Security Administration To Purchase 174 Thousand Rounds Of Hollow Point Bullets
SunShine
2012/08/16 16:12:52
(Info Wars) - First it was the Department of Homeland Security, then it was the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and now the Social Security Administration is set to purchase 174,000 rounds of hollow point bullets that will be delivered to 41 locations across the country.
A solicitation posted by the SSA on the FedBizOpps website asks for contractors to supply 174,000 rounds of “.357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow point pistol ammunition.”
An online ammunition retailer describes the bullets as suitable “for peak performance rivaling and sometimes surpassing handloads in many guns,” noting that the ammo is “a great personal defense bullet.”
The synopsis to the solicitation adds that the ammunition is to be shipped to 41 locations within 60 days of purchase. A separate spreadsheet lists those locations, which include the Social Security headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland as well as major cities across the country including Los Angeles, Detroit, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Seattle.
Hollow point bullets are designed to expand as they enter the body, causing maximum damage by tearing apart internal organs.
It’s not outlandish to suggest that the Social Security Administration is purchasing the bullets as part of preparations for civil unrest. Social security welfare is estimated to keep around 40 per cent of senior citizens out of poverty. Should the tap run dry in the aftermath of an economic collapse which the Federal Reserve has already told top banks to prepare for, domestic disorder could ensue if people are refused their benefits.
Indeed, earlier this year the Department of Homeland Security ran a drill called Operation Shield which included turning the entrance of a Florida Social Security office into a checkpoint manned by Federal Protective Service officers armed with semiautomatic rifles.
“With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building,” reported the Daily Commercial.
A rash of solicitations by federal agencies for hollow point bullets in recent months has stoked fears that the government is preparing for civil unrest caused by a financial collapse on a scale similar or even larger to scenes already witnessed in Europe over the last two years.
As we reported yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has put out a contract for 46,000 rounds of hollow point bullets along with 500 paper targets.
Despite initially asking the bullets to be delivered to the National Weather Service, NOAA claimed this was a “clerical error” and insisted the ammunition was being sent to the Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement. Why powerful hollow point bullets that are designed to tear apart internal organs are needed for practice shooting at paper targets has not been explained.
Back in March, Homeland Security purchased 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets that are designed to expand upon entry and cause maximum organ damage, prompting questions as to why the DHS needed such a large amount of powerful bullets merely for training purposes.
This was followed by another DHS solicitation asking for a further 750 million rounds of assorted bullets, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls.
The DHS recently put out an order for riot gear in preparation for the upcoming DNC, RNC and presidential inauguration. The U.S. Army is also busy buying similar equipment.
The DHS also recently purchased a number of bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.
http://www.infowars.com/social-security-administration-to-purchase-174-thousand-round...
A solicitation posted by the SSA on the FedBizOpps website asks for contractors to supply 174,000 rounds of “.357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow point pistol ammunition.”
An online ammunition retailer describes the bullets as suitable “for peak performance rivaling and sometimes surpassing handloads in many guns,” noting that the ammo is “a great personal defense bullet.”
The synopsis to the solicitation adds that the ammunition is to be shipped to 41 locations within 60 days of purchase. A separate spreadsheet lists those locations, which include the Social Security headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland as well as major cities across the country including Los Angeles, Detroit, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Seattle.
Hollow point bullets are designed to expand as they enter the body, causing maximum damage by tearing apart internal organs.
It’s not outlandish to suggest that the Social Security Administration is purchasing the bullets as part of preparations for civil unrest. Social security welfare is estimated to keep around 40 per cent of senior citizens out of poverty. Should the tap run dry in the aftermath of an economic collapse which the Federal Reserve has already told top banks to prepare for, domestic disorder could ensue if people are refused their benefits.
Indeed, earlier this year the Department of Homeland Security ran a drill called Operation Shield which included turning the entrance of a Florida Social Security office into a checkpoint manned by Federal Protective Service officers armed with semiautomatic rifles.
“With their blue and white SUVs circled around the Main Street office, at least one official was posted on the door with a semiautomatic rifle, randomly checking identifications. And other officers, some with K-9s, sifted through the building,” reported the Daily Commercial.
A rash of solicitations by federal agencies for hollow point bullets in recent months has stoked fears that the government is preparing for civil unrest caused by a financial collapse on a scale similar or even larger to scenes already witnessed in Europe over the last two years.
As we reported yesterday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has put out a contract for 46,000 rounds of hollow point bullets along with 500 paper targets.
Despite initially asking the bullets to be delivered to the National Weather Service, NOAA claimed this was a “clerical error” and insisted the ammunition was being sent to the Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement. Why powerful hollow point bullets that are designed to tear apart internal organs are needed for practice shooting at paper targets has not been explained.
Back in March, Homeland Security purchased 450 million rounds of .40-caliber hollow point bullets that are designed to expand upon entry and cause maximum organ damage, prompting questions as to why the DHS needed such a large amount of powerful bullets merely for training purposes.
This was followed by another DHS solicitation asking for a further 750 million rounds of assorted bullets, including 357 mag rounds that are able to penetrate walls.
The DHS recently put out an order for riot gear in preparation for the upcoming DNC, RNC and presidential inauguration. The U.S. Army is also busy buying similar equipment.
The DHS also recently purchased a number of bullet-proof checkpoint booths that include ‘stop and go’ lights.
http://www.infowars.com/social-security-administration-to-purchase-174-thousand-round...
