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| DHS Refuses to Answer Congress on 1.6 Billiion Hollow Point Purchases |
| 2013-03-22 |
| "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," he added. "It comes down to during the budget process, during the appropriations process, are we willing to hold DHS's feet to the fire?" "We're going to find out... I say we don't fund them 'til we get an answer. Those type of things really challenge Americans. They are worried about this administration," Huelscamp urged. |
| Posted by:Wholulet Flock2299 |
| #23 So... who's tracking where this stuff is stored? |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-03-22 20:26 |
| #22 Control, Baby! Z>imbabwe here you come with a difference, confiscate the ammo if you canät confiscate the guns. Makes for a defenceless population, using stones and pebbles in their rifles, as in the First civil War. |
| Posted by: Injun Stalin7884 2013-03-22 19:14 |
| #21 Make the Border Patrol another branch of the military As long as they don't put it under Treasury. We've already seen what Secret Service did to their uniformed service and what SS alumni did to the TSA... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-22 18:28 |
| #20 Defund DHS and call it a day. That'd save a heckuva a lot of money. Make the Border Patrol another branch of the military and tell the rest of them, most particularly Ms. Napolitano, to go on home. Before 9/11 we were doing fine without them and I don't feel any safer now. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-22 17:26 |
| #19 Suspect they are giving it to Acorn. |
| Posted by: watermodem 2013-03-22 17:12 |
| #18 DHS. Give the ammunition you are hoarding to our law enforcement agencies. NOW. |
| Posted by: Wholulet Flock2299 2013-03-22 17:07 |
| #17 Does DHS have a secret army hidden in the desert somewhere like the Clone army in Starwars? Who is going to use all of that stuff. The various law enforcement agencies are screaming bloody murder about the inablility to buy ammo, so I guess when civil peace breaks down the private army can declare martial law and take over law enforcement. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2013-03-22 17:04 |
| #16 Defund DHS and call it a day. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-22 15:23 |
| #15 Perhaps this is an investment scheme. Public flunkies buy low, drive up price, sell later as mil surplus (higher than what they paid but below prevailing market rates). One way of reducing the debt, I suppose. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2013-03-22 13:19 |
| #14 The scheme appears to have been/is to buy up or put under contract all standing and near future ammo, thus curtailing use of civilian weaponry The vending source(s) appear quite suspect as well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-22 11:59 |
| #13 Looking at the problem from a different direction - 1.6 billion hollow points is quite a storage problem. Where are they keeping these bullets? |
| Posted by: flash91 2013-03-22 11:35 |
| #12 I never liked this woman. I remember when she was governor of Arizona and attempting to block state legislation aimed at keeping a lid illegal immigration. That old fool McCain was with her on that one. Didn't get to see her picture back then so I never realized how ugly she is until she went to work for O'Bummer. Ugly in more ways than one. How dare she refuse to answer a legitimate question from Congress. They should hold her in contempt. Can they impeach her? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-03-22 11:24 |
| #11 Have her jugged for treason, I suspect she'll talk alot more while watching the firing squad practice. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division 2013-03-22 11:12 |
| #10 Refusing to answer questions cuts across that whole "nothing to see here" meme. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-03-22 10:28 |
| #9 And now the cheapest ammo, .22 LR, is 30 cents per round, if you can find it, so this is at least $3000 per employee. Only problem is that government explicitly denies any such large purchases - prove they're lying. Alternative explanation is a hyped shortage motivates panic buying, which generates real shortage, which creates huge profits along the distribution chain (remember the gasoline crises of the 1970's?) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-03-22 09:33 |
| #8 Oh, by the way, thats 10,667 rounds per DHS employee... Not bad. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-03-22 09:28 |
| #7 "can't give it to the military." Sorry for the spelling error. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-03-22 09:24 |
| #6 1.6 billion rounds, enough for a 20 year war. Only hitch is hollow points are banned by the Geneva convention, can give it to the military. Their only use can be by DHS against Americans. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-03-22 09:23 |
| #5 I certainly hold them in contempt, Mr. B. And |
| Posted by: Barbara 2013-03-22 09:14 |
| #4 Perhaps holding them in contempt and throwing them in prison for a few weeks will assist their collective memories. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-22 08:05 |
| #3 That's sure how it seems. If I was a manufacturer, I'd accept Benny Bux from individuals and retailers but require the government to pay in gold. |
| Posted by: RandomJD 2013-03-22 00:44 |
| #2 The scheme appears to have been/is to buy up or put under contract all standing and near future ammo, thus curtailing use of civilian weaponry. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-03-22 00:36 |
| #1 Uh, uh, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE FEBRUARY 2015??? gut nuthin. Srsly. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-22 00:05 |