TSA seeks 3.4 million rounds of ammo

Why does the Department of Homeland Security need more ammunition per capita than the United States Army simply for “training” purposes, and why does a largely unarmed TSA need millions of rounds of ammunition?

Obama’s DHS has long been stockpiling weapons and ammunition - including hollow-points - for what purpose? Remember, Homeland Security is placing these orders not the Department of Defense!

Is Obama’s “civilian military” being assembled under our noses – the one he hinted at during his 2008 campaign when he said,

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

http://www.conservativeactionalerts.com ... s-of-ammo/

The second is intended to protect the citizens from a POLICE STATE..........The founders knew exaxctly what a nation needed to endure and preserve personal freedom.....

Nothing new... this sort of firepower has been in the hands of national gendarmerie in many countries... once again... Americans need to get out more... you find these sort of forces all over Europe... in public... on the streets... with military grade weapons.

A gendarmerie or gendarmery (/dʒɛnˈdɑrməri/ or /ʒɑːnˈdɑrməri/) is in principle a military[1] force charged with police duties among civilian populations. Members of such a force are typically called "gendarmes". These units are also associated with other descriptions, such as maréchaussée (marshalry) or Guard or Constabulary. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes gendarme as "a soldier who is employed on police duties" and a "gendarmery, -erie" as "gendarmes as a body".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarmerie

Is all this amno purchasing really something to be afraid of?

deltamrey wrote: The founders knew exaxctly what a nation needed to endure and preserve personal freedom.....

Muskets!

There is a tradition in America of not using the military to suppress civil unrest. But what if you do like Hitler did and come up with alternative armies?
It is one thing if Sheriff Fred buys some AR's for the patrol cars but when even the FDA is now arming their inspectors, you have to think something is up.

FredHayek wrote: There is a tradition in America of not using the military to suppress civil unrest. But what if you do like Hitler did and come up with alternative armies?
It is one thing if Sheriff Fred buys some AR's for the patrol cars but when even the FDA is now arming their inspectors, you have to think something is up.

Times they are a'changing Fred... get with it. We already have a part-time gendarmerie... it's called the National Guard.

FredHayek wrote: There is a tradition in America of not using the military to suppress civil unrest.

A tradition based on the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878.

PCA 1878 has been circumvented completely........convert fed , state, and local police into troops.....all done. See how they locked down BOSTON+ with "troops"......where you been ?? This discussion is meaningless. Protect the Second.

Yep...Muskets for everybody!!

LadyJazzer wrote: Yep...Muskets for everybody!!

Daniel Boone when he set up his town of Boonesboro, he was allowed cannon. Can I get cannon too? :woo hoo:
I haven't been able to find a 12pounder Napolean in the gun store these days.