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DHS Explains Huge AMMO Needs….. “Congressional inquiry into the Department of Homeland Security’s huge ammunition acquisitions spurred agency officials to try to explain what is going on. At current inventory levels, DHS has four to five times as many bullets for its officers as the US Army has for our troops.”
DHS Explains Huge AMMO Needs
Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 27 Apr 2013 | John Semmens
Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 1:04:50 PM by John Semmens
Congressional inquiry into the Department of Homeland Security’s huge ammunition acquisitions spurred agency officials to try to explain what is going on. At current inventory levels, DHS has four to five times as many bullets for its officers as the US Army has for our troops.
DHS training officer Humberto Medina pointed out that “the Army faces known enemies in numbers far smaller than we have to consider. I mean, Afghanistan’s population is tiny compared to that of the United States. And the Army can supplement with aerial and artillery bombardment. We don’t have that capacity at this time.”
Medina also suggested that “Army troops are better trained and more accurate shooters than the majority of those we’ve recruited for Homeland Security. So it stands to reason that we’d need to fire more rounds to hit any given target, whether it be in a training exercise or, heaven forbid, suppressing an insurrection. In a nation with over 300 million potential enemies an inventory of billions of bullets doesn’t seem unreasonable to me.”
Why is DHS stockpiling so much ammo? (Backdoor gun control)
Why is DHS stockpiling so much ammo? (Backdoor gun control)
hot air ^ | 4/28/2013 | JAZZ SHAW
Posted on Sunday, April 28, 2013 11:36:43 PM by tobyhill
Even realizing that he was going to immediately be labeled as a Right wing conspiracy theorist by the Left, Congressman Jason Chaffetz posed a rather pesky question to the Department of Homeland Security this week which is sure to get a lot of tongues wagging. Why do they need to purchase huge stockpiles of ammunition? Far more, in fact, than the Army buys on a per capita basis.
Reps challenge DHS ammo buys, say agency using 1,000 more rounds per person than Army
Reps challenge DHS ammo buys, say agency using 1,000 more rounds per person than Army
fox ^ | 4/25/13 | fox
Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 9:44:00 PM by Nachum
The hearing itself was unusual, as questions about the department’s ammunition purchases until recently had bubbled largely under the radar — on blogs and in the occasional news article.
But as the Department of Homeland Security found itself publicly defending the purchases, lawmakers gradually showed more interest in the issue.
BATTLEFIELD USA: De Facto State of Martial Law Has Been Declared in Boston by Mac Slavo… “This is what America looks like under martial law:”
As news of last night’s incident in Watertown, Massachusetts spread, police from all over the North East converged, once again, on Boston. Along with them were elements of the National Guard and U.S. military.
Though an official announcement has not been made, and likely will not be made, the entire Boston metropolitan area is now in complete lock-down in what can only be described as a de facto state of martial law.
The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth…
The Great DHS Ammunition Stockpile Myth
Breibart – Big Government ^ | 4-4-2013 | Tom Stilson
Posted on Friday, April 05, 2013 9:42:29 AM by Sir Napsalot
There are dozens of articles hyping government purchases of ammunition over the last nine months. After spending weeks researching this topic, this is a collection of commonly held myths that are based more on panic than fact.
With the recent release of a letter from the Department of Homeland Security to Senator Coburn, the numbers we calculated independently seem to corroborate the narrative coming from DHS. The concerns surrounding DHS stockpiling ammunition are nothing but more fear-mongering and largely unwarranted. For once, here are the facts to set the record straight:
MYTH: DHS purchased 750 million rounds of several different types of ammunition in August 2012.
FACT: The DHS contract never stated 750 million rounds at any time. It is a five year contract with a maximum purchase of 70 million rounds over the life of the contract. Military Times recently addressed this issue as well.
Homeland Security To Military: We Will Absorb You… “the Army has taken critical steps to broaden its mission to include homeland security tasks. But the thinking was that the Army needs to redirect its focus and broaden its nission to augmenting its capacity to operate in the “Homeland” and broaden the reach of DHS.”| Alternative
(Before It’s News)
by Monica Davis
Homeland Security sees the role of the military as a subset of its own mission. A right wing position paper from a think tank noted how the Army has taken critical steps to broaden its mission to include homeland security tasks. But the thinking was that the Army needs to redirect its focus and broaden its nission to augmenting its capacity to operate in the “Homeland” and broaden the reach of DHS.
In s sort of “hedging strategy”–read that; a way to bypass posse comitatus, the Army, under the authority of the Deputy chief of Staff For Operations and Plans (G3) sponsored a RAND Corporation study to explore the idea. The study noted that the nation places primary and immediate homeland security operations with civilian organizations and the National Guard and proposed a hybrid model to blend military support with civilian authority structure.
