DHS "Soldiers" Get 5x Ammo As US Army

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is quickly becoming a domestic army due to its purchase of AR-15s and armored vehicles combined with the billions of rounds of ammo they have purchases or are purchasing. This can mean only one thing. The US government is about to take over the US by force. Damn the Constitution, damn the rule of law, they are coming for all law abiding citizens.

Over the past 20 some years, there have been events that scared us but since they were separated by a significant amount of time, we just let them go. We are referring to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and the Oklahoma City bombing.  In each of these situations there were many unanswered questions that the government never addressed. However, now with the parallel tracks of mass gun killings by obviously delusional and mentally ill men (Colorado Theatre and Sandy Hook) and the  "demand" for gun control, we fear the time is near that random government actions will become routine.Once guns are out of the hands of the law abiding, the law breakers and the government will be able to make us all feel like Bostonians, hiding in our houses until the powers to be allow us to come out of our homes.

When a domestic law enforcement department of government has 5 times the amount of ammunition per agent than does the US Army, there is a problem.  Do not forget that the ammo that is being purchased is "jacketed" killer bullets, not allowed under the Geneva conventions.  Folks, we have an out of control government and it is coming after you!

For those of you who don't know, DHS's major components are Immigration (ICE) department, Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as well as the Coast Guard. Now does this sound like a group that needs that much ammunition? Doesn't to us! Hey those guys and gals over at TSA need guns so that they can force us to be groped, right?

We hope that these congressmen/women who are investigating the DHS ammo, will be able to find an answer and can stop this outrageous abuse of the American people. If not, these purchases WILL NOT go to waste. They will be used against us. 

Conservative Tom

GOP Lawmakers Want DHS Ammo Hoarding To Stop

April 29, 2013 by Sam Rolley 

PHOTOS.COM

Questions were raised last week about the Department of Homeland Security’s true reasons for making the massive ammunition purchases that have grabbed headlines in recent months as lawmakers questioned agency officials about the bullet buys.

“It is entirely… inexplicable why the Department of Homeland Security needs so much ammunition,” Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said during a hearing.

While some Democratic lawmakers defended DHS officials who said that the department had made orders for a slightly higher amount of ammunition than usual, Chaffetz was joined by Republicans in disagreement.

He pointed out that DHS currently has more than 260 million rounds stockpiled. According to the lawmaker, the agency bought in excess of 103 million rounds in 2012 and reported using 116 million rounds over the year among its roughly 70,000 agents. Those numbers mean that DHS allocated 1,300 to 1,600 rounds per officer, dwarfing the U.S. Army’s average of roughly 350 rounds per soldier.

Representative Darrel Issa (R-Calif.) posited that ammo bought by DHS is being stockpiled, “disposed of,” passed to other agencies, or shot “indiscriminately.” Other lawmakers have taken similar views, questioning whether the agency is expecting widespread civil unrest or is simply buying ammo to limit access to civilian purchasers.

DHS officials attacked conservative online media, namely Drudge Report, for making issue of purchases that represent “about 1 percent of the total number of rounds manufactured in the U.S.” each year. The agency denies reports that it plans to buy up to 1.6 billion rounds over five years, saying the number is closer to 750 million.

Resultant of the hearings was the introduction of the Ammunition Management for More Obtainability (AMMO) Act of 2012 by Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) in their respective chambers.

The lawmakers believe that DHS’s ammo purchase plans are directly related to President Barack Obama’s gun-control agenda.

“President Obama has been adamant about curbing law-abiding Americans’ access and opportunities to exercise their Second Amendment rights,” said Inhofe. “One way the Obama Administration is able to do this is by limiting what’s available in the market with Federal agencies purchasing unnecessary stockpiles of ammunition. As the public learned in a House committee hearing this week, the Department of Homeland Security has two years’ worth of ammo on hand and allots nearly 1,000 more rounds of ammunition for DHS officers than is used on average by our Army officers. The AMMO Act of 2013 will enforce transparency and accountability of federal agencies’ ammunition supply while also protecting law-abiding citizens’ access to these resources.”

The proposed legislation would restrict agencies from obtaining more ammunition for a six-month period when agency stockpiles reach monthly averages higher than they were prior to the Obama Administration.

“I was surprised to find out the DHS has the right to buy up to 750 million rounds of ammunition over the next five years, while it already has two years’ worth of ammo already. This is an issue that must be addressed, and I am pleased this legislation provides us the opportunity to do so.” said Lucas.