I had already read that article and did not consider it any more useful than all the rest.
This writing doesn’t help me much.
“Okay. And why does the USDA need 320,000 rounds? Because it runs the Forest Service, which covers “155 national forests” and “20 national grasslands” on a total of “193 million acres of land.” As well as agents in the field, the outfit has a law-enforcement unit based in Washington, D.C., whose responsibility it is to enforce federal laws and regulations. In context, those 320,000 rounds look a lot less threatening: If the U.S. Forest Service were to distribute ammunition at the same rate as the Social Security Administration, they would have enough for just 542 agents — not bad for an organization that covers an area the size of Pakistan (or twice the size of Japan or Germany).”
I have no idea how the physical size of the nation or of our forests translates into the amount of ammunition needed per employee. They don’t tell me if all the people counted are gun toting agents or just employees, in other words, it still doesn’t put the issue to rest.