Press rushes to ‘exonerate’ DHS as OIG report raises more questions than answers
Press rushes to ‘exonerate’ DHS as OIG report raises more questions than answers
Examiner ^ | 3/25/13 | David CodreaPosted on Monday, March 25, 2013 4:46:19 PM by Nachum
As with its rush to declare Eric Holder “cleared” upon release of the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General’s report, major media outlets are unquestioningly accepting Department of Homeland Security OIG conclusions from its long-awaited “Fast and Furious” report, strategically pre-released last Thursday to the Los Angeles Times.
“[T]he report determined that top Department of Homeland Security officials in Washington did not learn about Fast and Furious until [Border Patrol Agent Brian] Terry was shot to death in December 2010 and two of the 1,430 lost firearms were found at the scene of his murder,
Articles: Obama’s Tyranny: Petty or Something More Sinister?
By Matt Holzmann
Last week, headlines informed us that, because of the Sequester, the FAA will be reducing the number of Air Traffic Controllers and closing 149 control towers completely. Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security released hundreds of illegal aliens awaiting deportation because they could not afford to hold them because of cuts mandated by the Sequester, they said.Head Start is to face cuts due to Sequestration. Native American children are being sacrificed to Sequestration according to Slate Magazine.
The Marine Corps faces massive reductions in manpower reports the Wall Street Journal. The U.S.S. Harry Truman and its escorts are sitting idle in Norfolk, VA because of the Sequester when they should be on their way to the other side of the world.
Retired Army officer warns DHS stockpiling for war against American citizens… “Hestilow begins by noting the large ammunition, weapon and light armored vehicle purchases recently made by DHS, as well as that agency’s refusal to answer any questions regarding those purchases.”
Retired Army officer warns DHS stockpiling for war against American citizens
BizPac Review ^ | March 24, 2013 | Michael Dorstewitz
Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2013 10:19:55 AM by cap10mike
A retired Army officer wrote to a U.S. senator Saturday about his concern that the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to arm itself against the people of the United States.
(As Always, See Reader Responses…) ~ DHS Denies Massive Ammunition Purchase (If Congress does not find out, what good are they anyway?)
DHS Denies Massive Ammunition Purchase (If Congress does not find out, what good are they anyway?)
us news ^ | 3/23/13 | e flock
Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2013 10:01:49 AM by bestintxas
The Department of Homeland Security responded Friday to questions from Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., about why the agency was allegedly planning to buy some 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition over the next five years.
DHS told Whispers it regularly fills all of its goods and services requirements at one time because it’s cheaper for the agency, and that the 1.6 billion number was misleading because the language of DHS’s purchase said it would need “up to” a certain amount.
Police Departments Beg And Barter For Ammo While DHS Buys Up 1.6 Billion Rounds In Past Year
Police Departments Beg And Barter For Ammo While DHS Buys Up 1.6 Billion Rounds In Past Year
CNSNews.com ^ | 03/22/2013 | Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr.
Posted on Friday, March 22, 2013 12:24:47 PM by AngelesCrestHighway
The nationwide shortage of ammunition has left many police departments scrambling to get their hands on the necessary rounds – with some even bartering among each other.
Meanwhile, Rep. Timothy Huelskamp (R-Kansas) says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to respond to multiple members of Congress asking why DHS bought more than 1.6 billion rounds in the past year.
DHS Buys Armored Vehicles, Bullets And Assault Weapons – Investors.com
Security: In addition to stockpiling over a billion bullets and thousands of semiautomatic weapons the feds would deny U.S. citizens, the vehicle of choice for fighting the counterinsurgency war in Iraq is appearing on U.S. streets.
The sequestration question du jour is why the Department of Homeland Security, busy releasing hundreds, if not thousands, of deportable and detained illegal aliens due to budget constraints, is buying several thousand Mine Resistant Armored Protection (MRAP) vehicles?
And just who are they intended to be used against?
1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security? It’s Time For A National Conversation
1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security? It’s Time For A National Conversation
Forbes ^ | 3/11/2013 | Ralph Benko
Posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 11:30:45 AM by LucianOfSamasota
The Denver Post, on February 15th, ran an Associated Press article entitled Homeland Security aims to buy 1.6b rounds of ammo, to far too little notice. It confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security has issued an open purchase order for 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition.
As elsewhere reported, much of this purchase order is for rounds forbidden by international law for use in war plus a frightening amount specialized for snipers.
Also reported elsewhere, at the height of the Iraq War the Army was expending fewer than 6 million rounds a month. 1.6 billion rounds, therefore, would be enough to sustain a hot war for 20+ years. In America.
