The Great Ammunition Myth - The government is not planning a violent putdown of civil unrest.

National Review Online ^ | March 5, 2013 | Charles C. W. Cooke

[MeganC]

I feel better now that I know why my government bought over 1 billion bullets for domestic use.

Do I really need to post the sarcasm tag?

[DManA]

If nothing else it graphically illustrates how many Federal agents there are. Give each agent 100 rounds, pretty soon you are buying a billion bullets.

But be calm citizens, move on, nothing to see here.

[cripplecreek]

Screw that. I’ve got a completely rational fear that my 70 year old butterball of a postmistress is going to kick down my door, roll into the room and start shooting.

[FewsOrange]

The author is trying to use rational arguments against a conspiracy theory.

He stands no chance.

Conspiracy theories are indestructible. If we we ever get hit by a massive asteroid the only things that will survive will be cockroaches and conspiracy theories.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Do they really use hollow point rounds for target practice? Somehow I doubt it.

[ez]

I had occasion to be inside an IRS office at one time servicing their equipment. I did see boxes of kevlar vests...about five boxes of 6 vests each. I also heard several agents planning a weekend raid on a tax avoider to confiscate his collectible automobiles. Obviously the equipment, in the case of the IRS, is for collection activities and seems harmless enough. The Department of Education, however, being armed does NOT make sense to me.

[cripplecreek]

I suspect it has a lot more to do with covering our emperor arming someone overseas.

[TADSLOS]

Lol. I have that image scorched in my head now.

[cripplecreek]

I call her Commando Janice

[dontreadthis]

well. now I can finally get some sleep...

[True Grit]

MYTH????

Those who beleive this stand on you head and stack BB’s.

[1rudeboy]

We’re up to billions of bullets, now? Gosh, all I did was take a nap for a couple of hours.

[muir_redwoods]

"Only complete idiots would pay the high cost of semi-jacketed hollowpoints for target practice."

This is the government we're talking about.

[parisa]

The government/journolist explanations are more screwy than the questions. Have we ever, EVER had this amount of ammunition purchased for domestic use in any past administration???

[ctdonath2]

It makes sense.
Until you get to the 2,700 armored personnel carriers.

[Uncle Miltie]

Why hollow-points?

[brent13a]

If nothing else it graphically illustrates how many Federal agents there are. Give each agent 100 rounds, pretty soon you are buying a billion bullets.

I couldn't agree more. But as a police officer in a medium-sized town I would love to know I had a 1,000 rounds per year at my disposal for target practice and range qualification.