A little something for the nutjobs - all that ammo

[cosmo20002]

Homeland Security and its cache of bullets
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Associated Press – 10 hrs ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of.

The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next four or five years. It says it needs them — roughly the equivalent of five bullets for every person in the United States — for law enforcement agents in training and on duty.

Published federal notices about the ammo buy have agitated conspiracy theorists since the fall. That's when conservative radio host Alex Jones spoke of an "arms race against the American people" and said the government was "gearing up for total collapse, they're gearing up for huge wars."

The government's explanation is much less sinister.

Federal solicitations to buy the bullets are known as "strategic sourcing contracts," which help the government get a low price for a big purchase, says Peggy Dixon, spokeswoman for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga . The training center and others like it run by the Homeland Security Department use as many as 15 million rounds every year, mostly on shooting ranges and in training exercises.

Dixon said one of the contracts would allow Homeland Security to buy up to 750 million rounds of ammunition over the next five years for its training facilities. The rounds are used for basic and advanced law enforcement training for federal law enforcement agencies under the department's umbrella. The facilities also offer firearms training to tens of thousands of federal law enforcement officers. More than 90 federal agencies and 70,000 agents and officers used the department's training center last year.

The rest of the 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition would be purchased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government's second largest criminal investigative agency.

ICE's ammunition requests in the last year included:

—450 million rounds of .40-caliber duty ammunition

—40 million rounds of rifle ammunition a year for as many as five years, for a total bullet-buy of 200 million rounds

—176,000 rifle rounds on a separate contract

—25,000 blank rounds

The Homeland Security ammo buy is not the first time the government's bullets purchases have sparked concerns on the Internet. The same thing happened last year when the Social Security Administration posted a notice that it was buying 174,000 hollow point bullets.

Jonathan L. Lasher, the agency's assistant inspector general for external relations, said those bullets were for the Social Security inspector general's office, which has about 295 agents who investigate Social Security fraud and other crimes.

Jones the talk-show host did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

http://news.yahoo.com/homeland-secur...190840538.html

[RNR]

Originally Posted by frazod

FYP

Switching the names from Alex Jones to Barack Obama is seamless. Both are equal as far as credibility~

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by RNR

Switching the names from Alex Jones to Barack Obama is seamless. Both are equal as far as credibility~

One is in charge of the country and the other entertainment. Which one is not like the other?

[RNR]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

One is in charge of the country and the other entertainment. Which one is not like the other?

Yes it is disappointing that someone as disingenuous as Obama runs our country. I was only pointing out that credibility wise he and Jones are on equal footing IMO~

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

This will kill me before the government

You use a fork for that, fatty?

How are you going to post that pic w/o the recipe?!?!?

[fan4ever]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

This will kill me before the government

No it won't. Haven't you heard? Michelle's is going to save you from these instruments of death as well.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

I have never watched Alex except for what gets posted in DC

I don't even watch that, CP is the only reason I know who he is.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by fan4ever

No it won't. Haven't you heard? Michelle's is going to save you from these instruments of death as well.

You obviously haven't looked close at that picture. The bun is made of wheatgrass, the burger of pure soy and the condiments are made of water mixed with flax seed.

[notorious]

Using pepperoni pizzas as a bun on a giant burger is ****ing genius.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by notorious

Using pepperoni pizzas as a bun on a giant burger is ****ing genius.

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by notorious

Using pepperoni pizzas as a bun on a giant burger is ****ing genius.

Cowabunga Dude!

[RNR]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I don't even watch that, CP is the only reason I know who he is.

So when the men in black show up and throw you in a van you will have only yourself to blame. You and the rest of the fools who ignore the great Alex Jones do not even realize Obama is from another planet sent here to take over the world...fools~

[KILLER_CLOWN]

Originally Posted by RNR

So when the men in black show up and throw you in a van you will have only yourself to blame. You and the rest of the fools who ignore the great Alex Jones do not even realize Obama is from another planet sent here to take over the world...fools~

Perhaps you missed the North Korea thread on the front page? You're slipping man.

[jjjayb]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

Homeland Security and its cache of bullets
By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Associated Press – 10 hrs ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Online rumors about a big government munitions purchase are true, sort of.

The Homeland Security Department wants to buy more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition in the next four or five years. It says it needs them — roughly the equivalent of five bullets for every person in the United States — for law enforcement agents in training and on duty.

Published federal notices about the ammo buy have agitated conspiracy theorists since the fall. That's when conservative radio host Alex Jones spoke of an "arms race against the American people" and said the government was "gearing up for total collapse, they're gearing up for huge wars."

The government's explanation is much less sinister.

Federal solicitations to buy the bullets are known as "strategic sourcing contracts," which help the government get a low price for a big purchase, says Peggy Dixon, spokeswoman for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga . The training center and others like it run by the Homeland Security Department use as many as 15 million rounds every year, mostly on shooting ranges and in training exercises.

Dixon said one of the contracts would allow Homeland Security to buy up to 750 million rounds of ammunition over the next five years for its training facilities. The rounds are used for basic and advanced law enforcement training for federal law enforcement agencies under the department's umbrella. The facilities also offer firearms training to tens of thousands of federal law enforcement officers. More than 90 federal agencies and 70,000 agents and officers used the department's training center last year.

The rest of the 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition would be purchased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government's second largest criminal investigative agency.

ICE's ammunition requests in the last year included:

—450 million rounds of .40-caliber duty ammunition

—40 million rounds of rifle ammunition a year for as many as five years, for a total bullet-buy of 200 million rounds

—176,000 rifle rounds on a separate contract

—25,000 blank rounds

The Homeland Security ammo buy is not the first time the government's bullets purchases have sparked concerns on the Internet. The same thing happened last year when the Social Security Administration posted a notice that it was buying 174,000 hollow point bullets.

Jonathan L. Lasher, the agency's assistant inspector general for external relations, said those bullets were for the Social Security inspector general's office, which has about 295 agents who investigate Social Security fraud and other crimes.

Jones the talk-show host did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

http://news.yahoo.com/homeland-secur...190840538.html

I'm sure I couldn't have done the math right or I'm misunderstanding the numbers given. But if the the DHS uses 15 million bullets a year for training, and they are keeping 750 million of these bullets for that purpose, they just bought 50 years worth of bullets. Is that normal or did I miss something?

[Warrior5]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

I'm sure I couldn't have done the math right or I'm misunderstanding the numbers given. But if the the DHS uses 15 million bullets a year for training, and they are keeping 750 million of these bullets for that purpose, they just bought 50 years worth of bullets. Is that normal or did I miss something?

You're evidently a nut job for asking the question...

[Fish]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

I'm sure I couldn't have done the math right or I'm misunderstanding the numbers given. But if the the DHS uses 15 million bullets a year for training, and they are keeping 750 million of these bullets for that purpose, they just bought 50 years worth of bullets. Is that normal or did I miss something?

You're misunderstanding. The Law Enforcement Training Center itself uses 15M per year. Which the true number is actually higher than that(20M or more).

What you're missing is that the DHS isn't just supplying the LETC with this ammo purchase. It's also supplying every other department under its umbrella, and sharing all the ammo between all those departments.

The training center and others like it run by the Homeland Security Department use as many as 15 million rounds every year, mostly on shooting ranges and in training exercises.

"And others like it". Meaning the other departments use just as many per year. And there's lots of other departments...