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I'm not a conspiracy nut, but there's something very strange going on with the US government these days, and its got the conservative news websites and blogosphere talking.
Various departments of the United States have been rapidly buying up massive caches of ammunition in recent months (the past year?), and everyone's starting to wonder why. The Department of Homeland Security recently bought 450 million rounds of ammunition. To put that into perspective, the US army used up 70 million rounds a year during the Iraq war. In otherwords, the Department of Homeland Security has amassed enough bullets in recent months to run another Iraq war for another 6 and a half years... Homeland Security. This ammo is being purchased by the arm of US security that now considers domestic terrorism to be its top priority, NOT foreign terrorism. But it get's so much better/worse and stranger...
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has ordered 46,000 rounds for semi-automatic pistols.
The Social Security Administration placed an order for 174,000 rounds.
The Customs and Immigration Enforcement Agency has also reportedly ordered a huge quantity of ammo in recent months.
Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security bought an additional 1.5 billion rounds of ammunition, half of which were hollow point bullets, which International Law says are absolutely illegal to use, even in war! The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan did not use hollow point bullets because it's illegal to do so, even against terrorists. So what the heck is the Department of Homeland Security doing purchasing and ordering hundreds of millions of rounds of this stuff!?
Hollow Point bullets basically expand and explode on impact, shooting out tons of shrapnel into the body of its victim and tearing there insides to shreds. It's why they're illegal. They're brutal and absolutely lethal. However they ARE used on US soil by some law enforcement like police and special agents (FBI, etc.).
And the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration? Who knew weather analysis was so dangerous that it has to buy tens of thousands of rounds of semi-automatic ammunition to do its job? And the Social Security Administration? Customs and Immigration? No doubt they need and use bullets, but THAT many?
Expecting Civil War?
All of this and much more (like practice runs of martial law done across numerous American cities in the past couple of years) have some people very worried that the US government is expecting something very big and bad on its own soil. Are they expecting a massive civil revolt? Are they expecting a new American Revolution? Mass riots in the street? But you buy rubber bullets for riots, not hollow points!
This is some very freaky stuff. Is the government preparing for or expecting that it'll need to go to war with its own people? It's almost unthinkable. Others wonder if maybe the government is buying all this stuff up so that no one else can get their hands on it. But then why place special orders for it in the first place? It wouldn't get made unless it was ordered, and the quantities we're talking about here eclipse and exceed what's needed or used in modern wars today.
It's all VERY strange and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Excuses have been slowly coming out of the government like, "Oh, it's a clerical error." and "They're going to be used for target practice and training."... Hollow points, for target practice? That's like buying nukes for your potato launcher.
Whatever it is, it's got conspiracy nuts and big government complainers both very bemused and concerned. It's possible that this really is just all normal routine every day stuff that just happened to all come together right at the same time. But it's certainly got a lot of people talking.
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And for some of the much more extreme conspiracy theory types "It's for use against Americans! Martial Law is coming!"...
What's My Opinion?
Well, I'm not an American. So I don't have nearly the same investment in American politics and everything else that an actual American has. I find it extremely unlikely that any of this is really an attempt to prepare for martial law or gear up for some sort of domestic civil war on US soil. Or if it is, it's absolutely worst case scenario preparation that is almost impossible to ever come about. Basically, I'll believe it's all about government take overs and martial law when I see it, but not until it actually happens. It just sounds way too far out there to be real. It's like the people that believe that the 9/11 terror attacks were an inside job by the US government to create the Department of Homeland Security and take everyone's freedoms away. I don't buy it. But it IS a little weird.
Of course the US government isn't a toothless bear cub by any means. It has a lot of authority and control when it wants to. Just look at what happened to the MegaUploads website used to host and download all kinds of files (sort of like Person to Person sharing, Torrenting, and that kind of thing).
Ugh, I can't get the weblinks to show up as normal hyperlink text (Blue) no matter what I do. Sorry if that confuses people. I've tried fixing it but it won't change.
ReplyDeleteUhh yeah that's a little concerning...
ReplyDeleteConspiracy theorists are making a big deal about the huge ammo purchases. Like I said, I find it weird that it's happening, but I can't imagine it being anything like some people are talking about. Sure, there are lots of things that COULD point to some kind of government take over, but my common sense says there's just no way. But you never know. It's just all kind of weird. Almost makes you wonder if someone knows something that the rest of us don't. :s
ReplyDeleteThis story, for example, has been circulating the last couple of days too.
ReplyDeleteAmerican Thinker: (August 29, 2012): Government Clampdown on Free Speech
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/08/government_clamp_down_on_free_speech_marine_vs_occupier.html
"In mid-August, government and law enforcement officials went to former Marine Brandon Raub's door with no warrant. They questioned Raub about what they considered ominous Facebook postings, handcuffed him, and forced him to undergo a psych evaluation at a local hospital.
The 26-year-old North Chesterfield, Virginia man was taken into custody by FBI and Secret Service agents as well as Chesterfield police for posting anti-government messages on his private Facebook page."
Careful what you post on Facebook, "Big Brother" (government) is watching everything you say.
Here's an example of the Military Drills being done in American cities. One just took place in the last week or so and had Blackhawk Helicopters flying through the city, much to the surprise of local residents.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49210
In the past year, that's two major military test runs in Chicago and Minneapolis.