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[paulitician]

DHS to Buy 360,000 More Rounds of Hollow Point Ammunition


While the Department of Homeland Security continues to ignore members of Congress demanding to know why the federal agency is engaged in an apparent arms build-up, the DHS has just announced it plans to purchase another 360,000 rounds of hollow point ammunition to add to the roughly 2 billion bullets already bought over the past year.

A solicitation on the Federal Business Opportunities website details the DHS’ plan to purchase 360,000 rounds of “Commercial leaded training ammo (CLTA) Pistol .40 caliber 165 grain, jacketed hollow point.” The bullets are to be delivered to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, the same destination for 240,000 hollow point rounds which were purchased only last month.

Although the DHS has attempted to explain its mammoth purchase of ammunition by claiming the bullets are being acquired in bulk to save money and that they are for training purposes only, this has been disputed by reputable voices such as former Marine Richard Mason, who told reporters with WHPTV News in Pennsylvania earlier this month, “We never trained with hollow points, we didn’t even see hollow points my entire four and a half years in the Marine Corps.”

Hollow point bullets are almost twice as expensive as full metal jackets, therefore the DHS’ explanation that it is buying huge quantities in bulk to “save money” doesn’t make sense.

As we reported yesterday, concerns about the apparent arms build-up are growing, with retired United States Army Captain Terry M. Hestilow sending a letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) warning that the ammo purchases represent “a bold threat of war by that agency (DHS), and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America.”

Questions from members of Congress about why the federal agency is buying up ammo, exacerbating shortages across the country, have been met with silence.

- Kansas Congressman Timothy Huelscamp said last week that threats should be made to withdraw funding from the DHS if it didn’t explain why it was purchasing so many bullets, remarking, “They have no answer for that question. They refuse to answer to answer that.”

- Earlier this month, New Jersey Congressman Leonard Lance said, “Congress has a responsibility to ask Secretary Napolitano as to exactly why these purchases have occurred,” signaling his intention to get answers...

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[SteadyMercury]

o add to the roughly 2 billion bullets already bought over the past year.

I thought this was shown to be contract of "up to" and over a period of five years.

Now it already happened?

 

[paulitician]

Time to haul Big Sis before Congress. What are they prepping for? Citizens deserve answers.

 

[cereal_killer]

meanwhile they are telling Marines and other combat units in Afghanistan to "save every bullet" so that that Uncle Sam can save some $$$$

 

[paulitician]

meanwhile they are telling Marines and other combat units in Afghanistan to "save every bullet" so that that Uncle Sam can save some $$$$

It's a bizarre circus at this point. Big Sis needs to be hauled into Congress to answer questions. The People have the right to ask questions. After all, it's their money being spent.

 

[paulitician]

Arming themselves and the World, while at the same time trying to disarm good American Citizens. What a sad country we've become.