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Bullet Buys: Fifteen members of Congress have written a letter to the Department of Homeland Security demanding to know why the federal agency is buying so many rounds of ammunition. We'd like to know too. Freshman California Republican Doug LaMalfa and 14 of his House colleagues, who signed on to his March 5 letter, are asking the Department of Homeland Security to explain why it is buying 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition of various calibers. They aren't happy with explanations provided so far in the press by lower-level officials, answers meant to debunk "unfounded" concerns. As we have noted, DHS has been buying lots of ammo, enough by one calculation to fight the equivalent of a 24-year Iraqi War. Peggy Dixon, spokeswoman for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga., told the Associated Press that 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. The massive purchases are said to be spread out over five years and due simply to the best practice of saving money by buying in bulk what comes down to five rounds of ammo for every man, woman and child on the U.S. That's a lot of practice and training. A good portion of the 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition are being purchased by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal government's second-largest criminal investigative agency. Yes that's the same ICE that is releasing detained criminal illegal aliens onto our streets because of sequestration cuts. Jonathan Lasher, the Social Security Administration's assistant inspector general for external relations, explained the purchase of 174,000 hollow-point bullets by saying they were for the Social Security inspector general's office, which has about 295 agents who investigate Social Security fraud and other crimes. When they say they're cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse, they apparently mean it. However, as former Marine Richard Mason told reporters with WHPTV News in Pennsylvania recently, hollow-point bullets (which make up the majority of the DHS purchases) are not used for training because they are more expensive than standard firing range rounds . "We never trained with hollow points, we didn't even see hollow points my entire 4-1/2 years in the Marine Corps," Mason said. LaMalfa offers one theory that's less sinister than some: The federal government is simply trying to corner the market on ammo and restrict what's available to the American people as part of its gun control efforts.
Originally posted by fltcui
There are 7 Departments in DHS
1. U.S. Coast Guard
2. TSA
3. FEMA
4. U.S. Secret Service
5. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
6. U.S. CItizenship and Immigration Services
7. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
My question is...which of these departments would be patrolling the local highways and pulling people over? My only guess would be TSA but I'm not sure.
What legal authority do they have to pull you over? I don't know that answer but I've been trying to find out for awhile.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
It's very likely that in the near future the FBI, the state, and the local police departments will all be assimilated into the DHS.
Originally posted by fltcui
There are 7 Departments in DHS
1. U.S. Coast Guard
2. TSA
3. FEMA
4. U.S. Secret Service
5. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
6. U.S. CItizenship and Immigration Services
7. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
My question is...which of these departments would be patrolling the local highways and pulling people over? My only guess would be TSA but I'm not sure.
What legal authority do they have to pull you over? I don't know that answer but I've been trying to find out for awhile.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Originally posted by Gazrok
Lets assume that this agenda is correct, just for argument sake......
Where do the elite benefit? How does the creation of this new world order benefit them MORE than they have now? What's the endgame? This is where it all falls apart....
Their lives would be worse, not better, if this agenda came to fruition...and they didn't get to be the elite by generations of stupid decisions. Therefore, it makes ZERO sense that this would be the goal.
Where do the elite benefit? How does the creation of this new world order benefit them MORE than they have now? What's the endgame? This is where it all falls apart....
Originally posted by WP4YT
I live in central new York. Every day on my way to work on the thruway, i used to see state troopers sitting in the median running radar, trying to catch speeders. Starting about a month ago,i no longer see state troopers. I see DHS SUVs and sometimes cars. I even saw one pull a guy over. WTF is going on?
I have a gut feeling they are going to replace the nations police forces with the DHS, nation wide. I think they are just giving it a trial run in the already oppressive state of NY, first.
Regarding the drones, my place of employment is next to hancock airport and i see drones every day. But its no surprise since Hancock its home to the 174th fighter wing and they have publicly stated they would be the first base in the nation to test out domestic drones.edit on 24-3-2013 by WP4YT because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
reply to post by Cosmic911
America has 300 million people. Say 1/5 of of them own guns. Thats 60 million armed people. Now explain to me what that homeland secruity bunch have plans on doing again?