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| Machinengevewher for the USDA |
| 2014-05-15 |
| A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks "the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W." According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an "ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic or 2 round [bursts] trigger group, Tritium night sights front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore group) and scope (top rear), stock collapsible or folding," and a "30 rd. capacity" magazine. We need them to control varmints. Yup, varmints. Maybe they're going elk hunting... They also want the submachine guns to have a "sling," be "lightweight," and have an "oversized trigger guard for gloved operation." Those varmints got big teeth. We need gloves. The solicitation directs "all responsible and/or interested sources...[to] submit their company name, point of contact, and telephone." Companies that submit information in a "timely" fashion "shall be considered by the agency for contact to determine weapon suitability." Further militarization of gubmint agencies. Is this Obama's Volksgrenadiers? |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #6 The USDA connection seems a bit strange at first glance. Actually however, using existing USDA field offices as contingency forward operations bases makes sense. Undoubtedly a logistical challenge bringing communications, weapons, weapons storage, food, etc, in support of 200 FBI and ATF personnel to an abandoned factory in Andrews, NC during the hunt for Erik Rudolf. The urban areas will likely not be a problem. The problems will arise in the more rural areas. An example might be the recent BLM challenge in Nevada. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-05-15 17:57 |
| #5 You gotta enforce the allotments, else every Good 'ol boy and his cat will be raising up peanuts and fucking up the market. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-05-15 17:42 |
| #4 Oh, George, not the livestock! |
| Posted by: Cousin Avi 2014-05-15 17:12 |
| #3 Good lord, I see it now. Some short fat USDA guy with an S&K get his pocket protector stuck in the trigger guard and before he runs out of ammo slaughters a bunch of angry milk cows... Hilarity ensues! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-05-15 16:33 |
| #2 I think I misspelled the title. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2014-05-15 16:16 |
| #1 the gov't obviously seems to think it's outgunned by the hoi polloi..... |
| Posted by: Hupineger Elmeater4391 2014-05-15 14:04 |