The U.S. Social Security Administration is the latest government agency to be noted buying large amounts of ammunition. Not only is it odd for the Social Security Administration to be buying ammo at all, but the request is for 174,000 .357 Duty Carry Sig 125 grain bonded JHP hollow point bullet ammunition. That’s some serious stopping power for an agency that handles retirement and disability claims along with the annual list of the most popular baby names in the country.
The Internal Revenue service is looking for 60 Remington Model 870 Police RAMAC #24587 12 gauge pump-action shotguns for the Criminal Investigation Division. That may be how Capone was taken down, but Capone was a problem the government created in the first place. Does the IRS still need a Criminal Investigation Division? It’s not as if they go after the corporate criminals.
The U.S. Department of Education has decided to join the turkey shoot, as well. They announced that they intend to buy 27 of the same shotguns the IRS is looking for. Remington is getting some good reviews around the government water cooler.
The US Forest Service recently bought 320,000 rounds of ammo and the US Fish and Wildlife Service wants 13,500 more. The FBI is looking for 100,000,000 hollow point rounds. The US Department of Homeland Security recently posted a solicitation for 750 million rounds of high-power ammo, as well, though they are not as unexpected to place such an order. What might be a bit unexpected is that they also are requesting a quote for 12 MacLellan Bagpipes made from African Blackwood. I’m sure a little Scotland the Brave is all it will take to improve the moods of the people as we slip into a police state.
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