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 know of one who claims to be half-way to his goal of a million rounds.
I’d like to look a little past the ammo purchases, and ask
“Why does the Social Security Administration have armed agents”.
Same with NOAA. The DOL. The VA!?!?
Really, why?
I have a feeling that the growing federal monster prefers to have its own agencies armed...to carry out the non-judicial business of enforcing never voted on ‘regulations’.
Wouldn’t it be a hoot if the Dept of Agriculture didn’t have its own shock troops...and they had to rely on local law enforcement to confiscate raw milk, etc.
Here is a list of some of the armed federal agencies:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/602307/posts
Some favorites from the list - IRS?, HUD!?!, GSA...huh?, HHS - really?.
I don’t care how many rounds an agent might send through a weapon (although I am a bit baffled by the use of hollow points during training....in the Army, we always used ‘ball’ ammunition during training for cost reasons, for example). But, my panties are tightly wound in a knot over the use of federal ‘agents’ with guns.
No kidding. If an SSA agent comes shooting, they’ll run out of ammo way before many of us. Haha.
SnakeDoc
The article goes on to document that DHS purchased 750 million hollow point rounds in March and another 750 million of other types of bullets including some that are to penetrate walls. Friendly forces consumed roughly 70 million rounds a year in Iraq.
Even NOAA is buying 46,000 hollow points.
Every Tom, Dick and Harry in regulatory agencies are being armed including ‘environmental compliance’.
Be careful how you dispose of those AAA cell batteries. It might appear threatening to those so equipped.
The Geneva convention prohibits the use of hollow tipped bullets in warfare. There is absolutely no reason U.S. government agencies like the Social Security Administration or the NOAH should have them AT ALL. If this doesn’t disturb you perhaps you should check your pulse to make sure you have one.
Hollowpoints are not for practice.