Chuck Baldwin — Christian, Please Wake Up! “America Is In The Throes Of A Burgeoning Police State”
America Is In The Throes Of A Burgeoning Police State
What is it going to take for pastors and churches to wake up and realize that America is in the throes of a burgeoning police state? Ladies and gentlemen, the long-standing veneration for law and order does not include blind submission to governmental abuse of power. Yet,
it seems that very few Christian conservatives are even paying attention to what is happening before their very eyes.
For example, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has purchased over 2 billion rounds of hollow-point ammunition (enough to wage a 30-year war); the DHS has purchased over 7,000 AR-15s. The DHS calls them Personal Defense Weapons (PDW). These are the same semi-automatic rifles with high capacity magazines that when you and I buy them are called “assault rifles.”
Plus, the DHS has purchased over 2,700 armored vehicles, the same kind that the US military uses in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense (DOD) calls them MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected). They carry .50 caliber weapons that fire from inside the vehicle. The vehicle itself is impervious to mines and small-arms fire. They are the vehicle of choice for our combat troops in the Middle East.
(See Reader Responses!) ~ The Great Ammunition Myth – The government is not planning a violent putdown of civil unrest.
The Great Ammunition Myth – The government is not planning a violent putdown of civil unrest.
National Review Online ^ | March 5, 2013 | Charles C. W. Cooke
Posted on Tuesday, March 05, 2013 7:31:55 PM by neverdem
Last year, the Social Security Administration put out a procurement request for 174,000 rounds of “.357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow point pistol ammunition,” prompting a few on the Internet to work themselves up into something of a frenzy.
DHS/FEMA Raising an Army… – henrymakow.com
DHS/FEMA Raising an Army
February 20, 2013
class.pngCORRECTION – THESE BOYS ARE PART OF A DIFFERENT FEEDER PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOYS SCOUTS. HOWEVER I BELIEVE THE INTENTIONS ARE THE SAME. FEMA IS RAISING A PRIVATE ARMY.
THANKS TO JOE ORTIZ FOR POINTING OUT THE ERROR.

Take a good look at this picture. Is the US government is training Latino youth as a kind of Hitler Youth or Communist Red Guard to put down American resistance to NWO/Communist tyranny?
The Bolsheviks used Latvian soldiers to overthrow Czarist Russians. Their Modus Operandi doesn’t change.
DHS to Purchase Almost 3,000 Tanks for Use in America
DHS to Purchase Almost 3,000 Tanks for Use in America
Vision to America ^
Posted on Monday, March 04, 2013 8:54:37 AM by dontreadthis
According to one estimate, since last year the Department of Homeland Security has stockpiled more than 1.6 billion bullets, mainly .40 caliber and 9mm.
DHS also purchased 2,717 Mine Resistant Armor Protected Vehicles (MRAP).
DHS released more than 2,000 immigrants…
DHS released more than 2,000 immigrants
The Washington Times ^ | March 1, 2013 | Alicia A. Caldwell – AP
Posted on Friday, March 01, 2013 6:51:40 PM by jazusamo
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, the Associated Press has learned.
The newly disclosed figures, cited in internal budget documents reviewed by the AP, are significantly higher than the “few hundred” illegal immigrants the Obama administration acknowledged this week had been released under the budget-savings process.
Radio Host Warns: DHS Preparing For Prolonged Riots In U.S. | Alternative
byDrew Zahn
Federal, non-military agencies, noted radio host Mark Levin last week, have purchased enough ammunition recently to not only shoot every American five times, but also engage in a prolonged, domestic war.
The numbers are based on recent reports that put the total federal ammunition buy in the last 10 months at approaching two billion rounds.
“To provide some perspective,” Levin noted, “experts estimate that at the peak of the Iraq war American troops were firing around 5.5 million rounds per month. At that rate, the [Department of Homeland Security] is armed now for a 24-year Iraq war. A 24-year Iraq war!”
Billions of rounds of hollow points, black helicopters- what does it all mean?
Billions of rounds of hollow points, black helicopters- what does it all mean?
Flopping Aces ^ | 02-09-13 | DrJohn
Posted on Saturday, February 09, 2013 1:02:29 PM by Starman417
Black hawk helicoptersAP
At IBD Andrew Malcolm ask the question:
Why are the feds loading up on so much ammo?
In a puzzling, unexplained development, the Obama administration has been buying and storing vast amounts of ammunition in recent months, with the Department of Homeland Security just placing another order for an additional 21.6 million rounds.
Why is government stockpiling guns, ammo? … “These words – “civilian national security force” – have haunted me ever since I first read them.Obama has never explained what he meant. He’s never been called to account for that remark.Doesn’t this sound like police-state talk to you?”
Why is government stockpiling guns, ammo?Worldnet Daily ^ | 2-3-13 | Joseph FarahPosted on Monday, February 04, 2013 2:10:10 AM by Texas Fossil
Why does the civilian Department of Homeland Security need billions of rounds of ammunition?This is the agency that is responsible for policing the border. But it doesn’t.This is the agency that is responsible for catching terrorists.
