Is Homeland security about to....?

[Alchymist]

From the Nov issue of The American Rifleman - a blurb about Winchester winning a contract - supply Homeland Security (Field Operations of Customs and Border Protection) - with 200 million rounds of .40 S&W over 5 years. Yes, thats 200,000,000 rounds, enough for 2 per every able bodied male in the country and then some. 40,000,000 rounds per year! What gives here???? Just askin....

[son of the revolution]

Originally Posted by Alchymist

From the Nov issue of The American Rifleman - a blurb about Winchester winning a contract - supply Homeland Security (Field Operations of Customs and Border Protection) - with 200 million rounds of .40 S&W over 5 years. Yes, thats 200,000,000 rounds, enough for 2 per every able bodied male in the country and then some. 40,000,000 rounds per year! What gives here???? Just askin....

More then likely a huge bulk purchase of training ammo. Or maybe their finally gonna get serious about border security in the Southwest ?!?

[fingers80002]

Originally Posted by son of the revolution

More then likely a huge bulk purchase of training ammo. Or maybe their finally gonna get serious about border security in the Southwest ?!?

You and your jokes..........

[ungawa]

How much did they pay? I would have given them 10% off

[son of the revolution]

Originally Posted by fingers80002

You and your jokes..........

Who says I was joking ???

[Steve_NEPhila]

They are probably going to start "intuitive shooting" while training. This is a controversial technique that consists of shooting without using the sights or proper trigger control at unarmed Canadians. I am sure they are just getting ready for a crackdown on the Northern border...

[LowFlyer]

......and so begins the gun confiscations by the better equipped 'government'.

[Alchymist]

According to their web page, Homeland Security has about 220,000 employees, in over a dozen departments. So lets guess 22,000 in Customs and Border- may be more, may be less. Not all of them will be field operatives, lets say 15,000 are. So, 40,000,000 / 15,000 = 2666 rounds per year per field operative. If they work 260 days a year (5 day week), thats over 100 rounds a day. Sounds fishy, no? Wish they would be a little more forthcoming on their website about how many and where.....Oh, I forget, it's Federal!

[NY Refugee]

considering what the government did to the last 2 boarder agents that were involved in a shooting, I dont know why any of them would want to unholster their weapons.

[jcabin]

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