Why is the Department of Homeland Security Hoarding Ammo on a Massive Scale?
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Skippy Massey
Humboldt Sentinel
Luke Rudkowski interviewed Congressman Timothy Huelskamp (R-Kansas) on his decision to vote against the NDAA due to the unconstitutionality of the indefinite detention provision, and also discussed the large ammunition purchases made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in this recently uploaded video.
Huelskamp questioned why the DHS needs so much ammo.
“They have no answer for that question. They refuse to answer that,” he told WeAreChange reporters earlier this week. “They refuse to let us know what is going on, so I don’t really have an answer for that. Multiple members of Congress are asking those questions.”
Huelskamp promised to keep asking– and even threatened to back a move to defund the agency if answers were not forthcoming.
The DHS’ most recent purchase request is for ten million rounds of hollow point bullets for a .40 caliber pistol– which are forbidden by international law for use in war—and another ten million 9 millimeter rounds, plus 1.6 million pistol cartridge 9mm “ball” bullets. And that’s just for this year.
Last March, DHS bought 450 million bullets, and in September, another 200 million. That’s in addition to the 1.6 billion rounds the government has recently ordered. Many rounds are specialized for sniper use.
Many believe the purchases are exacerbating bullet shortages across the country, leaving supplies for citizens already strained by record sales prompted as a result of Washington’s gun control agenda. Indeed, we’re told folks are having difficulty buying 9mm rounds and being put on a waiting list in Humboldt County.
Figure this: During the height of the Iraq War, US soldiers used about five and a half million rounds of ammunition every month. If you do the math here, that means Homeland Security has enough bullets to wage a full scale Homeland war for the next 30 years.
DHS says the bullets are needed for training and were bought in bulk at a discount, but former Marine Richard Mason is doubtful. 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, Mason said.
”We never trained with hollow point bullets; we didn’t even see hollow points in my entire four and a half years in the Marine Corps. Why would they need all that ammo, why would they need all those ball rounds just for training?” he asked.
There’s more: DHS also has purchased 7,000 fully automatic assault rifles, and has overseen the retrofitting of more than 2,000 light tanks, which, of course, were originally designed to resist the mines and ambushes of the battlefield.
Things just don’t add up. We’re talking a stockpile of over 2 billion bullets for domestic security purposes. And… tanks?
Most of the media outlets are yawning over the development. We take an entirely different perspective.
Stockpiling enough ammo to kill every man, woman, and child in the US six times over, and not giving Congress answers as to the reason why, warrants suspicion– and an explanation. Giving Congress some of the answers to the questions they’re asking of Secretary Janet Napolitano and the DHS would be a good place to start.
Perhaps we need to have a conversation with the American public of what’s happening here– and what Homeland Security is expecting.
Further reading:
Check out the DHS ammo order form.
1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo? It’s Time For A National Conversation - Forbes
15 Members of Congress Demand Investigation of Obama’s Ammo Horde- InfoWars