But it doesn’t.So why does Homeland Security need so many weapons and enough hollow-point rounds to plug every American six times?Maybe this is the “civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the Defense Department.
These words – “civilian national security force” – have haunted me ever since I first read them.Obama has never explained what he meant.
DHS adds another 200,000 rounds to its 2 billion round stockpile
Last year, it was reported that the Department of Homeland Security had purchased 1.6 billion rounds of hollow point ammunition of various calibers for reasons that the agency refuses to reveal. On Wednesday, the DHS announced that it would acquire another 200,000 rounds from a company known as Evian Group, Inc.
The DHS put out a solicitation for the purchase on the FedBizOps.gov Web site on Dec. 17 for the agency’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, requesting .40 caliber hollow point rounds, Federal Ammunition of 1,000 rounds in 200 cases.
After Purchasing 4.5 Million Hollow Points, Homeland Security Now Seeks 7,000 ‘Assault Weapons’ – TPNN | The Tea Party News Network
While lawmakers in Washington and media personalities across the country have been telling Americans for months now that nobody needs an “assault weapon,” it turns out that the government disagrees. In fact, the Department of Homeland Security has requested the purchase of 7,000 “assault weapons,” all of which are AR-15 variants.
According to Jason Howerton of The Blaze,
“The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to acquire 7,000 5.56x45mm NATO ‘personal defense weapons’ (PDW) — also known as ‘assault weapons’ when owned by civilians. The solicitation, originally posted on June 7, 2012, comes to light as the Obama administration is calling for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.
Homeland Security hoarding ammo, depriving police
Cops scramble for bullets while DHS stockpiles 1.2 billion rounds
Will the U.S. soon face a critical situation in which the federal government– primarily the Department of Homeland Security – possesses an ammunition surplus while local and state authorities face ammunition shortages and backlogs in purchasing more rounds?
Current trends could find the federal government with a strong ammunition advantage over local police and sheriff departments.
Homeland Security Releases Binder Detailing Internet Monitoring
The Department of Homeland Security has released their 2011 “Analysts Desktop Binder,” detailing how the department has been monitoring activity on the internet and social networks. The binder includes an extensive list of key words and search terms carefully watched by analysts in multiple agencies including the Directorate for National Protection and Programs,
Directorate for Science and Technology, Office of Health Affairs, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and others. Many monitored search terms are basic and used on a regular basis by every day American citizens and journalists.
Homeland Security graduates first Corps of Homeland Youth
Homeland Security graduates first Corps of Homeland Youth
October 7, 2012. Vicksburg. The federal government calls them FEMA Corps.
But they conjure up memories of the Hitler Youth of 1930’s Germany. Regardless of their name, the Dept of Homeland Security has just graduated its first class of 231 Homeland Youth.
Kids, aged 18-24 and recruited from the President’s AmeriCorp volunteers, they represent the first wave of DHS’s youth corps, designed specifically to create a full time, paid, standing army of FEMA Youth across the country.
On September 13, 2012, the Dept of Homeland Security graduated its first class of FEMA Corps youth, aka the Homeland Youth. Image courtesy of DHS.gov.
Homeland Security: Preparing for Massive Civil War ~ (“You don’t have to have spent 35 years teaching logic, critical thinking and scientific reasoning to put together the following premises and draw the obvious conclusion:”) | Veterans Today
by Paul Joseph Watson and Alexander Higgins (with Jim Fetzer)
The discovery by the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (3 October 2012) that, “Despite reviewing 13 months’ worth of reporting originating from fusion centers from April 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010, the Subcommittee investigation could identify no reporting which uncovered a terrorist threat, nor could it identify a contribution such fusion center reporting made to disrupt an active terrorist plot” means that there is no evidence of the existence of any domestic terroristthreat. On that basis, it is rational to infer (with high probability) that there is no domestic terrorist threat.
We also know that there are 300 or more FEMA camps distributed around the country. We know that Congress has authorized 30,000 drones to conduct surveillance on the American people. We know that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had requisitioned 1.5 billion rounds of .40 calibre hollow-point ammunition, which is not even permissible for use in warfare under the Geneva Conventions. Since DHS does not conduct operations abroad, it is rational to infer (with virtual certainty) that DHS must be acquiring that massive stock of ammo for use in the United States.
Explosive findings about DHS operations in congressional report
By Doug Hagmann & Joseph Hagmann Wednesday, October 3, 2012
An explosive 141-page investigative report was quietly released just after midnight by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is an indictment of the practices and procedures of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.




























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