How about those of us that have Tea Party congressman get us an answer.
How about some one ask our own FReeper, Allen West, who was serving in Congress at the time that prior purchases like this were made.
Some one knows.
FReegards!
Posted on 03/18/2013 5:12:09 PM PDT by Nachum
ATK is one company that won a contract with the Department of Homeland Security to provide 450 million rounds of .40 caliber ammunition in 2012.
Last Friday, New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance (R – 7th District) told constituents that Janet Napolitano must explain to Congress why DHS has purchased 1.6 billion bullets and 2700 armored vehicles for domestic use. The purchase of thousands of fully automatic rifles for he DHS should also be explained.
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thought we had no money.
couldn;t even call them wimps.
I can’t even write what I think of them on here.
Can;t even get answers on fast and furious, Libya, hell Graham said he talked to them and why can;t he do more than that and where is everyone else.
what a sham this party has become, let liberals and libertarians infiltrate us, tell us we have to move more liberal, get put down off the corrupt media and then have them do our debates and then they tell the base we have to move forward
Time ot purge all of these people who pretend to be conservatives, maybe set a party up, we have what most want and yet we run away from it.
cross dressing, , feces sex, weak defence, drugs, come on GOP get some friggin balls
We are not supposed to worry about the firearms, ammo, drones, etc. that the government is stockpiling. I bet if someone announced that stuff was going to be used to secure the border there would be an uproar like never before. Seems it is ok if it might be used against “radicals” of some sort but if anyone thought it would be used at the border that could never happen. What a crazy time is in in America...
AFAIK, all Federal employees have to take this oath. I know I did, on my first day as a Fed employee.
GREAT (and creepy) picture.
Seems like we always know what is going on in the USA long before Congress figures it out.
Does anyone know the answer to the question, "Are the vehicles and bullets for the Marines or DHS?"
I think they're secretly being shipped to the middle east to build an islamic army around Israel.
When oboma goes there, he'll demand Israel give up it's land, so oboma can be seen as a hero that brings peace to the middle east - or else the army oboma built around them will be set loose upon them. He's setting them up so they can't refuse.
Remember - oboma was born and raised a muslim. He went to a muslim school in Indonesia. He sat on a church for 20 years and herd about the evils of white people and Jews. This is what he's been taught all his life. And, the muslims claimed he was the one they've been waiting for.
This would also explain why there's a cover up over Bengazi. Maybe the weapons were passing through there.
I read of the factory operated by a contractor that makes the ammunition for the U.S. Army. So the Army already has its source. What’s all the other for?
Obviously it’s not for fighting whoever the Army is fighting.
Reason #1 — payoff to campaign contributors, in exchange for kickbacks
Reason #2 — Fast and Furious, whatever name they’ve given it now
Thanks Nachum.
Impeachment File on B. Hussein Obama.
“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” — George Washington
Well, it’s about bloody time that omeone we pay to sit up on that Hill attempts to find out what these commies re up to....sheesh.
Do they want to wait until the bullets really are flying?
Bump for later
I certainly did in 1964, as did my daughter in 2006.
Weeks ago when all the rumors started really flying around, I and a few others began making phone calls to folks like Jeb Hansarling’s office, he is the guy on the congressional finance committee, at first he had nothing, but came back about a week later and confirmed the aquitision of the ammo aqnd only 16-17 MRAP’s to be used for as yet unspecified duties for the DHS...No mention of the 7000 PDW’s as yet...
I also contacted Lamar Smith’s office and was directed to his committee office (DHS) and talked to two staffers there who fielded my questions...One was a spokeman for ICE...
They both told me that 17 vehicles were aquired from the Army for their use from about two years ago...No more were aquired...they didn;t mention anything about ammunition or PDW’s in our discussion...
Now...Before anyone gets their bowels in an uproar, do not believe for one second I bought that BS hook, line and sinker...
Some additional vehicles were aquired, and their existance was revealed that doubles their count...This is yet to be confirmed or questioned...So out count is up to about 32 vehicles...
The bottom line is this...Our concerns are very much valid, and answers should be given to our concerns...
But at least now, some congressional representatives are starting to get off their asses and asking the questions...They may not even be a part of the direct informational loop that can give them the answers right away...that is why I did a little research and found the two guys I thought would give me a quicker answer...
So I would still keep my expectations low on this issue...Be patient, but firm in your quest...
Some of us have connected the dots already, and a few are still needing to be confirmed...I believe a lot so far is still a smoke screen...But I have learned a lot...
And so far I am still not impressed one bit...
Be cautious of the red herrings that will be floated out there to throw folks off...
As of this date, no oficial statement has been given to the validity of these aquisitions of vehicles or PDW’s...But the ammo is pretty much a done deal...
The truth is I do not expect an official statement about these issues...
Granted it will be difficult for anyone to not be perceived as a kook or tin foil cap person for asking such questions...I would not let it keep you from inquiring...Screw them and their sensibilities...But be polite, be gracious for their answers if they are able to give you one...And by all means find a discussion thread somewhere on this website and post what you find out, whether it duplicates someone elses discovery or not...Every bit of info helps divide the wheat from the chaff...
Good luck...We are nowhere near finished with this investigation...
How about those of us that have Tea Party congressman get us an answer.
How about some one ask our own FReeper, Allen West, who was serving in Congress at the time that prior purchases like this were made.
Some one knows.
FReegards!
Why? Handgun bullets are inert little things that do absolutely nothing on their own.
Bullets are to cartridges as flour is to bread, as cement is to concrete, etc. When will they ever learn the language?
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