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House votes to delay bulk ammunition purchase by DHS
By Pete Kasperowicz - 06/05/13 11:01 PM ET
The House late Wednesday voted to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from entering into new contracts to buy millions of rounds of ammunition until the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports to Congress on the need for the ammo, and its cost.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/303803-house-votes-to-delay-bulk-ammo-purchase-by-dhs#ixzz2VSQb3dMo
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Good.
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Good.
Well....who is going to cause the "shortage" of ammo on the market now?
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Well....who is going to cause the "shortage" of ammo on the market now?
the same wacko gun nuts who caused the shortages when Obama was first elected
DHS has said the bulk purchases were basically to help keep down costs but I guess extra costs is not an issue to Repubs when it's this particular item
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the same wacko gun nuts who caused the shortages when Obama was first elected
DHS has said the bulk purchases were basically to help keep down costs but I guess extra costs is not an issue to Repubs when it's this particular item
I have complete faith in the "wacko gun nuts", it's the fat ignorant TSA agents with guns that scare me.
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I have complete faith in the "wacko gun nuts", it's the fat ignorant TSA agents with guns that scare me.
why not be worried by both
so far I haven't seen any fat ignorant TSA agents commit mass murder on a bunch of innocent and unarmed people but maybe it will happen eventually
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why not be worried by both
so far I haven't seen any fat ignorant TSA agents commit mass murder on a bunch of innocent and unarmed people but maybe it will happen eventually
Nah, they just steal, perv, and violate people's privacy. Although, I'll take the minute amount of mass murders committed by "gun nutters" anyday, compared to the amount of people that get their privacy and damn near their bodies violated everday by the TSA.
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Nah, they just steal, perv, and violate people's privacy. Although, I'll take the minute amount of mass murders committed by "gun nutters" anyday, compared to the amount of people that get their privacy and damn near their bodies violated everday by the TSA.
I'd rather be felt up than shot
I guess you prefer to latter
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why not be worried by both
so far I haven't seen any fat ignorant TSA agents commit mass murder on a bunch of innocent and unarmed people but maybe it will happen eventually
It's a fact that government agents have massacred more innocent people than "gun nuts".
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It's a fact that government agents have massacred more innocent people than "gun nuts".
I was not aware of that fact
please explain
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Well....who is going to cause the "shortage" of ammo on the market now?
LOL, I'm sure 333386 will be happy to take up the slack. hahaha. ;D
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I was not aware of that fact
please explain
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I'd rather be felt up than shot
I guess you prefer to latter
Well, considering the chance I have of getting shot up vs the chance I have of getting my civil liberties infringed upon by the TSA, it's a pretty easy choice. Jesus you act like every time you walk out of your house youre getting shot at, this isn't iraq, you have like a .0000000000001% chance of being a victim of a "mass murdering gun nutter"
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Well, considering the chance I have of getting shot up vs the chance I have of getting my civil liberties infringed upon by the TSA, it's a pretty easy choice. Jesus you act like every time you walk out of your house youre getting shot at, this isn't iraq, you have like a .0000000000001% chance of being a victim of a "mass murdering gun nutter"
He is a delusional being led solely by emotions.
Facts won't deter his sensationalistic tendencies.
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Well, considering the chance I have of getting shot up vs the chance I have of getting my civil liberties infringed upon by the TSA, it's a pretty easy choice. Jesus you act like every time you walk out of your house youre getting shot at, this isn't iraq, you have like a .0000000000001% chance of being a victim of a "mass murdering gun nutter"
Exactly!!!
That's the crazy thing!! Everyone is harmed by government, everyone, there's no doubt government will hurt you and your family.
I don't know one person that's ever been shot, shot at, shot anyone, seen anyone shot/heard anyone shot, been in a hold up, etc... No one.
