Tuesday, March 12, 2013
DHS is "stockpiling enough ammo for a 20-year war in the homeland."
Robert Wenzel
Ralph Benko does the math on the latest ammo purchases by the Department of Homeland Security:
- The Denver Post, on February 15th, ran an Associated Press article
entitled
Homeland Security aims to buy 1.6b rounds of ammo, so far to little
notice. It confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security has
issued an open purchase order for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition.
As
reported elsewhere, some of this purchase order is for hollow-point
rounds, forbidden by international law for use in war, along with a
frightening amount specialized for snipers. Also
reported elsewhere, at the height of the Iraq War the Army was
expending less than 6 million rounds a month. Therefore 1.6 billion
rounds would be enough to sustain a hot war for 20+ years. In
America.
- Add to this perplexing outré purchase of ammo, DHS now is showing off its acquisition of heavily armored personnel carriers, repatriated from the Iraqi and Afghani theaters of operation. As observed by “paramilblogger” Ken Jorgustin last September:
- [T]he Department of Homeland Security is apparently taking delivery (apparently through the Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico VA, via the manufacturer – Navistar Defense LLC) of an undetermined number of the recently retrofitted 2,717 ‘Mine Resistant Protected’ MaxxPro MRAP vehicles for service on the streets of theUnited States.”
- These MRAP’s ARE BEING SEEN ON U.S. STREETS all across America by verified observers with photos, videos, and descriptions.”
- Regardless of the exact number of MRAP’s being delivered to DHS (and evidently some to POLICE via DHS, as has been observed), why would they need such over-the-top vehicles on U.S. streets to withstand IEDs, mine blasts, and 50 caliber hits to bullet-proof glass? In a war zone… yes, definitely. Let’s protect our men and women. On the streets of America… ?”…
- “They all have gun ports… Gun Ports? In the theater of war, yes. On the streets of America…? Seriously, why would DHS need such a vehicle on our streets?”
- Add to this perplexing outré purchase of ammo, DHS now is showing off its acquisition of heavily armored personnel carriers, repatriated from the Iraqi and Afghani theaters of operation. As observed by “paramilblogger” Ken Jorgustin last September:
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