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“..Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Thursday asked Nick Nayak, DHS’ chief procurement officer, a question we and others have been asking: Why has the Department of Homeland Security been buying so much ammunition?
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“What does not make sense in the information you provided is that Customs and Border Control used (around 14 million) rounds for operational purposes when they rarely fire their guns,” a skeptical Chaffetz said, citing just one example of a particular allocation.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which falls under DHS’s jurisdiction, fired “less than 100 rounds” during 15 shooting incidents last year, according to Humberto Medina, assistant director of ICE’s’ National Firearm and Tactical Training Unit. By this criterion, the DHS stockpile should last a very long time”

Is the govt. intentionally buying our ammo, so we can’t?

It is hard to tell because the media is not doing its job. It is my understanding that while DHS has a contract for a maximum of 1.6 billion rounds of ammo over 5 years, we do not have a clue as to what amounts of hard orders have been placed.

They can not under contract get more than 1.6 billion rounds over 5 years. It is my understanding that Lake City alone can produce 1 billion rounds a year.