Those Americans who count and pay the bulk of the income taxes and believe in God are the enemy of the central socialist obama government and of his millions of sycophants both in and out of Washington! We are the reason they're arming themselves to the teeth!
Hate? Yes. I hate the existing socialist government of Barack Barry Soetoro Obama: liar, cheat, empty suit, phony president!
That’s a lot of ammo to protect Barry Soretoro’s SS records.
Despite the ominous sound of what they’re ordering so much hollow point ammo and obviously for possible use against at least some citizens (unruly or otherwise), what’s wrong with target range semi wadcutters if most of this is for ‘practice’ anyway? Much cheaper in bulk.
Some gun expert here is gonna now tell us why they have to use hollowpoints on a shooting range.....you know, temperature, wind, barometric pressure, all that stuff....well, then they might as well be hanging sides up beef up in the range so they can train with a lifelike target.
Methinks that all these government agencies buying up ammo is a stopgap measure to make ammo more expensive and harder to get until they can get laws passed to limit ammo purchases by citizens.
Memo to self ...
Learn to reload.
Did you really think they would sit around and watch Americans start to arm themselves ...often to the teeth these past 3 years?
We’ve got a Presidential campaign going that is as dirty and as rotten as they come. They are throwing everything that they can at Romney/Ryan and it ain’t sticking...
America for several centuries now has been admired around the world for our peaceful transitions of power...I sincerely pray it stays that way.
What a bunch of hysterical panty wetting over nothing. It comes to about 600 rds per agent. They have mandatory training twice a year where they shoot 150 rds. Plus I’m sure they practice in between.
I suspect there are FReepers with more than 174,000 rds of ammo.
I think this is a government waste problem more than anything nefarious.
First, my understanding is that hollowpoint ammunition is only prohibited in warfare by a treaty that the U.S. never signed. It is completely legal for civilian and law enforcement uses, and, though it isn’t standard issue for military, I think Tier 1 and Spec Ops forces use hollow points. They’re bullets ... they kill people. Hardly a war crime.
Second, the SSA does have armed agents for enforcement and protection — for fraud investigations, etc.. Those agents need bullets for practice and enforcement. Not everybody is happy to see the government when they come knocking. The IRS has similar protection ... because unarmed collections agents occasionally get shot at, and they need armed escorts to shoot back.
Third, my understanding is that government budgets are a “use it or lose it” system ... meaning if they don’t burn every allocated dollar, they’ll get less money next time. I’ve heard from military guys of time spent burning through thousands-upon-thousands of rounds of ammo on base at the end of a budget-cycle so they could justify their training ammo budget. This could be a similar situation.
SnakeDoc
I heard about this recently, and thought it was just training ammo for new policy, but that would have been ball ammo. Why hollow points for untrained units?
Are these lead bullets? ‘Cause I thought the EPA said lead bullets were bad.
This illustrates what’s wrong with government.....social security, homeland security,parks dept, interior, environmental, capital, state and local, FBI, courts, corrections, and on and on. Some of these law enforcement outfits could be done away and their duties be absorbed by other agencies,which would save billions.
With little or no ammo on store shelves, We The People will be hard pressed to continue stockpiling and once inventories are depleted, he'll move to raise the tax on ammo to something like 500% so We The People cannot afford it when the shelves are restocked....and probably putting the ammo manufacturers out of business in the process.
It's a Win-Win-Win for him and his minions.
the Obama Administration is afraid that ordinary rounds would penetrate the target and get one of their dwindling supporters. However, they may get splattered with what's left of us.
What about all the .40 hollow points the DHS has purchased?
Lets cut the BS. Hollow Points are for killing, not wounding but out and out killing. And who does the Government want to kill? How dumb does anyone think most real Americans think. When you look down the barrel at one of these King Obama's army I think you might have an answer. When have they put down rioters now?
Re: Who Does The Government Intend To Shoot?
Unruly peons and taxpayers
Ask yourselves how ... these warlike preparations ... darken our land. Arefleets and armies(hollow point bullets) necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling ... that force must be called in...? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation - the last arguments to whichkings(tyrants) resort.I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this
martial array(martial law) if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motives for it? HasGreat Britain(this administration) any enemy, in this quarter of the world to call for all this accumulation ofnavies and armies(deadly ammunition)? No, sir, s-he has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other.
I will be surprised if at least 10% of this doesn’t get sold “to the public” in the next 6 months, and 40% end up in another country to help some folks friendly with people in high places in DC.