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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.

1. It is a five year contract request.
2. It covers thousands of employees.
3. It is less than 600 rounds per employee.
4. It is not all 40 and 9mm there is 5.56mm.
5. There is OVER 1 BILLION rounds of ammo made in this country every day. Including over 1 million rounds of 22.

You asked for a break down. If you don't like what I gave you go do it your self. All of the information is on the net.

Quite frankly I am tired of this OVER six month old story being breathlessly discussed (by a bunch of people who claim to be smart) on FR. There are more important things going on. This is disinfo to stir up the masses and apparently it is working.It has been posted in some form on FR over thirty times.