DHS Purchases 21.6 Million More Rounds of Ammunition

[petegz28]

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
February 7, 2013

The Department of Homeland Security is set to purchase a further 21.6 million rounds of ammunition to add to the 1.6 billion bullets it has already obtained over the course of the last 10 months alone, figures which have stoked concerns that the federal agency is preparing for civil unrest.


A solicitation posted yesterday on the Fed Bid website details how the bullets are required for the DHS Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico.

The solicitation asks for 10 million pistol cartridge .40 caliber 165 Grain, jacketed Hollow point bullets (100 quantities of 100,000 rounds) and 10 million 9mm 115 grain jacketed hollow point bullets (100 quantities of 100,000 rounds).

The document also lists a requirement for 1.6 million pistol cartridge 9mm ball bullets (40 quantities of 40,000 rounds).

An approximation of how many rounds of ammunition the DHS has now secured over the last 10 months stands at around 1.625 billion.

To put that in perspective, during the height of active battle operations in Iraq, US soldiers used 5.5 million rounds of ammunition a month. Extrapolating the figures, the DHS has purchased enough bullets over the last 10 months to wage a full scale war for almost 30 years.

Such massive quantities of ammo purchases have stoked fears that the agency is preparing for some kind of domestic unrest. In 2011, Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prepare for a mass influx of immigrants into the United States, calling for the plan to deal with the “shelter” and “processing” of large numbers of people.

The federal agency’s primary concern is now centered around thwarting “homegrown terrorism,” but information produced and used by the DHS to train its personnel routinely equates conservative political ideology with domestic extremism.

A study funded by the Department of Homeland Security that was leaked last year characterizes Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority,” and “reverent of individual liberty” as “extreme right-wing” terrorists.

In August 2012, the DHS censored information relating to the amount of bullets purchased by the federal agency on behalf of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, citing an “unusual and compelling urgency” to acquire the bullets, noting that there is a shortage of bullets which is threatening a situation that could cause “substantial safety issues for the government” should law enforcement officials not be adequately armed.

As we highlighted last month, the DHS’ previous ammunition solicitation was awarded to Evian Group, an organization that was formed just five days before the announcement of the solicitation and appeared to be little more than a front organization since it didn’t have a genuine physical address, a website, or even a phone number.

While Americans are being browbeaten with rhetoric about the necessity to give up semi-automatic firearms in the name of preventing school shootings, the federal government is arming itself to the teeth with both ammunition and guns. Last September, the DHS purchased no less than 7,000 fully automatic assault rifles, labeling them “Personal Defense Weapons.”

http://www.infowars.com/dhs-purchase...of-ammunition/

[Direckshun]

[Bwana]

Gee, I wonder why there is such an ammo shortage out there, pricks.

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Gee, I wonder why there is such an ammo shortage out there, pricks.

Maybe that has more to do with the actual purpose.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Maybe that has more to do with the actual purpose.

Im kinda thinking this as well. Regardless of their reasons.A big warehouse fire is in order here

[lcarus]

Oh don't worry. They're only planning for huge civil unrest when the stupid ****ing economy collapses.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Maybe that has more to do with the actual purpose.

I'm just glad I stocked up when I did. I was observing the ripples of the impending shit storm and loaded up (no pun intended) about 8 months ago. At this point if you can find some ammo, you damn near need to take out a loan to buy it, because of the price increase.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Maybe that has more to do with the actual purpose.

It looks funny when the people telling you that you don't need this stuff is amassing it themselves

[Radar Chief]

Originally Posted by petegz28

It looks funny when the people telling you that you don't need this stuff is amassing it themselves

That's just because you're a closet RACIST! /Thatonetrickponyguy

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

It case anyone wants to take their poll after reading their legit info...

Is the universe a computer simulation?
Yes
No

Poor Pete.

[teedubya]

Nothing to see here. Move along, trusting citizens. :-)

[Bowser]

What's the population of New York City again?

(you're slipping, teedub)

[KILLER_CLOWN]

It's a process. /I forget who

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

Its funny you didn't highlight it was from the idiots at infowars.com.

There couldn't be a bigger collection of idiots there if you shipped them Como, Tom Cash and Shithead.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Its funny you didn't highlight it was from the idiots at infowars.com.

There couldn't be a bigger collection of idiots there if you shipped them Como, Tom Cash and Shithead.

So Dave Lame, you don't think the govt is buying up massive amounts of ammo to prepare for civil unrest?

Do you live under a rock or.....?