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.
MY IDEA IS THAT SOME HOW. OR SOME WAY. THE DHS. WILL TELLL AMERICA THAT THEY.JUST LIKE FORMER D O J LOSSER holder. THAT THEY CAN NOT FIND WERE THEY LOST ALL THE WEAPONS AND AMMO.
OUR DO CALLED GOVERNMENT. LOSSES TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALL THE TIME USES SAME STORY. LINE. LOSS IT DO NOT KNOW WHERE
They all really bought & destroyed billions of rounds that cost billions of dollars
Yeah, that is obama’s police force. Jade helm? Who cares. I trust the marines. I want to know where dhs is training. How many are there? In how many states?
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I just hope the military comes to the side of WE THE PEOPLE and they bring some pretty cool equipment with them. (Tanks, Ma deuce, MRAPS.)
Your bible will not stop a bullet. Plus god is really protecting the christians in the middle east. Your bible is going to get you killed.
Wonder why the ammo makers r selling to the government??????? Someone had better get their thinking caps on!!!!!
No that is for when they take and use our own guns against us
Abolish DHS it is a huge police state agency and is not protecting Americans. DHS is opposite of what the name means!
im sure it for our border patrol and ice agents{NOT} os$#%&!@* is spending our tax $$ agst. USA