The Department Of Homeland Security Is Buying 450 Million New Bullets Read more

[Lloyd Danforth]

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-immigration-agents-are-loading-up-on-as-many-as-450-million-new-rounds-of-ammo-2012-3


The high performance HST bullets are designed for law enforcement and ATK says they offer "optimum penetration for terminal performance."

[Jim Johnson]

That they are buying 450,000,000 .40cal and 175,000,000 .223 means they are depending on pistols as their primary weapons.

[Russell Kanning]

that is what the normal fed cops is wearing right?

[Jim Johnson]

 I'm pretty sure it is.

[Kat Kanning]

450,000,000
175,000,000
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625,000,000

Current US population
313,274,000

I guess they need to make sure they kill each of us with just 2 shots.

[KBCraig]

On the upside, since they're using .40s, they have just as good a chance of blowing up in their hands as they do of killing a citizen.