Replies to post #237408 on Simply Politics & News (GOV)

[Zorro]

So BO is going to start a race war? Stokely Carmichael would be proud and the KKK would probably be OK with that too;) LOL. So I suppose Zimmerman is a tool of this plan also? Seems primitive and beneath BO's abilities to conjure up something as simple and lame as a race war. BO is capable of so much more I think. Only time will tell. Maybe BO is a double agent? A Superfly;) LMAO! And he's going to blow this conspiracy shit right out of the water.

[GEO928]

here's the problem I have with this story....

yes, the story has been around for a while....

but.....what weapon uses a 40 cal round?

and, the other part of the order was for 150 million rounds of .223.....

IMO....the 40 cal round is for a hand-gun.....

and, while .223 is "interchangeable" with 5.56, there is a technical difference.....and, US military rifles are made to chamber 5.56.......

so......two questions.....

1) why order so much pistol ammo??

2) why wouldn't the government order 5.56??

unless.....this story is BS or someone's "brother-in-law" is the owner/major stockholder of a munitions company?????

you're very knowledgeable about guns & ammo.....what's your opinion ???

I know the order covers a 5 year period....

nevertheless....

the story just doesn't seem right to me....

thanks

[ChrisJP]

IMO Fred is getting excited over nothing.

There's a big difference between issuing an IDIQ contract and actually buying that much ammo.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/atk-secures-40-caliber-ammunition-contract-with-department-of-homeland-security-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-dhs-ice-2012-03-12

DHS easily has about 20,000 Federal agents. So that comes out to 4000 rounds per agent per year. And only if they're needed. Big deal.

As far as the detention facilities go, there are maybe 30 on the entire eastern time zone. A lot of them look like county jails that DHS has made arrangements to also detain illegal immigrants. These places are small. way to small to worry about being used to lock up entire cities.

Besides we've got lots of militry bases thay can use for that, lol.

Chris