Why Does The Department Of Homeland Security Need 450M Hollow Point Bullets?

[Carmelbythecorn]

This is an interesting article. One that asks more questions than it answers.

Why Does The Department Of Homeland Security Need 450 MILLION Hollow Point Bullets?

Why do you think?

 

[KLB]

They need a lot of practice?

 

[mydoghasfleas]

Well, whats the population around 320 million? I guess they figure they will miss a few times from the sheeple not holding still.

 

[Project972]

I think I have been talking about this but you don't want to listen. Semper Fi

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Ummm,

1. 450M is just max volume.

2. It doesn't mean the feds will take the option for 400 million or whatever.

3. It's not just DHS but a alphabet soup will have access to it at FLETC, CTA, etc.

4. Find something that works and order an Obama of it. Smart shopping.

 

[gunman41mag]

Don't be foolish, you know they will need all that ammo when they come for our guns

 

[Carmelbythecorn]

I think I have been talking about this but you don't want to listen. Semper Fi

Do tell...

 

[Blackhawk2001]

When I went through IPD's Firearms Qual Course, we expended 500-700 rounds a day each for two weeks. If you take 500 rounds times the 5000 or so armed personnel in the FBI, ATF, ICE (or whatever they're calling it these days), Federal Protective Service, Border Patrol, etc. that comes out to 2.5 million rounds per one day of training. Doesn't take too many days of that to run through 45 million rounds. And buying on a bulk contract actually makes sense (wonder who screwed that up?).

 

[Carmelbythecorn]

Don't be foolish, you know they will need all that ammo when they come for our guns

Let's see, if they're buying that much ammo, how much capacity will be left for the rest of us?

 

[DRob]

C'mon

When I went through IPD's Firearms Qual Course, we expended 500-700 rounds a day each for two weeks. If you take 500 rounds times the 5000 or so armed personnel in the FBI, ATF, ICE (or whatever they're calling it these days), Federal Protective Service, Border Patrol, etc. that comes out to 2.5 million rounds per one day of training. Doesn't take too many days of that to run through 45 million rounds. And buying on a bulk contract actually makes sense (wonder who screwed that up?).

There you go. Taking all the fun away from the THB! (Tinfoil Hat Brigade)

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

Because they don't believe in the concept of one shot one kill?

 

[strahd71]

Well, whats the population around 320 million? I guess they figure they will miss a few times from the sheeple not holding still.

^^ this

jake

 

[atvdave]

When I seen the title to this thread I thought you meant a 450mm bullet, not 450 million HP bullets...

 

[cobber]

Let's see, if they're buying that much ammo, how much capacity will be left for the rest of us?

It's not like manufacturers can't add more production, or? There is not a metaphysical limit to the number of rounds produced in one year.

Plus if there's a higher demand, manufacturers would be nuts not to produce (and sell) more. We do still live in a quasi-market economy?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Hey, kids, who wants to look at charts?

Let's see who is in the DHS:

DHS | Organizational Chart

Immigration, Customs and BP, Secret Service, Coast Guard, inter alia.

 

[Expat]

Kirk, you are taking the story out of this story.

 

[steveh_131]

this thread does not deliver the way i hoped it would

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Kirk, you are taking the story out of this story.

Sorry to inject the cold water of reason into everyone's desire to rush to the bunker to call Alex Jones but this doesn't worry me.

Don't get me wrong, the government does loads of stuff that worries me but a .gov contract for a top load of 450M rounds of pistol ammo does not worry me.

 

[RockofStrength]

When I seen the title to this thread I thought you meant a 450mm bullet, not 450 million HP bullets...

Indeed. I wanted to know why the government needed bullets that would put down a t-rex. This thread has failed me on many levels.

 

[Kutnupe14]

When I went through IPD's Firearms Qual Course, we expended 500-700 rounds a day each for two weeks. If you take 500 rounds times the 5000 or so armed personnel in the FBI, ATF, ICE (or whatever they're calling it these days), Federal Protective Service, Border Patrol, etc. that comes out to 2.5 million rounds per one day of training. Doesn't take too many days of that to run through 45 million rounds. And buying on a bulk contract actually makes sense (wonder who screwed that up?).

Don't forget the Coast Guard is under DHS too..