Just weeks after the Obama administration was forced to back off the ban on M855 bullets, a solicitation by DHS pops up on FedBizOpps.gov for a purchase of 62 million rounds of AR-15 ammo.
It couldn’t be more clear that the feds are once again seeking to raise prices and dry up the market for one of the most common rifle cartridges used in the US. DHS now has over 2 billion bullets, enough to kill 1/3 of the world’s population.
If you haven’t stocked up on ammo yet, the time is now.
“The extraordinary level of ammunition purchases made by Homeland Security seems to have, in states such as my own, created an extreme shortage of ammunition to the point where many gun owners are unable to purchase any,” LaMalfa wrote in the letter.
The bulk purchase follows attempts by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to ban M855 ammo, another popular round for AR-15’s used by hunters. The ATF justified the ban by claiming that the bullets were “armor piercing” and a threat to law enforcement officers.
After being on the receiving end of a huge backlash, the feds were forced to back down and ATF director B. Todd Jones subsequently tendered his resignation. Democratic Congressman Steve Israel called the ATF backdown “cowardly” and vowed to revive the ban.
The ATF’s threat to ban the ammo temporarily caused prices of the bullet to surge more than double in price.
Although federal agencies are increasingly hiding their purchases by limiting public information on fbo.gov, it can still be conservatively estimated from available data that the feds have purchased at least 2.11 billion rounds of ammunition since April 2012:
Date Reported Agency Amount Caliber
April ’12 – Feb ’13 Various 2,000,000,000 Various
03/25/13 DHS 360,000 .40 S&W
07/26/13 NOAA 72,000 .40 S&W
07/26/13 Army 2,550,000 7.62x39mm
07/26/13 Army 425,000 9x18mm Makarov
08/19/13 TSA 3,454,000 .357 SIG
02/11/14 DHS 141,000 .308 Remington
04/22/14 DHS 25,000,000 12 Gauge
05/22/14 TSA 24,000,000 .357 SIG
04/15/15 DHS 62,000,000 .223 RemingtonTOTAL 2,118,002,000
That’s enough ammo to kill around 30% of the world’s population.
Furthermore, U.S. soldiers were shooting around 5.5 million rounds of ammunition per month during the war in Iraq, or 66 million rounds annually. Using that figure, the feds have stockpiled enough ammo over the past two years to fight a 32-year war.
your ammo will be obsolete in a year kinda like prescriptions. the govs. not so
you need to step in silent old school. long bow cross bow, close contact.
This really isnt a huge number, esp if they are like to shoot pretty much whenever they like such as the FBI. They wont even shoot alot of this. Many recalls will happen as they always do which will render alot of this ammo useless. I am an ammo tech in the Marine Corps, i can educate further later on if there is interest
DHS really needs to be dismantled under TRUMP. It’s scary damgerous.
They want all they can get to use against us.
sounds like war is coming to the true American, against the modern day gestapo that is trying to take our freedom away. so stock up on guns and ammo, we will need them.
the final push for take over Is apparently just around the corner, May Our Lord God Stand with us as we face our True enemy the U.S. Government, may we all whom face down this evil be gifted courage and strength, through the Father turn back those whom wish to defeat us ~ Amen
Get all you can be ready!!
And Obama wants OUR weapons. NEVER GIVE OUR WEAPONS UP!
Yes I think the gov. Will turn on us if we don’t give our guns up!!