that number.
Alex Jones' InfoWars is quick to point out that this acquisition jibes with a DHS operation in January where the agency swarmed a Leesburg, FL social security office and posted armed guards outside the doors.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
True that, but I would not have been concerned if the Reagan administration departments had done this, or the Bush (either), but this bunch of radical, hippie throwbacks, makes me nervous. Nixon, if I'd been old enough to care, may have been concerning.
What’s with all the bullets?
Janet Napolitano tells the Border Guards to run and hide, if they come under attack.
What’s good enough for border guards should be good enough for other government workers. When under attack, RUN AND HIDE.
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.357 is an admirable round with wondrous powers. But its use in arms is quite limited.
Maybe it’s just another genius government decision, like ethanol, or buying car companies.
Maybe it is the 357 SIG?
Meanwhile, the war is declared from within on AMerica by Zero’s bunch and the GOP lets them do it, all obedient, maybe some muttering to themselves: “it is not happening, it is not happening”.
Yes it is happening. The electorate does not think a trial is now going to be worth the money and expense... Truth is, Zero is way in over his head in this and foreign powers are going to step in his vacuum of a head, it is too tempting.
Oh, and watch for those “death wish” suicide bombing hating leftist lesbians...
Yeah, maybe it’s just fear mongering.
The article says .357 magnum, but the RFQ says .357 SIG.
Here’s a thread from 2008 on a LEO forum about Social Security Agents; there’s a good reason for them to be armed.
http://forums.officer.com/t105979/
“Federal law makes it illegal for anyone with a felony warrant to collect SSI or SSA benefits. Therefore SSA/OIG/OI Special Agents can pursue anyone on any felony warrant who is trying to collect benefits.”
“I worked on a serial killer case with the FBI, gun cases with the ATF, a biker gang case involving motorcycle theft with then-U.S. Customs, domestic terrorism cases, drug cases, local and state crimes, and scads of immigration-related investigations”
“Going out to interview someone in a crack-infested neighborhood, where guys are sitting on the steps at 10:00 AM sipping a 40; or spending an inordinate amount of time in HUD housing projects was an everyday thing.”
The article says .357 magnum, but the RFQ says .357 SIG. Noobs...
For the list.
that looks like one of those assault revolvers whose only purpose is to kill people
Stop making sense.
Way more fun to pitch a fit about black helicopters and all that.
THe picture is that of a S&W model 10 used by the Police in the past, it does not take 357 but 38’s only, I believe.
Perhaps it is no longer a SMALL department, with expanded new “enforcement” roles? Remember, there has not been a budget to describe these line items or expansions. Part of the plan? Police, federal. Everywhere.
It’s a model 19, K frame .357, the adjustable sights are a tip off. The model 10 had fixed sights.
Perhaps it is no longer a SMALL department, with expanded new “enforcement” roles? Remember, there has not been a budget to describe these line items or expansions. Part of the plan? Police, federal. Everywhere.
THat is what I suspected, it’s for Glock 357SIG chambering. ALso the picture on the article is that of a 38... double noobs.
Ah, my bad, then.
There are other weapon platforms that use the .357 but not many. So it’s a good question...why do they have a need for this ammo?
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