YOWZAH! Congress plays hardball. House votes to delay bulk ammunition purchase by DHS

[tinydancer]

YAY! When testicular fortitude appears any day in the People's House it is a day to celebrate.

Get the American people some answers from DHS guys. Kick some ass.

The House late Wednesday voted to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from entering into new contracts to buy millions of rounds of ammunition until the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports to Congress on the need for the ammo, and its cost.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) proposed an amendment to the DHS spending bill for 2014 that would require the report to Congress before it can pursue plans to buy 1.1 billion rounds of ammunition.

Meadows said the speed bump is a necessary reaction to news of the huge purchase, which alarmed many Americans and prompted conservative groups to suspect that the government was stocking up on the rounds to fight citizens.

"Given this large purchase, the American people and members of Congress rightfully had concerns and questions," Meadows said.

"This is a responsible amendment which ensures that Congress and the American people are aware of the necessity and the cost of ammunition prior to entering into new contracts for procurement."

Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) said the amendment was unnecessary based on his talks with DHS officials.

Carter said the department has since admitted that its ammunition needs are not as great as first reported, and said the department is pursuing a bulk purchase to keep the costs down.

Carter also rejected speculation by some that there are ammunition shortages around the country because DHS is buying it all, and said the Meadows's language would interrupt the regular procurement process at DHS.

But Meadows pointed out that his amendment would not interrupt current Homeland Security contracts to buy ammunition.

The Meadows language passed late Wednesday night in a 234-192 vote.



House votes to delay bulk ammunition purchase by DHS - The Hill's Floor Action

 

[theDoctorisIn]

YAY!

Let's cheer for willful ignorance and populist nonsense!

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Hollow Point Ammunition is not for target practice...

 

[g5000]

Hollow Point Ammunition is not for target practice...

It certainly is. I have posted requisitions several times show the simultaneous purchase of targets and hollow point ammo.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Hollow Point Ammunition is not for target practice...

Of course it is.

Have you ever been to a pistol range?

 

[g5000]

YAY!

Let's cheer for willful ignorance and populist nonsense!

Exactly. The demagogues in Congress are throwing a bone to the dumber members of their constituency who listen to whackjobs like Alex Jones. These Congressmen have no clue what leadership is.

There is no purchase of 1.6 billion rounds, and there is no plan for the DHS and Army to start a war on Americans, and anyone who thinks so is one stupid fuck.

This is how far the GOP has sunk. Playing for the retard vote!

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Hollow Point Ammunition is not for target practice...

It certainly is. I have posted requisitions several times show the simultaneous purchase of targets and hollow point ammo.

I don't use it for target practice because of the price and I already know what it does on impact. Centerfire works just fine when working on grouping.

 

[g5000]

Hollow Point Ammunition is not for target practice...

It certainly is. I have posted requisitions several times show the simultaneous purchase of targets and hollow point ammo.

I don't use it for target practice because of the price and I already know what it does on impact. Centerfire works just fine when working on grouping.

Keywords: "because of the price".

When you are a government employee working in a department that was created for the War on Terra and has a massive budget, that is not as big a factor when everything is on the taxpayer's dime.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

YAY!

Let's cheer for willful ignorance and populist nonsense!

Exactly. The demagogues in Congress are throwing a bone to the dumber members of their constituency who listen to whackjobs like Alex Jones. These Congressmen have no clue what leadership is.

There is no purchase of 1.6 billion rounds, and there is no plan for the DHS and Army to start a war on Americans, and anyone who thinks so is one stupid fuck.

This is how far the GOP has sunk. Playing for the retard vote!

No, they're trying to purchase an exceptional amount of rounds. This ain't conspiracy stuff. What they're planning for its use.....not sure.

DHS Denies Ammo Purchases Aimed at Civilians - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

 

[LoneLaugher]

It never fails. Nutters are attracted to acts of grandstanding like flies to shit.

Yay! Go get em' boys! Do something to make the job of anyone in the Obama administration more difficult! Yeeeeeeehaawwwww!

 

[theDoctorisIn]

YAY!

Let's cheer for willful ignorance and populist nonsense!

Exactly. The demagogues in Congress are throwing a bone to the dumber members of their constituency who listen to whackjobs like Alex Jones. These Congressmen have no clue what leadership is.

There is no purchase of 1.6 billion rounds, and there is no plan for the DHS and Army to start a war on Americans, and anyone who thinks so is one stupid fuck.

This is how far the GOP has sunk. Playing for the retard vote!

No, they're trying to purchase an exceptional amount of rounds. This ain't conspiracy stuff. What they're planning for its use.....not sure.