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Well, considering the chance I have of getting shot up vs the chance I have of getting my civil liberties infringed upon by the TSA, it's a pretty easy choice. Jesus you act like every time you walk out of your house youre getting shot at, this isn't iraq, you have like a .0000000000001% chance of being a victim of a "mass murdering gun nutter"
I travel often and haven't been felt up or had my civil liberties infringed as of yet
I'm not worried at all about being shot but that doesn't change the fact that we seem to have the mass shootings about once every few weeks
The funniest fucking thing about this story (the one this thread is supposed to be about) is that the TRULY paranoid delusional gun nuts who think the DHS is buying up ammo so that they can wage war on US citizens and these nuts seem to have found a sympathetic supporter in a TeaBagger congressman
Shit, even conservatives at the National Review are laughing at these idiots
Alex Jones, House Republicans, and Those Ammo Purchases
By Betsy Woodruff
June 7, 2013 10:58 AM
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The House may have just passed an amendment because of Alex Jones. Late on Wednesday, the lower chamber voted to keep the Department of Homeland Security from entering a contract to purchase 1.1 billion rounds of ammunition until it issues a report justifying itself to Congress. After that report is issued, the amendment would require quarterly reports on ammunition purchases.
The Hill explains the rationale behind this amendment, which was proposed by Representative Mark Meadows (R., N.C.):
Meadows said the speed bump is a necessary reaction to news of the huge purchase, which alarmed many Americans and prompted conservative groups to suspect that the government was stocking up on the rounds to fight citizens.
Concerns about the DHS’s ammunition purchases seem to have their genesis in Alex Jones’s conspiracy-theory website, InfoWars (full disclosure: Jones’s site thinks I work for the CIA). The original story about the sheer number of bullets being bought was picked up by numerous news outlets, but here’s the catch: It wasn’t a story. As Tom Stilson reported at Breitbart, the purchases were routine – the DHS buys ammunition in bulk to save money and uses it for training for a number of other agencies. There don’t seem to be any ulterior motives for the purchases, and concerns that the purchases were intended to cause ammunition shortages also seem entirely unfounded.
But that didn’t stop the House from passing that amendment last night, just in case.
Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean House Republicans have been perusing InfoWars for legislative ideas. According to his spokesman, Meadows wasn’t influenced by the site; rather, he received numerous calls from constituents, which prompted him to take action.
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Exactly!!!
That's the crazy thing!! Everyone is harmed by government, everyone, there's no doubt government will hurt you and your family.
I don't know one person that's ever been shot, shot at, shot anyone, seen anyone shot/heard anyone shot, been in a hold up, etc... No one.
how has the government harmed you or your family?
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He is a delusional being led solely by emotions.
Facts won't deter his sensationalistic tendencies.
quoted for truth
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quoted for truth
were there shortages of ammo after Obama was first elected
yes or no?
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were there shortages of ammo after Obama was first elected
yes or no?
what the fuck does that have to do with you being led by emotion and letting emotion do your reasoning for you?
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what the fuck does that have to do with you being led by emotion and letting emotion do your reasoning for you?
answer my question (since it's germane to the subject of this thread) and then I'll answer yours
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answer my question (since it's germane to the subject of this thread) and then I'll answer yours
its not germane to my post so fuck off
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its not germane to my post so fuck off
LOL - clearly a loser who is out of ideas
what a surprise
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were there shortages of ammo after Obama was first elected
yes or no?
I never had a problem finding ammo after Obama was first elected, hell half the time I could buy bulk because it was on sale. As for DHS buying up billions of rounds of ammo, even you have admit that is suspect. They are either trying to cause an ammo shortage, or they think the shit is going to hit the fan in the near future.
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I never had a problem finding ammo after Obama was first elected, hell half the time I could buy bulk because it was on sale. As for DHS buying up billions of rounds of ammo, even you have admit that is suspect. They are either trying to cause an ammo shortage, or they think the shit is going to hit the fan in the near future.
Im not 100% sure, but usually you don't use JHP rounds for target practice. Those are.combat rounds.
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I'm fairly sure this is just an exercise in gov't waste. They don't want to lose the budget, so they buy unseemly amounts in bulk to make sure they use up those dollars, IMO.
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I'm fairly sure this is just an exercise in gov't waste. They don't want to lose the budget, so they buy unseemly amounts in bulk to make sure they use up those dollars, IMO.
Possibly, but there are more creative ways they could spend the money without drawing so much attention. Note to self, get job with DHS, unlimited practice ammo
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Im not 100% sure, but usually you don't use JHP rounds for target practice. Those are.combat rounds.
Ive never used hollowpoints for target practice, its not what those rounds where meant for.
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Possibly, but there are more creative ways they could spend the money without drawing so much attention. Note to self, get job with DHS, unlimited practice ammo
Or they could follow RP's example and give it back. I think use or lose is ingrained so deep it would take a fucking generation to get it out of the system.