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ModerateRep 2012/08/16 22:10:57
+9This is disturbing. Does the government normally stock up on this much ammunition prior to a presidential election?
It's close to the end of the fiscal year.
Here's what that means if you have a budget and you havent spent all of it, and you don't want your budget reduced next year.
You have to buy stuff.
You have to USE your budget up.
And guess what almost EVERY law enforcement agency from your local city police to varius federal agencies do......They buy the following years/quarters training ammunition....and lots of post-it notes and staples.
THIS HAPPENS EACH YEAR, EVERY YEAR
Hell even the MILITARY does it.
How do you think my supply SGT manages to actually expand our budget? We order lots of ammo......then we go out and shoot it up.
And here's why.
Ammunition is great. It's an expendable item that you are not going to have sitting in your stock room forever because you are training with it regularly.
It's a part of your budget that you can renew without to much effort, and your shooters get training out of it.
It does not mean the govt is coming kick your wife and impregnate your dog....
It does not mean the NWO is coming to confiscate your SUV and force you to drive a prius.
It is not a "sign" of any civil war, or martial law, or anything other than what is called budget continuity....
I hate to bust any deeply beloved misconceptions.
But it's all about money.
Once it's in their budget, it's theirs.
The money IS already theirs as part of their budget.
There is no big "pool" it can go back into once it has been allotted to their budget.
And this happens in EVERY agency, EVERY year.
And it does not matter who's in the White House.
I do not know if you are a shooter or not......But all agencies have their own standardized ammunition, that way they only have to buy one kind.
Also each type of ammunition behaves different when fired, that is to say it has different ballistics. Now, there IS such a thing as "practice ammo" but you will generally get less powder, and a bullet that has been alloyed with another light metal, usually zinc.....This ammo is made for short length indoor ranges, mostly to reduce noise and bullet penetration. It produces much less felt recoil as well.
If I switch from practice ammunition to hollowpoints in my pistol, everything changes.
Your point of aim changes because one is lighter than the other and flies in a different path. Then there's the biggie: how your weapon behaves.
Because practice ammo produces less noise and felt recoil, it's very easy and comfortable to shoot, which is fine and dandy IF you don't have to bet your life, or someone elses life on your shooting if you have to pull your weapon when it's loaded with your duty ammo.
Your time spent on the range not only improves your general marksmanship, you do it for familiarization......You need to KNOW, and be intimately familiar with your weapon/ammo combination, so that if you ever go "hot" in...
I do not know if you are a shooter or not......But all agencies have their own standardized ammunition, that way they only have to buy one kind.
Also each type of ammunition behaves different when fired, that is to say it has different ballistics. Now, there IS such a thing as "practice ammo" but you will generally get less powder, and a bullet that has been alloyed with another light metal, usually zinc.....This ammo is made for short length indoor ranges, mostly to reduce noise and bullet penetration. It produces much less felt recoil as well.
If I switch from practice ammunition to hollowpoints in my pistol, everything changes.
Your point of aim changes because one is lighter than the other and flies in a different path. Then there's the biggie: how your weapon behaves.
Because practice ammo produces less noise and felt recoil, it's very easy and comfortable to shoot, which is fine and dandy IF you don't have to bet your life, or someone elses life on your shooting if you have to pull your weapon when it's loaded with your duty ammo.
Your time spent on the range not only improves your general marksmanship, you do it for familiarization......You need to KNOW, and be intimately familiar with your weapon/ammo combination, so that if you ever go "hot" in a real world life and death situation, you KNOW how your weapon will behave.....You know how much recoil (kick) you can expect, and how much you will have to compensate for that, and you will expect the report (BANG!) you're going to hear. You need to be READY for these things when you pull your weapon, and you cannot make yourself ready for them if you have spent all your range time shooting a different ammunition.....one that has markedly less power, creates less noise, and makes your weapon behave in a completely different fashion....than the one you are currently betting your life on in an EXTREMELY stressfull situation.
We in the military, have a saying:
"You train as you fight."
That means you duplicate as much as you can to prepare you for combat.
You wear the exact same gear,
You carry the same weapon,
and you shoot the same ammunition that you will be using in a war zone. All for the exact same reasons I mentioned above. Many agencies USED to buy and fire practice ammo in their ranges, but they found that their officers actually became LESS prepared for a combat situation because of it.
Now you practice with the SAME ammunition you will be carrying on duty.
The only time you will fire practice ammo....will be if you have never shot a handgun at all and you are a brand new marksmanship trainee in their acadamy, and going through their most basic course of instruction. Lessons 01 and 02.....then you transition to your duty ammo, and start shooting thousands of rounds of that.
For the military.....That's fully jacketed ammunition in keeping with the Geneva Conventions Laws of War. (in fact we start you right out on your duty ammunition)
For Law Enforcement....That's hollowpoints.
Here's another shocker for you that's even closer to home:
Deputy Coroners....are badged and armed, and considered law enforcement officers too.....
S.S. checks often get mailed out to the deceased, regardless of political affiliation, until the S.S. administration is notified. Sometimes this dosn't happen, or happens late.
And there are both spouse's benefits, and widows benefits that continued to be paid upon the death of the original recipient.
Thus the payout after death is not out of the ordinary.
What does bother me is all these agencies together totals more than a billion rounds, and the riot gear that DHS is doing RFQs for.