DHS Denies Ammo Purchases Aimed at Civilians - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

It certainly is "conspiracy stuff", although I prefer the term "bullshit".

 

[tinydancer]

Gee looking at the first responses that anyone who just wants to know the why of the large purchases let alone what the freaking cost might be to the American taxpayer is now a retard or pandering to the retard vote.

"This is a responsible amendment which ensures that Congress and the American people are aware of the necessity and the cost of ammunition prior to entering into new contracts for procurement."

OMG! Congress just asking for accountability from DHS makes them wild and crazy wingnuts!!



House votes to delay bulk ammunition purchase by DHS - The Hill's Floor Action

 

[TheOldSchool]

Remember when the DHS didn't exist? Until a Republican house, senate, and presidency created it? And then Republicans chose not to be mad about it until now?

Ain't that a coinky-dink

 

[g5000]

This shit cracks me up. It really does. All these alleged "conservatives" had no problem with Bush creating this astronomically massive Department of Fatherland Security. Not a single whimper of complaint about the cost, the size, and the scope.

Bush began rifling through our underwear drawer, tortured people, threw innocent people in unlimited detention without habeas corpus, inspected our reading lists, and violated the Constitution in countless ways.

Not. A. Fucking. Peep. Out of the right wing about it.

Now they are actually INVENTING scenarios of that very same Department going to war against us! Now they are actually inventing stories about the very Army soldiers they put "Support Our Troops" magnetic stickers on their car for coming for us in the dark of night and executing us by the millions, and sticking more of us in FEMA camps!

Christ, if anyone said so much as a whisper against our troops just a few years ago, these fuckers would jab you in the eyes with their flag pins!

Now look at them.


These are batshit crazy hypocritical retards. The Alex Jones demographic.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Exactly. The demagogues in Congress are throwing a bone to the dumber members of their constituency who listen to whackjobs like Alex Jones. These Congressmen have no clue what leadership is.

There is no purchase of 1.6 billion rounds, and there is no plan for the DHS and Army to start a war on Americans, and anyone who thinks so is one stupid fuck.

This is how far the GOP has sunk. Playing for the retard vote!

No, they're trying to purchase an exceptional amount of rounds. This ain't conspiracy stuff. What they're planning for its use.....not sure.

DHS Denies Ammo Purchases Aimed at Civilians - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

It certainly is "conspiracy stuff", although I prefer the term "bullshit".

Conspiracy stuff....using them on citizens, etc. Actually trying to purchase ammo....yeah, that's a true story.

 

[g5000]

Gee looking at the first responses that anyone who just wants to know the why of the large purchases let alone what the freaking cost might be to the American taxpayer is now a retard or pandering to the retard vote.

"This is a responsible amendment which ensures that Congress and the American people are aware of the necessity and the cost of ammunition prior to entering into new contracts for procurement."

OMG! Congress just asking for accountability from DHS makes them wild and crazy wingnuts!!



House votes to delay bulk ammunition purchase by DHS - The Hill's Floor Action

This isn't about the cost, you disingenous fool.

It's about this:

Meadows said the speed bump is a necessary reaction to news of the huge purchase, which alarmed many Americans and prompted conservative groups to suspect that the government was stocking up on the rounds to fight citizens.

It is about pandering to paranoid fucking retards.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

I own 21 different types of guns, from .50 Desert Eagle to a AA-12 assault shotgun.

No one uses anything but the cheapest ammo for target practice, unless it's a home-private experiment to test the penetration and effectiveness of the ammo. I seriously doubt the DHS needs 1+ billions sounds for experiments and testing of the ammunition.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

No, they're trying to purchase an exceptional amount of rounds. This ain't conspiracy stuff. What they're planning for its use.....not sure.

DHS Denies Ammo Purchases Aimed at Civilians - Washington Whispers (usnews.com)

It certainly is "conspiracy stuff", although I prefer the term "bullshit".

Conspiracy stuff....using them on citizens, etc. Actually trying to purchase ammo....yeah, that's a true story.

Of course they're buying ammo.

But its the same amount of ammo they've purchased in previous years.

 

[g5000]

Do you whackjob shitheads even know how many people are employed by DHS? Any clue? Do you have any idea how big a Cabinet level department Bush created? Huh?

Any clue how much money is spent on it since 9/11?

That's funny, I never heard you bitching about a single penny being spent on DHS.



Do you really think anyone is fooled by the claim this amendment is about the cost of some ammo?

BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA~!


Christ, you are eating YOUR OWN MANUFACTURED BULLSHIT!

 

[tinydancer]

What's wild and crazy to ask why they are purchasing these huge amounts of ammo?

And what's wild and crazy about Congress asking what this is going to cost the taxpayer?